Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 820 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CHARITABLE GAMING › Chapter 1 - Charitable Gaming › Section 820 KAR 1:001 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 238.500, et. seq.
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 238.515 authorizes the
				Department of Charitable Gaming to promulgate administrative regulations to
				carry out the purposes and intent of the chapter. This administrative
				regulation establishes definitions of terms used throughout 820 KAR Chapter
				1.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Account number" means the unique
			 identification number, if any, assigned by a card-minding device system or
			 electronic pulltab system to a customer that uses a card-minding device to play
			 bingo or an electronic pulltab device to purchase and play a pulltab.
(2) "Bet block" means an area that indicates
			 the dollar amount of the wager.
(3)
			 "Cash over" means the total amount of money actually received from the sale of
			 gaming supplies at a charitable gaming session is more than the amount of money
			 due from the sale of that quantity of gaming supplies.
(4) "Cash short" means the total amount of
			 money actually received from the sale of gaming supplies at a charitable gaming
			 session is less than the amount of money due from the sale of that quantity of
			 gaming supplies.
(5) "Charitable
			 gaming session" means a single gathering, event, or occurrence, at a specific
			 location, during a specific time period, at which games of chance as defined by
			 KRS Chapter 238 are conducted by a charitable organization.
(6) "Charitable gaming session program" means
			 a written list of all games to be played and prize amounts to be paid for each
			 game during a charitable gaming session, including, if the prizes are based on
			 attendance, the amount of the prize and the attendance required.
(7) "Chief executive officer" means the
			 director of the organization or the person who has legal authority to direct
			 the management of the organization, distributor, manufacturer, or charitable
			 gaming facility with respect to the conduct of charitable gaming.
(8) "Chief financial officer" means the
			 person who is:
(a) Responsible for overseeing
			 the financial activities of the organization, distributor, manufacturer, or
			 charitable gaming facility;
(b) The
			 custodian of the charitable gaming session records; and
(c) Responsible for ensuring that all records
			 are accurate, complete, and maintained;
(9) "Digital signature" means a method by
			 which data, as in a software application, is expressed in a calculated number
			 that is used to verify the accuracy of the data or a copy of the
			 data.
(10) "Draw ticket" means a
			 blank ticket upon which the numbers are marked as they are randomly
			 selected.
(11) "EPROM" means
			 Erasable Programmable read-only memory.
(12) "Gambling" is defined by KRS 528.010(4).
(13) "Merchandise
			 prize" means a noncash prize given away at a charitable gaming session either
			 as a game prize or a door prize.
(14) "Player tracking software" means
			 computer software installed on a card-minding device system, electronic pulltab
			 system, or other point of sale system that is used to identify or track certain
			 characteristics of bingo or pulltab players, including personal data and
			 purchasing habits.
(15) "Primary
			 office location" means:
(a) The land and
			 building in and upon which a charitable organization conducts the majority of
			 its charitable business; and
(b)
			 Does not include any physical space a charitable organization shares with a
			 bar, restaurant, convenience store, or other commercial retail
			 business.
(16) "PROM"
			 means programmable read-only memory.
(17) "Promotional" means any item available
			 at no charge to all participants at a charitable gaming session.
(18) "Proprietary software" means custom
			 computer software developed by the manufacturer that is a primary component of
			 a card-minding device system or electronic pulltab system and is required for a
			 card-minding device to be used in a game of bingo or for an electronic pulltab
			 device to be used to play an electronic pulltab.
(19) "Purchased prize" means any merchandise
			 prize that was purchased and not donated.
(20) "RAM" or "random access memory" means
			 the electronic memory that a computer uses to store information.
(21) "Random number generator" means a
			 device:
(a) For generating number values that
			 exhibit characteristics of randomness; and
(b) Composed of:
1. Computer hardware;
2. Computer software; or
3. A combination of computer hardware and
			 software.
(22)
			 "Secondary component" means an additional software or hardware component that:
(a) Is part of or is connected to a
			 card-minding device system or electronic pulltab system;
(b) Does not affect the conduct of the game
			 of bingo or an electronic pulltab;
(c) Is provided by the manufacturer;
			 and
(d) May include computer screen
			 backgrounds, battery charge-up software routines, monitors, keyboards, pointer
			 devices, mice, printers, printer software drivers, or charging racks.
(23) "Serial number" means a
			 number assigned by the manufacturer to track the individual product.
(24) "Site system" means computer hardware,
			 software, and peripheral equipment leased or purchased from a licensed
			 distributor and used by a licensed organization to conduct, manage, and record
			 bingo games played on card-minding devices and electronic pulltab games played
			 on electronic pulltab devices.
(25)
			 "Terminal number" means the unique identification number, if any, assigned by a
			 manufacturer to a specific standard card-minding device or a specific
			 electronic pulltab device.
(26)
			 "Transaction log" means a record of the same information printed on each
			 outside ticket that is:
(a) Retained in the
			 computer's memory; or
(b) Printed
			 out by the computer.
(27)
			 "Version number" means a unique number designated by the manufacturer to
			 identify a specific version of software used on or by the card-minding device
			 system or the electronic pulltab system.