Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part I - Charitable Bingo, Keno, Raffle › Subpart 2 - Electronic Video Bingo › Chapter 18 - Electronic Video Bingo Rules › Section I-1803 - Definitions and Terms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used throughout this Chapter, the following
					 definitions apply.
Accounting Ticket
- an electronic readout
					 which will give the following information on a printed ticket:
a. the serial number of the machine;
b. the time of day that ticket was printed in hours and
					 minutes in a 24-hour format;
c. the date on which the ticket was printed;
d. coins in;
e. credits played;
f. credits won;
g. credits paid.
Act
- the Charitable Bingo, Keno and Raffle
					 Law enacted as Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4861.1 et seq., including all
					 amendments thereto that may hereafter be enacted including Acts 671, 823, 373
					 and 989 of 1985.
Applicant
- any person who has applied for
					 or is about to apply for registration as a manufacturer, distributor or
					 supplier or for a permit stamp for an electronic video bingo machine.
Audit Copies
- an exact copy of each
					 printed ticket voucher, said copy to be printed and retained until submitted in
					 conjunction with reporting requirements.
Bingo
- the game of chance commonly known
					 as bingo played for prizes with cards bearing numbers or other designations,
					 five or more in one line, the holder covering numbers, as objects, similarly
					 numbered are drawn from a receptacle and the game being won by a person who
					 first covers a previously designated arrangement of numbers on such a
					 card.
Charitable 0rganization
- a nonprofit
					 veterans, eleemosynary, benevolent, education, religious, fraternal or civil
					 and service association or corporation domiciled in this state. Any such
					 organization or corporation shall have qualified with the United States Revenue
					 Service for an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3), (4),
					 (7), (8), (9), or (10) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Commercial Lessor
- any person or other
					 entity, except a nonprofit organization who holds a bingo license, who leases
					 any building, structure or premises to holders of bingo licenses.
Commercial Lessor's Location
- a building,
					 structure or premises leased to nonprofit organizations who hold bingo licenses
					 at said location.
Cost of Each Game
- the amount charged for
					 each game played on the machine; said amount shall not be less than one quarter
					 nor more than four quarters.
Department
- the Louisiana Department of
					 Justice, Office of the Attorney General, and shall include the electronic video
					 panel of the Department of Justice.
Distributor
- a person or business entity
					 who owns and leases electronic video bingo machines to a charitable
					 organization in this state.
Electronic Video Bingo
- a machine designed
					 for the specific purpose of playing the game of bingo as described above except
					 that an electronic random number generator may be utilized to select numbers in
					 lieu of the drawing of numbers from a receptacle and that one or more video
					 images containing numbers or other designations five or more in one line may be
					 utilized instead of a card.
Gross Revenues
- total coins played into a
					 permitted machine without regard for expenses or payouts.
Law
- the Electronic Video Bingo Machine
					 Law, R.S.
					 33:4861.17 including all amendments thereto
					 that may hereafter be enacted.
Lease Agreement
- that agreement entered
					 into between the holder of a bingo license and the electronic video bingo
					 permittee; said agreement shall indicate that at least 45 percent of the net
					 win from a machine must be paid to the licensee.
Manufacturer
- a person or business entity
					 who manufacturers for sale electronic video bingo machines in this
					 state.
Maximum Prize
- not more than $1,000
					 cash.
Net Revenue
- the sum obtained by
					 subtracting total coins in minus total amount paid out as ticket vouchers
					 tendered for cash money.
Net Win
- the sum obtained by subtracting
					 total coins in minus total amount paid out on ticket vouchers tendered for cash
					 money.
Noncommercial Lessor
- any nonprofit
					 organization who holds a bingo license and who leases any building, structure
					 or premises to other holders of bingo licenses.
Noncommercial Location
- a building,
					 structure or premises owned or occupied by a nonprofit organization who holds a
					 bingo license the principal activities at the location shall be the meeting of
					 members and the conducting of affairs of the nonprofit organization.
Payout
- the number of credits won by the
					 players, whether used to play additional games or collected on a ticket voucher
					 in proportion to the amount of cash and credit wagered: said payout shall not
					 be less than 80 percent nor more than 90 percent of the amount of cash and
					 credits wagered.
Permit Stamp
- an exterior decal issued by
					 the department which authorizes a specific machine to be operated as an
					 electronic video bingo machine.
Permit Stamp Fee
- the amount paid by the
					 permittee to the department for each machine permitted.
Permittee
- a manufacturer, distributor or
					 charitable organization who owns electronic video bingo machine(s) and operates
					 those permitted machines in accord with these rules and regulations.
Person
- an individual, partnership, joint
					 venture, or corporation doing business in this state.
Rules
- these regulations.
Seal A
- the seal placed on PROMs of the
					 logic board of all electronic video bingo machines.
Seal B
- the seal placed on hard meter
					 counter of all electronic video bingo machines.
Ticket Voucher
- a printed ticket which is
					 tendered to the player at the completion of game play if there are any
					 remaining credits on the game. These ticket vouchers are redeemable for cash
					 money.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 33:4861.17.