Code of Maine Rules › 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › 633 - GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 31 - RULES RELATING TO BEANO › Section 633-31-4 - Conduct of Beano

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. 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.
2.
				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.
3. 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 registered 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.
4. Beano shall be
				conducted in a building or area approved for public use by state and local
				officials, including the State Fire Marshal's Office.
5. All players must be seated in the same
				area with the operator calling the numbers.
6. The registrant shall conspicuously post
				the registration to operate Beano, the Location Permit, and a copy of house and
				game rules in the room or area where Beano is being conducted.
7. The registrant shall conspicuously post
				the price or combination of prices of all Beano cards in the room or area where
				Beano is being conducted.
8. 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.
9. 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, dry erase board or electric flashboard visible to all players, and
				must remain on such chalkboard, dry erase board or electric flashboard until
				after the winner or winners have been determined.
10. The player must notify the registrant
				when they have a winning pattern or "Beano".
11. The winner's card shall be checked
				against the numbers called by the registrant.
12. An organization may not operate a 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.
13. On each Beano occasion
				all cards shall be purchased and winners determined. The prize shall be awarded
				at the conclusion of each game.
14.
				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.
15. All
				members of the registrant 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.
16. All monetary
				prizes given to the winners shall be legibly recorded in a binded log
				containing the date of the occasion, game number, amount won, winners name and
				address which shall be retained for not less than three (3) years and made
				available to the Gambling Control Unit upon request.
17. The registrant shall announce or describe
				the prize to the players before each game begins.
18. When more than one player is found to be
				the winner in the same game, the registrant shall divide the monetary prize
				among the winners as equally as possible.
19. When the division of a prize is
				non-monetary, the registrant may;
20. Substitute prizes whose aggregate value
				does not exceed that permitted by these Rules, or may
21. Continue the play of the game until a
				single winner can be determined using the following method;
22. The tied players will each use the same
				card that was played during the tied game.
23. Registrant will call the next number for
				the tied players.
24. The first
				player to cover that next number called on that card shall be declared the
				winner of the prize.
25. 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.