Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 10 - CHARITABLE GAMING › Chapter 3 - SUPPLIES › Rule 13-10-3.1 - Supplies

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Game sheets, packets, cards, pull-tabs,
				etc. may only be purchased or received by the bingo location from a distributor
				who has obtained a license from the Gaming Commission.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
										97-33-67(4)
				  and
				  97-33-69(6).
(b) Bingo locations shall provide
				bingo cards or paper sheets to the participants for use during sessions. No
				participants shall be allowed to play on any bingo cards other than what is
				provided by the bingo location except for those participants who are legally
				blind. The bingo location is responsible for proper accounting of all game
				shares sold to legally blind participants.
(c) All game sheets, packets, and cards must
				be pre-numbered by the manufacturer. An inventory report shall be maintained
				which indicates the total amount of paper on hand, purchases and set prices for
				each type of sheet, packet or card. Requests to change the set prices must be
				approved by the Commission in writing prior to the licensee initiating sales at
				the new price. Changes can only be implemented on a quarterly basis or after
				audit of inventory and approved in writing by the Commission. The daily session
				report will indicate the total amount of paper distributed and the prices of
				each. The game sheets, cards and any packets may not be cut or altered in any
				way and must be offered to the participants in the configuration or format as
				purchased from the distributor.
(d)
				The bingo location is required to maintain on-site and immediately available
				for inspection by agents of the Commission all purchase invoices of all bingo
				supplies.
(e) Detailed inventory
				records must be maintained on all bingo supplies. These records must be
				verified by means of a physical count made at least monthly by a member of the
				charitable organization who is not associated with bingo operations. A record
				of the physical count must be maintained on-site and immediately available for
				inspection by agents of the Commission.
(f) The distributor of all gaming supplies
				shall maintain all sales invoices to bingo locations and provide bingo
				location's purchase information to the Commission on monthly reports. This
				would include both sales to charitable organizations and operators. The report
				must include the name of the bingo location, the date of sale, the type of game
				supplies, the number imprinted upon those supplies and the cost of those
				supplies to the charitable organization.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
										97-33-79.
(g) No distributor shall sell,
				offer to sell, or deliver any charitable bingo product to any bingo location in
				this State, and no bingo location shall buy or accept delivery of any licensed
				charitable bingo supplies except on terms of immediate payment, or on terms
				requiring payment no later than the fifteenth day following that on which
				actual delivery is made or use of electronic daubers and electronic pull-tab
				machines have started. If any payment is not made when due, the distributor
				shall immediately notify the Mississippi Gaming Commission thereof and the
				Commission may notify all distributors licensed in the state in writing of the
				default and thereafter no distributor shall sell any charitable bingo products
				to the bingo location in default on any terms other than immediate payment
				until otherwise authorized by the Commission.
(h) No manufacturer shall sell, offer to sell
				or deliver any charitable bingo products to any licensed distributor in this
				state, and no distributor shall buy or accept delivery of any licensed
				charitable bingo supplies except on terms on file with the Commission. If any
				payment is not made when due, the manufacturer shall immediately notify the
				Commission thereof and the Commission may notify the manufacturers licensed in
				the state of the default and thereafter no person shall sell any charitable
				bingo products to the licensed distributor until otherwise authorized by the
				Commission.
(i) No distributor shall
				accept payment from any bingo location for any gaming supplies unless that
				payment is in the form of a check drawn on the charitable organization's
				separate charitable bingo account.
(j) A charitable organization may not
				transfer surplus supplies or equipment to another charitable organization
				except upon written application to the Commission, on forms provided by the
				Commission, and with written permission of the Commission. Records must be
				maintained to fully document the transfer and receipt between both
				organizations.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
										97-33-107(1).
(k) Charitable organizations and
				operators must obtain bingo supplies and equipment from distributors licensed
				by the Commission.
(l) Licensed
				distributors must obtain bingo supplies and equipment from manufacturers
				licensed by the Commission.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
										97-33-67(4)
				  and
				  97-33-79.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										97-33-67(4)
				  and
				  97-33-79