Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 222 - BUREAU OF STATE POLICE › Chapter 3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO BEANO › Section 222-3-03 - Conduct of Beano

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Electronic daubers are permitted under
				   17 M.R.S.A.
				  §311
et seq
. and these
				  Rules and Regulations, provided they are operated in accordance with this
				  Chapter and any Rules and Regulations made and adopted pursuant thereto.
A. 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.
B. 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.
BB. After commencing the first game, and
				until the end of the occasion, there shall be no electronic communication from
				the electronic dauber to the electronic Beano card computer system or any other
				electronic destination or from the electronic Beano card computer system to any
				other electronic destination.
C.
				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.
NOTE: Those cards not purchased and not in use shall be kept
				  within the playing room for those players wishing to make exchanges. Such
				  exchanges will be made only at those intervals authorized by the
				  Licensee.
CC. At the time
				of sale of any electronic Beano cards and prior to releasing the electronic
				dauber to the player, the licensee must print a hard copy of any electronic
				cards purchased by the player. An electronic Beano card player cannot exchange
				the cards being played until completion of a Beano game. In order to exchange
				the cards being played, the player must return the electronic dauber, and the
				hard copy of any previously-purchased electronic Beano cards, to the licensee
				for loading and printing of the new cards.
D. The Chief of the State Police may
				authorize a Licensee to conduct Beano in any structure, building, or portion
				thereof, that conforms with the provisions of all statutes, ordinances, and
				rules and regulations promulgated by local, county or state authority
				pertaining to entrances, exits, fire escapes, auxiliary lighting, fireproofing,
				and structural safety. Only such locations expressly described in the
				application and Location Permit shall be used for the conduct of any Beano
				game.
E. All players must be seated
				in the same room or outdoor area with the operator calling the numbers. Under
				no circumstances is Beano to be conducted in more than one room. Any person who
				is not physically present within the room where the game is being conducted
				shall not be allowed to participate as a player. No game shall be conducted in
				whole or in part in any corridor, hallway or portion thereof.
EE. The electronic Beano card player must
				input each number called by the licensee into the memory of the electronic
				dauber by use of a separate dauber function. Automatic or global marking of
				numbers is prohibited.
F. Any
				location or room wherein Beano is conducted shall be fully and completely
				lighted at all times during the conduct of the game.
G. The Licensee shall conspicuously post the
				license to operate Beano, the Location Permit, and a copy of this publication
				in the room or area where Beano is being conducted.
H. 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.
I.
				(
Repealed 6-24-94 - filing 94-271)
J. 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.
K. 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 or electric flashboard
				visible to all players, and must remain on such chalkboard or electric
				flashboard until after the winner or winners have been determined.
KK. The player must notify the licensee when
				a winning pattern or "Beano" appears by means that do not utilize the
				electronic dauber.
L. The winner's
				card shall be checked against the numbers called. In checking the card back
				such card shall be held by the checker, high above his head, visible to the
				participants.
In the case of electronic daubers, the electronic Beano card
				  player must identify the winning card on the printed hard copy of the Beano
				  cards issued at the time of sale of the cards to allow verification by the
				  licensee.
M. The operator
				calling the numbers and must be seated on the same floor level as the
				players.
MM. An organization
				licensed under this chapter may operate a game whereby an announced prize is
				awarded to the player(s) who wins a Bingo game and whose winning arrangement of
				numbers contains, anywhere within that arrangement, a pre-announced number or a
				number that has been randomly marked by way of the card-printing process. An
				organization may not operate this 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.
N.
				On each Beano occasion all cards shall be purchased and winners determined. The
				prize shall be awarded at the conclusion of each game.
O. No person conducting or assisting in the
				conduct of Beano may participate as a player, or assist any player by playing
				their cards, in any game of Beano during the same occasion.
P. All members of the Licensee who are
				involved in the conduct of Beano shall be thoroughly familiar with the
				provisions of the Statutes pertaining to Beano and with these Rules and
				Regulations.
Q. All prizes given to
				the winners in the form of checks shall be made payable to the name of the
				winner. Absolutely no checks are to be made payable to "Cash" "The Bearer",
				etc. Checks given to the winners as prizes may be cashed by the Licensee
				provided that the recipients have properly endorsed said checks.
R. Cash prizes may be awarded but only by the
				issuance of checks drawn on a checking account, the use of which is reserved
				exclusively for the deposit of income from the game of Beano and the
				disbursements entailed in the operation thereof.
S. The Licensee shall announce or describe
				the prize to the players before each game begins and shall further announce the
				manner in which a prize shall be awarded in the event of a tied game.
When more than one player is found to be the winner in the
				  same game, the Licensee shall divide the cash prize among the winners as
				  equally as possible, giving consideration to each winning card involved. When
				  the division of a prize is not possible or practical, the Licensee may
				  substitute prizes whose aggregate value does not exceed that permitted by these
				  Rules, or may continue the play of the game in the following manner until a
				  single winner can be determined. In the event of a tied game, the Licensee may
				  call the next number for the tied players. The tied players will each use the
				  same card that was played during the tied game. The first player to cover that
				  next number called on that card shall be declared the winner of the prize. 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.
T. Electronic daubers shall not be reserved
				for any player. However, an electronic dauber may be reserved for a player with
				a disability that would restrict the ability to mark paper tally cards when
				such disability is consistent with definitions set forth in the Americans with
				Disabilities Act (ADA). If there are no requests for use of this reserved
				dauber prior to fifteen (15) minutes before the scheduled start of the
				occasion, it may be made available for use by any player.
U. The purchase price per card for electronic
				Beano cards shall be the same as the purchase price per card for paper Beano
				cards. No additional fee shall be imposed for use of electronic
				daubers.
V. No electronic dauber
				shall be programmed to play more than 54 Beano cards in a single
				game.
W. A room or outdoor area may
				be partitioned into designated smoking and nonsmoking areas. The partition must
				be constructed in accordance with applicable building codes using materials
				that do not obstruct visibility between the two areas or of the operator
				calling the numbers by a player in either area. Visibility may not be limited
				by glare, reflection, distortion or other natural occurring phenomenon. Access
				between the two areas may not be impeded. An opaque doorway may be installed in
				the partition, provided it does not obstruct the players' view of the caller.
Each area of a room or outdoor area that is partitioned into
				  designated smoking and nonsmoking areas must have a public address system and a
				  master board, electric flashboard or chalkboard visible to all players and a
				  member of the licensee must be present during the game in both the smoking and
				  nonsmoking areas.