Sponsor Rules

and Regulations 2024

3 – Contact Person

1. There will only be one (1) contact person for each sponsoring organization.
2. Should you wish to change your current contact person, an email stating the changes must be submitted to the Gaming Commission from the organization’s executive.
3. The Six Nations Gaming Commission must be notified immediately of any changes to your executive, address or contact person.
4. The Primary contact person will be the only one contacted for new information and notices.  It will be their responsibility to relay the information to the executive and organization.  Please ensure the contact information for the primary is not a work number as they may need to be contacted after hours.
5. All correspondence or requests will be completed via email to ensure a record of contact is available.

4 – Sponsor Requirements

1. Each sponsor must follow the Sponsor’s Rules and Regulations.
2. Please note that workers are no longer required for your sessions.
3. Each Sponsor will be required to submit monthly reports on their monies spent. 
4. Each Sponsor must submit their logo to be displayed on the bingo monitors.  Please email your logo in JPEG format to the Gaming Commission.
5. Each Sponsor must promote the Six Nations Bingo Hall.

5-Suspension Rules

6 – Misappropriation of Funds

Any sponsor found to be misappropriating funds will be suspended for the remainder of the year and will be required to return the funds to the Six Nations Gaming Commission to be redistributed.  They will no longer be eligible for sponsorship.

Bingo funds earned in the year is to be spent on the items incurred during the fiscal year.  The bingo funds are not meant to be a savings for future use.

7 – Monthly Expenditure Reports

1. Bingo Reporting will commence upon receipt of the 1st bank statement with the initial deposit. 
2. All monthly expenditure reports after the initial month must be submitted regularly and filled out properly, complete with receipts, invoices, cheque copies and bank statements, signed off by the treasurer and submitted to the Six Nations Gaming Office on a monthly basis on the last business day of every month.  Any cheques made payable to an individual must have backup and receipts as to how they spent the money.  Please indicate which payments on your bank statement are relevant to bingo sponsorship for easy review. 
3. All monthly expenditure reports are to be handed in even if there has been no activity in your accounts and whether or not you are in the Bingos.  They are to be completed until the balance in your bingo account is $0.00.
4. Failure to hand in Monthly expenditure reports on a monthly basis by the last business day will result in suspension and your organizations eligibility for sponsorship will be jeopardized.

8 – Sponsor Pay-outs

1. The Sponsor’s percentage split is 40% of bingo revenues minus expenses.  The amount available each year will be presented by Six Nations Bingo/Development Corporation prior to the new fiscal. 
2. Actual profits will be reviewed every six months to ensure 40% of profits were distributed. 

9 – Sponsor Cheques

• All Sponsor cheques are now direct deposit and deposited into the organization’s bank account within the following month by the last Friday of the month.  For example, if you completed bingos in April your April’s bingo deposit will be take place in May.
• All new sponsor organizations are responsible for submitting direct deposit information (Voided Cheque or Direct deposit form from your bank) to the Gaming Office.
• Please note separate bank accounts are no longer required, merge your bingo account with your general.

10 – Organizations

The Six Nations Gaming Commission is separate from the Six Nations Bingo Hall.  The Bingo Hall is licensed by the Six Nation Gaming Commission.

The Gaming Commission has the right to implement penalties for failure to abide by the above-mentioned rules and regulations as required.