Does anyone know the true answer to this question. We had a bingo night last year (02-03 school year) it was fun and a great turn out, but this year our prez for some reason reseached it and says that it is illegal for us to unless we get some kind of gaming permit. we are in so california. I can kinda of see where the permit would come in, but come on we are giving away $5 Mcdonalds gift certificates not $500. She had printed out some stuff but it was all in government lingo and all we could understand was must be 18 years of age to play. Does anyone know anything about this..I would love to have bingo night again, but know if it is illegal for us to do there would be someone call in and have us shut down. Thanks