Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 45 - Missouri Gaming Commission › Chapter 30 - Bingo › Section 11 CSR 45-30.370 - Progressive Games

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the guidelines for the
				  conduct of progressive bingo games by organizations/operators.
(1) A progressive game is one in which the
				established prize amount shall be increased from one occasion to the next
				scheduled occasion if no player completes the required winning pattern within
				the specified number of bingo balls drawn as posted by the game operator. If
				after ten (10) occasions the progressive prize has not been awarded, the game
				operator must increase the number of balls drawn to complete the winning
				pattern by at least one (1) above the highest number required in the previous
				ten (10) occasions at each subsequent occasion until the progressive prize is
				awarded.
(2) Only two (2)
				progressive games may be conducted per occasion.
(3) A prize for a progressive game may start
				at an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and must be increased
				by no more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) at each subsequent
				occasion.
(4) If a progressive
				prize is not awarded at a bingo occasion, the progressive game shall be
				continued at each subsequent occasion until the progressive prize is awarded.
				In the event no player completes the required winning pattern within the
				specified number of bingo balls drawn at the occasion, one (1) stated
				consolation prize shall be offered and awarded. The consolation prize is exempt
				from section
				313.040(4),
				RSMo; however, the consolation prize must be less than the value of the
				progressive prize amount and only one (1) consolation prize shall be offered
				and awarded per progressive game per occasion.
(5) All progressive bingo games shall be
				fully described and posted in the house rules prior to the start of the
				occasion and shall comply with all other statutory and regulatory requirements.
				This description shall include dates and times when the progressive games shall
				be played, including any progressive game conducted in conjunction with a
				Special Bingo and Pull-Tab License, if any. Each game operator shall submit a
				progressive game activity report for each progressive game with its quarterly
				report as defined in
				11 CSR 45-30.210. The
				report shall indicate the date, progressive prize offered, consolation prize
				offered, number of balls needed to win the progressive prize, and the prize
				amount awarded.
(6) Each operator's/licensee's progressive game set of
				rules shall remain in effect until the game ends and the progressive prize
				winner is determined.
(7) A holder of a Regular/Annual Bingo
				License may conduct its progressive game during a special bingo and pull-tab
				licensed event, if approval is granted by the commission prior to the licensed
				event. The special bingo and pull-tab event must be open to the public. No
				other special bingo and pull-tab licensee may conduct a progressive bingo game
				at its event.
(8) An operator may not cease bingo operations unless
				the progressive bingo game(s) in play is completed and the progressive prize is
				awarded, unless prior approval has been received from the commission.
(9)
				Game operators who conduct progressive games shall maintain cash reserves in
				their bingo checking account in an amount equal to or greater than any
				progressive game prize offered.
(10) Progressive
				games may be played on electronic bingo card monitoring devices.
(11) A hot ball progressive game is a bingo
				game in which a certain number of bingo balls are drawn from the receptacle
				prior to the start of the game. These balls are considered "hot balls." If a
				bingo player achieves the winning pattern and the last number called is a "hot
				ball," then the progressive prize is awarded. If after ten (10) occasions the
				progressive prize has not been awarded, the game operator shall increase the
				number of hot balls drawn to complete the winning pattern each subsequent
				occasion until the progressive prize is awarded.
*Original authority: 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993,
					 1995.