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Texas bingo conductor bonds.
From $100.
A Texas organization licensed to conduct charitable bingo posts a bond with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Occupations Code §2001.514. It backs the bingo prize fee the conductor collects and remits. The agency sets the amount, and premiums are 2% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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No underwriting queue for the standard bingo conductor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file it with the agency. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your organization details, the bond amount the agency set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $5,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
File with your bingo license
Submit the executed bond to TDLR's Lottery and Charitable Bingo division. This bond follows statutory renewal dates — the term you choose sets the price. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bingo conductor bond actually covers
Texas charitable bingo is governed by the Bingo Enabling Act — Occupations Code Chapter 2001 — and administered by the Lottery and Charitable Bingo division of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which took the program over when the Texas Lottery Commission was abolished on 1 September 2025. An authorized organization licensed to conduct bingo furnishes a bond or other security as part of that license.
The bond backs the bingo prize fee: conductors collect a statutory fee on bingo prizes and remit it to the state, and the bond stands behind that remittance. If a conductor fails to pay the prize fees it owes, the agency may forfeit all or part of the bond — §2001.514(c).
The amount is set by the agency and scales with the volume of prize fees your operation handles — there is no single statewide figure, and §2001.514(b) caps it at three times your average quarterly amount due. This bond follows statutory renewal dates rather than your purchase date. Enter the amount on your license — premiums cost 2% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The carrier issues this bond for a single two-year term; the term cannot be changed at checkout.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, October 8, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with your bingo license. Submit the executed bond to TDLR's Lottery and Charitable Bingo division. This bond follows statutory renewal dates — the term you choose sets the price. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $5,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the agency set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Bingo conductor bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the agency set and file the same day.