South Carolina H 4137: American Heroes Bingo

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2025-2026 Bill 4137 Text of Previous Version (May. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4137

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Amended

May 1, 2025

H. 4137

Introduced by Reps. B. J. Cox, Caskey, T. Moore, 
B. L. Cox, Wooten and Bustos 

S. Printed 5/1/25--H. [SEC 
5/5/2025 10:24 AM]

Read the first time March 5, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 12-21-3920, RELATING TO BINGO TAX ACT DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO ADD THE 
DEFINITIONS OF "VETERANS' TRUST FUND" AND "VETERANS' ORGANIZATION"; BY AMENDING 
SECTION 12-21-4020, RELATING TO CLASSES OF BINGO LICENSES, SO AS TO ADD A CLASS 
G LICENSE FOR VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 12-21-4030, RELATING 
TO ENTRANCE FEE SURCHARGES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CLASS G LICENSE HOLDER MAY 
IMPOSE A CERTAIN ENTRANCE FEE; BY AMENDING SECTION 12-21-4070, RELATING TO 
DOMICILES REQUIRED FOR LICENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE 
DOMICILED IN THIS STATE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD BEFORE APPLYING FOR A LICENSE; AND 
BY AMENDING SECTION 12-21-4190, RELATING TO BINGO CARD CHARGES, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CHARGE AND RETAIN CERTAIN FEES.

 Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 12-21-3920 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 (22) "Veterans' Trust Fund" means 
the fund established in Section 25-21-10.

 (23) 
"Veteran's organization" means any individual post or state headquarters of a 
national veteran's association or an auxiliary unit of any individual post of a 
national veteran's association, which post, state headquarters, or auxiliary 
unit is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation and either has received a 
letter from the state headquarters of the national veteran's association 
indicating that the individual post or auxiliary unit is in good standing with 
the national veteran's association or has received a letter from the national 
veteran's association indicating that the state headquarters is in good 
standing with the national veteran's association. As used in this item, 
"national veteran's association" means any veteran's association that has been 
in continuous existence as such for a period of at least five years and either 
is incorporated by an act of the United States Congress or has a national 
dues-paying membership of at least five thousand persons.

 (24) 
"American Heroes Bingo" or "game" means a specific game of chance, commonly 
known as bingo, in which prizes are awarded based on designated numbers or 
symbols on an electronic card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at 
random. American Heroes Bingo uses a caller to draw balls from a cage. A new 
drawing of bingo balls is to be drawn daily or once the game-ending pattern is 
called. The caller or automatic aid inputs the resulting ball draw sequence 
into a location-based server via electronic interface. The player then utilizes 
an electronic bingo aid to purchase, play, and daub electronic cards based on 
the outcome of the ball draw sequence. The electronic bingo aid then 
communicates to the player using various stimuli of visual and audial queues if 
the electronic card has accurately achieved a preannounced configuration match.

 (25) 
"Electronic card" means a nonprinted design, which may include an electronic 
representation on which there are arranged five horizontal rows and five 
vertical columns forming twenty-five squares. Numbers are printed in 
twenty-five of the squares. The five columns are denominated from left to right 
and must be a minimum of one-half inch by one-half inch.

 (26) 
"Location-based server" means a computer server that is physically located on 
the licensed premises of the veteran's organization. The location-based server 
is used in connection with the electronic bingo aids to accurately identify 
instances of preannounced configuration matches and nonmatches. The 
location-based server is not connected to any other location-based server.

 (27) 
"Electronic bingo aids" means an electronic device used in connection with a 
location-based server that will identify, display, and communicate bingo 
outcomes accurately via automatic electronic daub. The electronic bingo aid may 
be equipped with currency and voucher equipment which allows for additional 
purchases of electronic cards and provides for a voucher or other medium 
considered to be appropriate to redeem prizes won in the bingo game via a 
medium from the electronic bingo aid. The location-based server maintains track 
of the player's credit balance, while the electronic bingo aid displays the 
same information. The electronic bingo aid must show an electronic 
representation of the bingo card on screen