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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-8a - Facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Premises required to be open for
			 inspection.
The premises where any game of bingo is conducted or where
			 it is intended that any game of bingo be conducted or that any bingo equipment
			 be used shall, at reasonable times, be open to inspection by the executive
			 director or his duly appointed representatives.
(b)
Accommodations to be furnished
			 players.
Authorized bingo games shall be open to the general public.
			 Each player must be furnished, at no extra charge, a chair and place with
			 sufficient room to play. The area must be free of hazards to safety with means
			 of egress clearly designated. Under no circumstances shall a member of the
			 public be admitted to a building or room where authorized bingo is to be
			 played, if such admittance will violate the lawful occupancy limit of such
			 building or room.
(c)
Certain
			 notices required to be posted.
Each organization authorized to conduct
			 bingo shall conspicuously post within that portion of the premises where bingo
			 is played one or more notices as required by the executive director containing
			 certain designated rules governing the conduct of bingo and its bingo permit.
			 The notice or notices shall be in the form prescribed and may be provided by
			 the division of special revenue.
(d) The executive director may, for good
			 cause, require each organization authorized to conduct bingo to retain the
			 services of one or more uniformed police officers of the city or town where the
			 bingo session is conducted who shall be in attendance from the time sale of
			 cards or bingo opportunities commence until net proceeds have been secured by
			 deposit or otherwise. Such police officer(s) may be compensated at the rate not
			 to exceed the rate currently prevailing for such services in said city or town.
			 Compensation of such police officer(s) shall be a reasonable and necessary
			 expense incidental to the conduct of bingo, payment of which is authorized
			 pursuant to section
			 7-169-27a
			 subsection (b) of these administrative regulations governing the operation of
			 bingo.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-10a - Notice on premises

Current through July 10, 2024
A notice shall be posted conspicuously on the premises where
				authorized bingo is played providing (1) the name of the organization and its
				division of special revenue identification number; (2) the name of the member
				in charge thereof; (3) the amount of the charges for admission and the
				opportunity to play, and for any other service or privilege offered; (4) the
				nature and the amount of prizes to be offered, and (5) the names and personal
				identification numbers of the member in charge and workers for the particular
				session.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-11a - No other games of chance permitted on premises

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No
			 other games of chance of any kind other than bingo games, sealed ticket games,
			 or raffles authorized pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 98 of the general
			 statutes, and regardless of whether any separate or additional charge or
			 payment is required, shall be conducted or allowed in the room or rooms, on any
			 occasion, where or when authorized bingo is played.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of
			 subsection (a) of this section, bingo players may play card games for
			 entertainment prior to and between authorized bingo games. Such card games
			 shall not be played for money or for any representation of money.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-14a - Admission, selection of cards by player

Current through July 10, 2024
Each player at an authorized bingo game is required to have an
				identifiable admission card, sheet, or ticket. In order to receive any prize a
				player must show his or her admission card, sheet, or ticket. Players may
				purchase admission cards, sheets, or tickets for other
				players.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-15a - Each card to have equal opportunity to win

Current through July 10, 2024
Each bingo card or sheet shall have an equal opportunity to be
				a winner. All bingo game cards or sheets shall be sold at a uniform unit price
				per game for each card or sheet, without any discount or allowance for the
				purchase of more than one card or sheet.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-16a - Duplication, preference prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
The cards or sheets of bingo players shall be part of a
				pre-printed deck, group or series of cards no two of which shall be alike, and
				such deck, group or series shall not be so prepared or arranged as to give
				preference to any card.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-17a - Inspection of objects in receptacle prior to session

Current through July 10, 2024
Prior to the start of a session of bingo the member in charge
				shall cause to be made a verification of all objects to be placed in the
				receptacle, and shall inspect the objects in the presence of a disinterested
				person to insure that all objects are present and that there is no duplication
				of numbers on said objects prior to the start of the bingo
				games.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-18a - Objects to be drawn

Current through July 10, 2024
Objects to be drawn at authorized bingo games shall be
				essentially equal as to size, weight, shape and balance, and as to all other
				characteristics that may control their selection. All such objects shall be
				present in a receptacle before each game is started.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-20a - Permissible number arrangements

Current through July 10, 2024
No arrangement of numbers shall be required to be covered in
				order to win an authorized bingo game other than the following:
(1) One unspecified horizontal row
(2) One unspecified vertical row
(3) One unspecified diagonal row
(4) One unspecified row (horizontal, vertical
			 or diagonal)
(5) A specified
			 arrangement consisting of two or more of the foregoing
(6) The entire card
(7) Four outside corners designated as top
			 and bottom spaces under the letters "B" and "O"
(8) Eight spaces surrounding the free
			 space
(9) Four inside corners
			 designated as second and fourth spaces from the top under the letters "I" and
			 "G"
(10) Exactly the same as
			 indicated above on cards bearing five letters other than "BINGO"
(11) Such other arrangements as are announced
			 to bingo players at the time the game in question is played, understood by the
			 bingo players, and which afford all players an equal opportunity to
			 win.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-22a - Caller to complete call once started

Current through July 10, 2024
Once a caller has started vocally to announce a call, he shall
				complete the call of that number. After the caller has started vocally to
				announce a call, if any person shall have gone bingo based upon the previous
				number called, such person shall share the designated prize with any other
				person or persons who may have gone bingo on the completed
				call.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-23a - Right to request verifications of numbers

Current through July 10, 2024
Each player shall have the right to call for a verification of
				all numbers drawn at an authorized bingo game at the time a winner is
				determined, and for a verification of the objects remaining in the receptacle
				not yet drawn. The verification shall be made in the immediate presence of the
				member in charge, but if such member is also the announcer, it shall be made in
				the immediate presence of another officer of the sponsoring
				organization.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-24a - Prizes

Current through July 10, 2024
The prizes of an authorized bingo game shall be as provided in
				section
				7-169 of the general
				statutes.
(a) Where merchandise is
			 offered as a prize, a gift certificate may be used. A gift certificate shall
			 mean a certificate, ticket, coupon or written order which entitles the holder
			 to a prize of specified value at the place of business of a specified
			 merchant.
(b) A prize of
			 merchandise or gift certificate shall not be redeemable, refundable,
			 exchangeable for or convertible to cash, directly or indirectly in any
			 form.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-25a - Division of prize between winners

Current through July 10, 2024
When more than one player is found to be a winner on the call
				of the same number, the designated prize shall be divided equally to the next
				nearest dollar and provided a permittee so elects, no winner may receive a
				prize which amounts to less than ten percent of the announced prize and that in
				such case the total of said multiple prizes may exceed the statutory limit of
				said game. Where merchandise is the prize and division is not possible,
				substitute prizes, the aggregate value of which shall not exceed that of the
				designated merchandise prize, shall be awarded, but such prizes shall be of
				equal value to each other.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-26a - Records, control forms

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Record
			 keeping.
Accurate records and books shall be kept by each organization
			 authorized to conduct bingo in a manner and on control forms prescribed by the
			 executive director, showing in detail, among other things, the amount and
			 source of gross receipts, prizes, and the expenses incurred.
(b)
Access to records.
The
			 executive director or his authorized representatives shall at all times have
			 access to all books and records of any organization authorized to conduct bingo
			 for the purpose of examining them. Such records shall be accessible at each and
			 every bingo session from the start of the first bingo game.
(c)
Period of retention of
			 records.
All records, books of account, bank statements and all other
			 papers incidental to the operation of authorized bingo games shall be retained
			 by the permitted organization and be available for inspection by the executive
			 director or his authorized representatives for a period of five years from the
			 close of the calendar year to which the records apply.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-27a - Bank accounts, expenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Special
			 bingo bank account.
Proceeds from authorized bingo games, including
			 proceeds from authorized sealed ticket sales at bingo games, shall be kept in a
			 separate special bingo bank account which shall be in the form of a checking
			 account. All receipts from each bingo session less the amount awarded as cash
			 prizes for that session shall be deposited in this special bingo account no
			 later than three business days following the date of the bingo session. The
			 comingling of any funds derived from the operation of bingo with any other
			 funds, other than proceeds from sealed ticket sales, of the permitted
			 organization is strictly prohibited. Money shall be withdrawn from this special
			 bingo account for only the following purposes:
(1) Payment of expenses authorized pursuant
			 to subsection (b) of this section.
(2) Disbursement from net proceeds for
			 charitable, civic, educational, fraternal, veterans', religious, volunteer fire
			 department or grange purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-28a - Returns to be filed, fees to be paid

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with the provisions of section
				7-169 of the general
				statutes, the following returns shall be filed with the executive director of
				the division of special revenue, and fees paid to the state:
(a) Each organization operating or conducting
			 an authorized bingo game shall file a return with the executive director, on a
			 form prescribed by him, within ten days after such game is held or within such
			 further time as the executive director may allow.
(b) Each organization operating or conducting
			 an authorized bingo game shall pay to the state a fee of five percent of its
			 gross bingo game receipts, less the bingo game prizes awarded, including the
			 prize of any special grand prize game. This fee shall be paid to the Division
			 of Special Revenue within ten days after such game is held or within such
			 further time as the executive director may allow. This fee payment shall
			 accompany each return required pursuant to subsection (a) of this
			 section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-29a - Amendment of permit application

Current through July 10, 2024
A bingo game may be conducted under conditions other than as
				stated in the original application for bingo permit if an application to amend,
				prescribed by the executive director of the division of special revenue, is
				filed with the executive director and if the subject matter of the proposed
				amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the original
				application and permit, and upon payment of such additional fee, if any, as
				would have been payable if it had been so included. In no case shall there be a
				refund of fees. After an investigation of all the facts the executive director
				may approve or disapprove the application to amend.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-30a - Notice of change in organization status

Current through July 10, 2024
No organization shall conduct a game of bingo after any
				substantial change has come about in its status which is at variance with the
				facts contained in the original application for registration until an
				application to amend is filed with the executive director. After an
				investigation, the executive director may, if the facts so warrant, revoke such
				certificate of registration.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-31a - Notice of change in personal status

Current through July 10, 2024
No person may operate or assist in the operation of a bingo
				game when any substantial change has come about in his personal status which is
				at variance with the facts contained in the original application for a personal
				identification number until an application to amend has been filed with the
				executive director. After an investigation, the executive director may, if the
				facts so warrant, revoke such certificate of personal
				identification.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-33a - Violations of statutes, rules and regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Liability.
Any organization permitted to conduct bingo by the
			 executive director, and any person registered and assigned a personal
			 identification number by the executive director shall be liable to the
			 penalties herein provided, unless otherwise provided. It is the duty of all
			 such organizations or persons to know the provisions of Sections
			 7-169 and
			 7-169a
			 of the general statutes and these administrative regulations governing the
			 operation of bingo. Nothing in these administrative regulations governing bingo
			 shall be deemed to lessen the primary responsibility of an organization
			 permitted to conduct bingo, or a person registered and assigned a personal
			 identification number to enforce these statutory provisions and administrative
			 regulations governing the operation of bingo.
(b)
Penalties.
The penalties for
			 violation of Section
			 7-169 or
			 7-169a
			 of the general statutes or of these administrative regulations governing the
			 operation of bingo shall be as follows:
(1)
			 The executive director shall revoke a permit for a violation of any provision
			 of section
			 7-169 of the general
			 statutes and shall not issue any permit to such permittee within one year from
			 the date of such revocation.
(2)
			 For cause, the executive director, pursuant to the provisions of section
			 7-169a
			 of the general statutes may revoke the registration and identification number
			 of an organization permitted to conduct bingo.
(3) For cause, the executive director may
			 revoke the personal identification number assigned a person operating or
			 assisting in the operation of bingo games in accordance with section
			 7-169-3a
			 of these administrative regulations governing bingo.
(4) The executive director shall fine any
			 person who promotes or operates any bingo game without a permit, or who
			 violates any provision of Section
			 7-169 or of Section
			 7-169a
			 of the general statutes or administrative regulations issued pursuant thereto,
			 or who makes any false statement in any application for a permit or in any
			 report required by Sections
			 7-169 or
			 7-169a
			 or by the executive director, not more than two hundred dollars.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-34a - Forms, statements under oath

Current through July 10, 2024
All forms, including control forms, used in compliance with the
				general statutes governing the conduct of bingo and these administrative
				regulations for bingo shall be furnished by the executive director of the
				division of special revenue, and when required, all statements therein shall be
				made under oath.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169 - Operation of Bingo Games › Section 7-169-35a - Waiver

Current through July 10, 2024
The executive director, with the approval of the gaming policy
				board, may waive any rule contained herein in his discretion, except any rule
				specified in the general statutes, upon his finding that such waiver is in the
				best interests of the state of Connecticut and the operation of bingo games.
				Prior approval of the gaming policy board shall not be required in
				circumstances where the executive director finds that public health, safety,
				and welfare requires emergency action provided the gaming policy board shall be
				apprised of the waiver and the circumstances surrounding it at its next
				scheduled meeting following said waiver whereupon the gaming policy board may
				approve or disapprove the continuance of such waiver.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169c - Amusement and Recreation Bingo › Section 7-169c-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The following definitions of these administrative regulations
				governing the conduct of amusement and recreation bingo, including all
				amendments thereto, shall apply:
(1)
Amusement and recreation.
The activity of supplying entertainment
			 or diversion in a light, playful or pleasant manner.
(2)
Bingo.
A game in which each
			 player receives a card containing several rows of numbers and, as numbers are
			 drawn or otherwise obtained by chance and publicly announced, the player first
			 having a specified number of announced numbers appearing on his card in a
			 continuous straight line or covering a previously designated arrangement of
			 numbers on such card is declared the winner.
(3)
Bingo occasion.
A single
			 session within the same calendar day during which a series of bingo games are
			 played.
(4)
Division.
The Connecticut division of special revenue.
(5)
Executive director.
The
			 executive director of the division of special revenue.
(6)
Identification number.
A
			 number assigned by the executive director of the division of special revenue
			 pursuant to the provisions of section
			 7-169c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes permitting the conduct of an amusement and
			 recreation bingo occasion.
(7)
Nominal value.
A value of twenty dollars ($20) or less either in
			 cash or merchandise.
(8)
Organization.
An association where members are at least sixty
			 years of age and which has applied for and received an identification number
			 from the executive director of the division of special revenue.
(9)
Ranking officer.
The
			 president or chief executive officer of an organization who is authorized to
			 execute applications or reports in the organization's behalf.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169c - Amusement and Recreation Bingo › Section 7-169c-2 - Conduct of games

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with section
				7-169c
				of the general statutes, the following provisions shall govern the conduct of
				amusement and recreation bingo games:
(1) A bingo occasion may be conducted between
			 the hours of 9:00 o'clock a.m. and 10:00 o'clock p.m. on any day during the
			 week.
(2) No license shall be
			 required for an organization to operate or conduct a bingo occasion.
(3) No person other than an active member of
			 the organization may participate in the conduct of a bingo game. No person
			 shall be paid for conducting or assisting in the conduct of a bingo
			 game.
(4) Each bingo game shall be
			 conducted under the supervision of the ranking officer of the organization who
			 shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the general statutes and
			 administrative regulations governing amusement and recreation bingo
			 games.
(5) No person other than a
			 member of the organization shall participate as a player in any bingo
			 game.
(6) No more than one dollar
			 ($1) shall be charged for the opportunity to participate in a bingo occasion.
			 Payment of the designated charge up to one dollar ($1) shall entitle a player
			 to a card or sheet permitting him or her to participate in all bingo games
			 played on each occasion. In addition, the organization may sell each
			 participant additional cards or sheets at a uniform price not to exceed fifty
			 cents ($ .50) for each additional card or sheet.
(7) Bingo games shall be operated and
			 conducted for the amusement and recreation of the members of the organization.
			 All funds received for the opportunity to participate in bingo games shall be
			 used for prizes and reasonable expenses incurred in the operation of the
			 occasion, it being the intent these regulations that no profit shall accrue to
			 the organization.
(8) No
			 organization shall conduct a bingo occasion unless it has registered with, and
			 received an identification number from the executive director of the division.
			 Any organization wishing to conduct a bingo game shall file an application for
			 registration, prescribed by the executive director, with the division. The
			 executive director shall, upon receipt of an application, determine whether the
			 organization meets the statutory requirements, and if he so determines, issue
			 an identification number to the organization.
(9) Prizes for each single bingo game shall
			 be of nominal value.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169c - Amusement and Recreation Bingo › Section 7-169c-3 - Dispensing of alcoholic beverages restricted

Current through July 10, 2024
No authorized amusement and recreation bingo occasion shall be
				operated in a room or area where alcoholic beverages are dispensed except under
				conditions approved by the Connecticut department of liquor
				control.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169c - Amusement and Recreation Bingo › Section 7-169c-4 - Records

Current through July 10, 2024
Each organization conducting amusement and recreation bingo
				shall keep records for each occasion of the number of players present, the
				amount of money paid by players to participate, and the amount of money paid
				out in prizes, and such records shall be available to the executive director or
				his authorized representatives for inspection at any reasonable and mutually
				agreeable time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169c - Amusement and Recreation Bingo › Section 7-169c-5 - Application to amend

Current through July 10, 2024
No organization shall conduct a game of bingo after any
				substantial change has come about in its status which is at variance with the
				facts contained in the original application for registration until an
				application to amend, prescribed by the executive director, is filed with the
				executive director. An organization shall file an application to amend whenever
				its ranking officer, address, location, day or days of week, or hours of bingo
				operation change.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169c - Amusement and Recreation Bingo › Section 7-169c-6 - Violations of statutes, regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Liability.
Any organization permitted to conduct amusement and
			 recreation bingo by the executive director shall be liable to the penalty
			 herein provided, unless otherwise provided. It is the duty of all such
			 organizations to know the provisions of section
			 7-169c
			 of the general statutes and these administrative regulations governing
			 amusement and recreation bingo. Nothing in these administrative regulations
			 shall be deemed to lessen the primary responsibility of an organization
			 permitted to conduct such bingo to enforce these statutory provisions and
			 administrative regulations.
(b)
Penalty.
The penalty for violation of section
			 7-169c
			 of the general statutes, or of these administrative regulations governing the
			 operation of amusement and recreation bingo shall be as follows: For cause, the
			 executive director, pursuant to the provisions of section
			 7-169c
			 of the general statutes, may revoke any registration.
(c)
Right to hearing.
All
			 organizations cited for violations will be given opportunity for a hearing in
			 accordance with these regulations and the division of special revenue rules of
			 practice and hearing procedures.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169e - Amusement and Recreation Bingo For Parent Teacher Associations › Section 7-169e-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The following definitions of sections 7-169e-1 to
				7-169e-6,
				inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall apply:
(1) "Amusement and recreation" means the
			 activity of supplying entertainment or diversion in a light, playful or
			 pleasant manner.
(2) "Bingo" has
			 the same meaning as in section
			 7-169 of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes.
(3) "Bingo
			 occasion" means a single session within the same calendar day during which a
			 series of bingo games are played.
(4) "Division" means the Connecticut Division
			 of Special Revenue.
(5) "Executive
			 director" means the executive director of the Division of Special
			 Revenue.
(6) "Identification
			 number" means a number assigned by the executive director of the Division of
			 Special Revenue pursuant to the provisions of section
			 7-169e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes permitting the conduct of a recreational
			 bingo occasion.
(7) "Nominal value"
			 means a value of twenty dollars ($20) or less either in cash or
			 merchandise.
(8) "Organization"
			 means any parent teacher association or organization which has applied for and
			 received an identification number from the executive director of the Division
			 of Special Revenue.
(9) "Ranking
			 officer" means the president or chief executive officer of an organization who
			 is authorized to execute applications or reports on the organization's
			 behalf.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169e - Amusement and Recreation Bingo For Parent Teacher Associations › Section 7-169e-2 - Conduct of games

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with section
				7-169e
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, the following provisions shall govern the
				conduct of amusement and recreation bingo games:
(1) A bingo occasion may be conducted between
			 the hours of 9:00 o'clock a.m. and 10:00 o'clock p.m. on any day during the
			 week.
(2) No license shall be
			 required for an organization to operate or conduct a bingo occasion.
(3) No person other than an active member of
			 the organization may participate in the conduct of a bingo occasion. No person
			 shall be paid for conducting or assisting in the conduct of a bingo
			 occasion.
(4) Each bingo occasion
			 shall be conducted under the supervision of the ranking officer of the
			 organization who shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with section
			 7-169e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections
			 7-169e-1 to
			 7-169e-6,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(5) No person other than a member of the
			 organization or guest shall participate as a player in any bingo
			 occasion.
(6) No more than one
			 dollar ($1) shall be charged for the opportunity to participate in a bingo
			 occasion. Payment of the designated charge up to one dollar ($1) shall entitle
			 a player to a card or sheet permitting him or her to participate in all bingo
			 games played on each bingo occasion. In addition, the organization may sell
			 each participant additional cards or sheets at a price not to exceed fifty
			 cents ($.50) for each additional card or sheet.
(7) A bingo occasion shall be operated and
			 conducted for the amusement and recreation of the members of the organization
			 and their guests. All funds received for the opportunity to participate in a
			 bingo occasion shall be used for prizes and reasonable expenses incurred in the
			 operation of the bingo occasion.
(8) No organization shall conduct a bingo
			 occasion unless it registers annually with the Division of Special Revenue,
			 pays the annual registration fee required under section
			 7-169e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and obtains an identification number from
			 the Division. Any organization wishing to conduct a bingo occasion shall file
			 an application for registration, prescribed by the executive director, with the
			 Division. The executive director shall, upon receipt of an application,
			 determine whether the organization meets the statutory requirements, and if the
			 executive director so determines, issue an identification number to the
			 organization.
(9) Prizes for each
			 single bingo occasion shall be of nominal value.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169e - Amusement and Recreation Bingo For Parent Teacher Associations › Section 7-169e-3 - Records

Current through July 10, 2024
Each organization conducting amusement and recreation bingo for
				parent teacher associations or organizations shall keep records for each bingo
				occasion of the number of players present, the amount of money paid by players
				to participate, and the amount of money paid out in prizes, and shall make
				available such records to the executive director or his authorized
				representatives for inspection at any reasonable and mutually agreeable
				time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169e - Amusement and Recreation Bingo For Parent Teacher Associations › Section 7-169e-4 - Application to amend

Current through July 10, 2024
No organization shall conduct a bingo occasion after any
				substantial change has come about in its status which is at variance with the
				facts contained in the original application for registration until an
				application to amend, prescribed by the executive director, is filed with the
				executive director. A substantial change would occur whenever an organization's
				ranking officer, mailing address, or bingo occasion location
				changes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169e - Amusement and Recreation Bingo For Parent Teacher Associations › Section 7-169e-5 - Notification of event

Current through July 10, 2024
No organization shall conduct a bingo occasion until a
				notification of event form, prescribed by the executive director, is filed with
				the executive director, clearly stating the date, time and place where the
				bingo occasion will be conducted. Any notification of event form shall be
				received by the executive director at least seven business days prior to the
				date of any such bingo occasion.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169e - Amusement and Recreation Bingo For Parent Teacher Associations › Section 7-169e-6 - Violations of statutes, regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) It is the duty
			 of all organizations registered to conduct amusement and recreation bingo for
			 parent teacher associations or organizations to know the provisions of section
			 7-169e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections
			 7-169e-1 to 7-169e-6,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) For cause, the executive director,
			 pursuant to the provisions of section
			 7-169e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, may revoke any registration.
(c)
Right to hearing.
All
			 organizations cited for violations shall be given opportunity for a hearing in
			 accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-1 - Sealed ticket permits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A sealed ticket
			 permit and permit number may be issued by the department to any charitable,
			 civic, educational, fraternal, veterans' or religious organization, volunteer
			 fire department or grange which holds a bingo permit issued in accordance with
			 the provisions of section
			 7-169 of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes, as amended. Such sealed ticket permit and permit number may
			 be revoked for cause.
(b) The
			 department may issue a permit to sell sealed tickets to any organization or
			 group specified in section
			 7-172
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes which holds a permit to operate a bazaar,
			 issued in accordance with the provisions of sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-186, inclusive, of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(c)
			 The department may issue a permit to sell sealed tickets to any charitable,
			 civic, educational, fraternal, veterans' or religious organization, volunteer
			 fire department or grange authorizing such organization to sell sealed tickets
			 in conjunction with any social function or event sponsored or conducted by such
			 organization. Any such organization shall have been organized for not less than
			 two years prior to the date of its application for such permit. Such permit
			 shall be renewed annually.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-2 - Over-the-bar permit

Current through July 10, 2024
The department may issue an over-the-bar permit and permit
				number to sell sealed tickets to any charitable, civic, educational, fraternal,
				veterans' or religious organization, volunteer fire department or grange which
				holds a club permit or non- profit club permit under the provisions of Chapter
				545 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Such over-the-bar permit and permit
				number may be revoked for cause.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-3 - Personal sealed ticket sales permit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No individual
			 shall sell, offer for sale or distribute a sealed ticket who has not reached
			 the age of eighteen and who has not applied for and received a permit on forms
			 prescribed by the commissioner and has provided information which the
			 commissioner may reasonably require including, but not limited to, such
			 individual's criminal record, if any, moral character or business affiliations,
			 and who thereafter has been assigned a permit number from the department to
			 sell sealed tickets. Such personal sealed ticket sales permit and permit number
			 may be revoked for cause.
(b)
			 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the
			 commissioner may issue a personal sealed ticket sales permit and permit number
			 to a minor sixteen years of age or older allowing such minor to sell, offer for
			 sale or distribute sealed tickets at an authorized bingo game or games, bazaar,
			 or sealed ticket special event, provided written permission from a parent or
			 legal guardian of such minor is filed with the department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-4 - Qualification of sales person

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No individual
			 shall sell sealed tickets during the operation of authorized bingo games,
			 bazaar events or sealed ticket special events unless he has been a bona fide,
			 active member of at least one sponsoring organization permitted to sell sealed
			 tickets.
(b) No individual shall
			 sell sealed tickets over-the-bar unless he has been a bona fide, active member
			 or worker of the sponsoring organization permitted to sell sealed
			 tickets.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-5 - Sales persons

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Member in
			 charge.
Every organization permitted to sell sealed tickets shall
			 designate a bona fide, active member of the organization to be in charge of and
			 primarily responsible for the procurement, distribution and sale of sealed
			 tickets by the organization. The member in charge shall supervise all
			 activities and be responsible for the conduct of all sealed ticket sales,
			 including the preparation of all returns, control reports, certified statements
			 and affidavits, the records of receipts and disbursements and bank accounts
			 required by the department, and the disposition of funds. The member in charge
			 may designate, in writing, a qualified sales person to act in his behalf and to
			 discharge his responsibilities on occasions when he is unable to do so. The
			 member in charge or his qualified designee shall be present on the premises
			 continually during the time at which sealed tickets are sold, offered for sale
			 or distributed, and shall be familiar with the Connecticut General Statutes and
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies governing the distribution and
			 sale of sealed tickets.
(b)
Participation as sales person restricted.
No individual shall
			 assist in the conduct of sealed ticket sales except the holder of a personal
			 sealed ticket sales permit.
(c)
Identification required.
The member in charge and those assisting
			 him in any capacity shall possess and display such identification as may be
			 specified by the commissioner.
(d)
Payment of sales persons prohibited.
No commission, salary,
			 compensation in any form or gift shall be paid or given to any individual in
			 any manner conducting or assisting in the conduct of sealed ticket sales either
			 directly or indirectly. For the purposes of this subsection, compensation
			 normally paid to bartenders of over- the-bar permittees shall not be considered
			 as compensation for the sale or assistance in the selling of sealed tickets. No
			 individual selling sealed tickets shall solicit or receive any gift or donation
			 of cash or merchandise on the premises during the conduct of sealed ticket
			 sales.
(e)
Compensation of
			 bookkeepers and accountants.
Bookkeepers and accountants may receive
			 reasonable compensation for necessary services ordinarily incidental to the
			 sale of sealed tickets.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-6 - Investigation of permit applicants

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner shall make or cause to be made an
				investigation of the qualifications of permit applicants desiring to distribute
				or sell sealed tickets and the facts stated in any application and, if he
				determines that the permit applicant is qualified to distribute or sell sealed
				tickets, the department shall issue a permit and permit number to such
				applicant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-7 - Unsuitable person barred

Current through July 10, 2024
No individual shall operate or assist in the operation of
				authorized sealed ticket games whose moral character, criminal record, if any,
				or business affiliations render such individual unsuitable in the opinion of
				the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-8 - Restrictions on sale or lease of equipment and renting of premises

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No organization may use a mechanical or
			 electronic ticket dispensing machine to sell sealed tickets unless such machine
			 was owned in full by the permittee before January 2, 2008 or is leased or
			 purchased from a sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment dealer;
(b) No organization shall rent, lease or hire
			 premises for the distribution or sale of sealed tickets on a percentage of
			 gross or net earnings or income, or at a reduced rate or free of charge if the
			 free or reduced rate for use of such premises carries with it an agreement of
			 compensation or reward directly or indirectly in any form. Nothing in this
			 subsection shall prohibit a permittee from utilizing an organization's premises
			 in exchange for the permittee identifying the organization as a
			 sponsor.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-9 - Facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Premises required to be open for
			 inspection.
The premises where sealed tickets are distributed or sold or
			 where it is intended that any sealed ticket activity be conducted shall, at
			 reasonable times, including normal business hours, be open to inspection by the
			 commissioner or his duly appointed representatives.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-10 - Notice on premises

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Certain notices
			 required to be posted. Each organization authorized to sell sealed tickets
			 shall conspicuously post within that portion of the premises where sealed
			 tickets are sold its sealed ticket permit and one or more notices as required
			 by the commissioner containing certain designated rules governing the
			 distribution and sale of sealed tickets. The notice or notices shall be in the
			 form prescribed and shall be provided by the department.
(b) A notice shall be posted conspicuously on
			 the premises where authorized sealed ticket sales are conducted providing (1)
			 the name of the organization and its department-issued permit number; (2) the
			 name of the member in charge thereof; the name of each sealed ticket game, the
			 types of tickets for which are offered for sale, and the amount of the charges
			 for such tickets; and (4) the amount of prizes to be offered.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-11 - No other games of chance activity permitted on premises

Current through July 10, 2024
No games of chance of any kind other than bingo games, bazaars,
				raffles or other permitted games authorized pursuant to the provisions of
				Chapter 98 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and regardless of whether any
				separate or additional charge or payment is required, shall be conducted or
				allowed in the room or rooms, on any occasion, where or when authorized sealed
				tickets are sold.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-18 - Purchase of sealed tickets

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Permittees
			 shall only purchase sealed tickets from a sealed ticket game products
			 distributor at a cost which is equal to ten percent (10%) of their resale
			 value.
(b) The discontinuation of a
			 sealed ticket game shall not affect the ability of any person to claim a prize,
			 provided such person purchased a sealed ticket prior to the effective date of
			 the discontinuation of such game.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-20 - Records, control forms

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Record
			 keeping.
Accurate records and books shall be kept by each permittee
			 showing in detail, among other things, the amount and source of gross receipts,
			 prizes, and the expenses incurred.
(b)
Access to records.
The
			 commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representatives shall at all
			 times have access to all books and records of a permittee for the purpose of
			 examining them. Such records shall be accessible where and when sealed tickets
			 are sold or during normal business hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-21 - Bank accounts, expenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Proceeds from
			 sealed ticket sales shall be kept in a separate special sealed ticket bank
			 account which shall be in the form of a checking account. All receipts from
			 sealed ticket sales less the amount awarded as cash prizes shall be deposited
			 in the special sealed ticket account. The commingling of any funds derived from
			 the sale of sealed tickets with any other funds of the permitted organization
			 is strictly prohibited. Money shall be withdrawn from this special account for
			 only the following purposes:
(1) Payment of
			 expenses authorized pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(2) Disbursement from net proceeds for
			 charitable, civic, educational, fraternal, veterans', religious, volunteer fire
			 department or grange purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-22 - Amendment of permit application

Current through July 10, 2024
Sealed ticket sales may be conducted under conditions other
				than as stated in the original application for a sealed ticket permit if an
				application to amend, prescribed by the commissioner, is filed with the and if
				the subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and properly have
				been included in the original application and permit, and upon payment of such
				additional fee, if any, as would have been payable if it had been so included.
				In no case shall there be a refund of fees. After an investigation of all the
				facts, the department may approve or disapprove the application to
				amend.