Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - RULES RELATING TO BEANO BY FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES › Section 633-30-4 - Conduct of Beano

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Before
				commencing the first game on any occasion at which a series of Beano games is
				to be held, all numbers shall be removed from the blower, or from such other
				mechanical means used to catch the numbers, and shall be placed in appropriate
				position to enable any interested person, or persons, to determine that all
				numbers 1 thru 75, are present.
2.
				All cards which have not been purchased and paid for shall be removed from the
				tables and the immediate vicinity of any player while the games are in
				progress.
3. All players will be
				furnished a ticket, receipt or some other easily and quickly identifiable
				device indicating the maximum number of cards purchased and which may be played
				at any single game. At no time will a participant play more than the number of
				Beano cards actually purchased and identified by the furnished ticket, receipt
				or other identifiable device used by the Licensee organization to signify the
				maximum number of cards purchased. The device used to indicate the number of
				cards purchased will remain in full sight of any interested person to view
				during the game.
4. All players
				must be seated in the same area with the operator calling the
				numbers.
5. The Licensee shall
				conspicuously post the license to operate Beano, the Location Permit, and a
				copy of house and game rules in the room or area where Beano is being
				conducted.
6. The Licensee shall
				conspicuously post the price or combination of prices of all Beano cards in the
				room or area where Beano is being conducted.
7. The particular arrangement of numbers
				required to be covered in order to win the game shall be clearly described and
				announced to the players immediately before each game begins.
8. Each number shall remain within the blower
				or cage until ready to be called. Upon removal, said number shall be called
				without delay unless a Beano or Bingo is called, at which time no additional
				numbers will be called, and at which time the card shall be checked. If a
				number was removed from the blower or cage and had not been announced when the
				Beano was called, this number shall be placed back in the blower or cage. Each
				number as called must be clearly marked on a chalkboard, dry erase board or
				electric flashboard visible to all players, and must remain on such chalkboard,
				dry erase board or electric flashboard until after the winner or winners have
				been determined.
9. The player must
				notify the licensee when they have a winning pattern or "Beano".
10. The winner's card shall be checked
				against the numbers called by the licensee.
11. An organization may not operate a game to
				require the pre-announced or randomly marked number to appear at a specific
				place or in a specific order within the winning arrangement of
				numbers.
12. On each Beano/Bingo
				occasion all cards shall be purchased and winners determined. The prize shall
				be awarded at the conclusion of each game.
13. No person conducting or assisting in the
				conduct of Beano/Bingo may participate as a player, or assist any player by
				playing their cards, in any game of Beano/Bingo during the same
				occasion.
14. All members of the
				Licensee who are involved in the conduct of Beano/Bingo shall be thoroughly
				familiar with the provisions of the Statutes pertaining to Beano/Bingo and with
				these Rules.
15. All monetary
				prizes given to the winners shall be legibly recorded in a bonded log
				containing the date of the occasion, game number, amount won, winners name and
				address which shall be retained for not less than three (3) years and made
				available to the Gambling Control Unit upon request.
16. The registrant shall announce or describe
				the prize to the players before each game begins.
17. When more than one player is found to be
				the winner in the same game, the Licensee shall divided the monetary prize
				among the winners as equally as possible.
18. When the division of a prize is
				non-monetary, the Licensee may;
a) Substitute
				prizes whose aggregate value does not exceed that permitted by these Rules, or
				may
b) Continue the play of the
				game until a single winner can be determined using the following method;
i. The tied players will each use the same
				card that was played during the tied game.
ii. Licensee will call the next number for
				the tied players.
iii. The first
				player to cover that next number called on that card shall be declared the
				winner of the prize.
c)
				If the tied game was a blackout game, the tied players will not have any
				remaining numbers on their cards available for play. In that instance, the
				Licensee shall break the tie and establish a single winner by returning all
				balls to the blower or cage. The first player who can match the next number
				called to any number on his card will be declared the single winner.