Raffle Permit

**Where you are drawing the tickets, not selling them, determines where you obtain your raffle permit.
If drawing your ticket within the city limits of Minot, please contact Sarah at 857-4752 for information.
If drawing your ticket outside the city of Minot, you must obtain your permit from Ward County.

**Please note: the ND State Fair Center is considered Ward County, not Minot City.**

Ward County Resolution on Local Authorization for Gaming by Non-Profit Organizations **

ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS - veterans, charitable, educational, religious, fraternal, civic and service, public safety and/or public spirited.

Raffle Permits are approved by the Board County Commissioners for NON-PROFIT organizations.  If you are a for-profit organization that would like to conduct games of chance, please contact the Ward County Auditor/Treasurer's office for a Site Authorization Application packet.

To obtain a raffle permit you will need to fill out the following two forms and return them to the Ward County Auditor/Treasurer's Office with a $25 application fee.  Applications must be received at least one week prior to any Commission meeting (1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month). For more information, please call 857-6420.

1. Application for a Local Permit or Charity Local Permit**
2. Ward County Local Gaming Permit Supplementary Application - Fillable Microsoft Word Document

**Please note that the ND Games of Chance Administrative Rules Artilce 99-01.3-01-05(4) states, in part: "If an organization plans to conduct a raffle, a permit may not be issued more than six months prior to the first raffle drawing date."

Completed application forms can be mailed to:

    Ward County Auditor/Treasurer Office
    Attn: Nicole
    PO Box 5005
    Minot ND 58702-5005

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