New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter II - Division of Charitable Gaming › Subchapter C - Bingo General Provisions › Part 4800 - Definitions › Section 4800.1 - Definition of terms

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following
						definitions and the definitions set forth in General Municipal Law section 476
						are applicable throughout Subchapters C, D and E of this Chapter:
(a) Admission card or package means the card
					 or cards issued to a player upon the payment of an admission fee not to exceed
					 $5 that entitles the player to at least one opportunity to participate in all
					 regular games of bingo during a single bingo occasion.
(b) Bingo Control Law means article 19-B of
					 the Executive Law.
(c) Bingo
					 Licensing Law means article 14-H of the General Municipal Law.
(d) Card or sheet means a bingo opportunity
					 comprised of a reusable card or disposable sheet of paper bearing one or more
					 face-cards. The word on describes the number of face-cards printed on a card or
					 sheet, and is preceded by the number of face-cards appearing on that card or
					 sheet. For example, a three-on (or 3-on) is a single card or sheet bearing
					 three face-cards.
(e) Clerk of the
					 municipality means the clerk of the town or village duly authorized to issue
					 licenses pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law. In the case of a city, it shall
					 mean the clerk of the particular department of the city government duly
					 authorized to issue licenses pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law.
(f) Department means the New York City
					 Department of Consumer Affairs.
(g)
					 Double-header means a session of bingo in which two successive licensed bingo
					 occasions are conducted by the same licensed authorized organization, provided
					 that not more than 30 minutes time shall elapse between the calling of the last
					 numbered ball in the first licensed occasion and the calling of the first
					 numbered ball in the second occasion.
(h) Early bird, also known as share the
					 wealth or split pots, has the meaning set forth in General Municipal Law
					 section 476(11-a). Early bird opportunities bearing more than one face-card may
					 be priced at the discretion of the licensed authorized organization, so long as
					 1-on early bird cards are offered for sale simultaneously at a price of $1 or
					 less.
(i) Electronic bingo aid
					 means any electronic hardware device or electronic system, whether fixed or
					 portable, or any software used in conjunction with a common computer, designed
					 to assist sight-impaired players and others in the playing of bingo.
(j) Extra regular card means a card or sheet
					 that is sold separately from an admission card that provides a player with an
					 additional opportunity to participate in a regular bingo game or
					 games.
(k) Face-card means the
					 25-squared grid comprised of five rows of five equally sized squares that are
					 marked by the player during the conduct of bingo, which may have the letters
					 B,I,N,G and O printed horizontally across the top. Each square, with the
					 exception of the center square which shall be designated as a free space, shall
					 bear a number ranging from 1 to 75, inclusive, none of which shall be repeated
					 on the same face-card. The free space shall bear the face-card number (also
					 known as the manufacturer's permutation number or perm- number) which
					 identifies the unique configuration of numbers assigned to each face-card by
					 the licensed bingo manufacturer for comparison and verification of winning
					 calls of bingo. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to
					 supercards, quick bingo cards or player select cards.
(l) Governing body or municipal governing
					 body means the board or body in which the powers of a political subdivision as
					 a body corporate, or other, are vested. Where the governing body or municipal
					 governing body has delegated authority, pursuant to General Municipal Law
					 section 498, to an officer or officers, the words governing body or municipal
					 governing body shall apply to the officer or officers in respect to the powers
					 and duties delegated.
(m) Gross
					 receipts means receipts from the sale of all bingo opportunities, including
					 those sold via electronic bingo aids.
(n) Jackpot game means the final game of a
					 bingo occasion.
(o) In the
					 definition of limited period bingo in General Municipal Law section 476(10),
					 the same year refers to the same calendar year.
(p) Occasion means a single licensed period
					 in which an aggregate of prizes not to exceed the amount set forth in General
					 Municipal Law section 481(1)(a) is awarded in a series of at least 10 bingo
					 games (or a combination of bingo games and subparts of multiple-part bingo
					 games in which 10 separate prizes are awarded), so long as not more than 35
					 successive bingo games are played. During double header and triple header
					 sessions, at least one of the occasions shall comprise 10 bingo games (or a
					 combination of bingo games and subparts of multiple-part bingo games in which
					 10 or more separate prizes are awarded). A licensed authorized organization may
					 offer fewer than 10 games per occasion during multiple successive occasions if
					 at least one of the session's occasions comprises at least 10 bingo games. In
					 the case of limited period bingo, the series of games played during an occasion
					 shall not exceed 60 in number.
(q)
					 Opportunity means a reusable card or a disposable sheet of paper bearing at
					 least one face-card entitling a player to participate in a game or games of
					 bingo. For the purposes of this section, a card approved by the commission for
					 use in the game supercard, player select or quick bingo shall be deemed an
					 opportunity to participate in such games. Face-cards shall be printed on only
					 one side of an opportunity and the backside of such opportunities shall be
					 blank. All opportunities other than hard-boards, supercards and opportunities
					 issued for use with electronic bingo aids shall be marked by the players with
					 indelible ink daubers.
(r) Package
					 means a group of cards or sheets of bingo face-cards collated to form a package
					 of opportunities. Each of the cards or sheets making up such package shall be
					 different in appearance from all other cards or sheets within such package and
					 shall represent, by color and appearance, an opportunity to participate in a
					 specific bingo game. The word up refers to the number of cards or sheets
					 contained in such a package and is preceded by the number of such cards or
					 sheets. For example, a six-up (or 6-up) is a group of opportunities made up of
					 six different colored cards or sheets collated to form a single
					 package.
(s) Player select means a
					 bingo game in which a player, at least 15 minutes prior to the commencement of
					 that game, purchases a blank player select card and enters the numbers of his
					 or her choice in the blank spaces on such card. Each number shall be between 1
					 and 75, inclusive, and no number shall be repeated on the same player select
					 card. Prizes are awarded to those players whose selected numbers match those
					 drawn by the licensed authorized bingo operator during a designated player
					 select game, in accordance with section
					 4820.49 of this Chapter.
(t) Pre-drawn bingo means a bingo game
					 conducted by a licensed authorized organization in accordance with section
					 4820.51 of this Chapter, in which a
					 predetermined number of bingo balls are pre-picked at random from the
					 receptacle. Predrawn bingo games shall be conducted using only
					 commission-approved disposable, tear-open or sealed bingo opportunities, which
					 shall be constructed in such a manner, and of such material, so as to prevent
					 the viewing of the numbers printed thereon until the purchasing player opens
					 the opportunity by tearing off perforated edges or otherwise breaking a secured
					 seal enclosing the face-card. All bingo opportunities used in predrawn games
					 shall be marked with standard indelible ink daubers. The pre-drawing of the
					 numbers shall begin not more than 45 minutes prior to the start of the game and
					 shall not begin unless there are a number of players equal to at least 10
					 percent of the bingo seating capacity present to verify the integrity of the
					 pre-drawing of the numbered balls.
(u) Prize means the dollar amount or
					 merchandise awarded as a prize to the player or players obtaining a winning
					 pattern in a particular bingo game. The awarding of alcoholic beverages,
					 opportunities to play bingo, bell jar tickets and/or raffle tickets as a prize
					 in any bingo game is prohibited.
(v) Quick bingo game means a special game
					 conducted in conjunction with a scheduled regular or special bingo game
					 pursuant to section
					 4820.52 of this Chapter, in which
					 specially constructed quick bingo cards are sold and marked by the players with
					 standard indelible ink daubers. Quick bingo cards are sealed by the
					 manufacturer and, when opened by the player, reveal a grid comprised of either
					 9 spaces formed by 3 rows of 3 spaces, or 16 spaces formed by 4 rows of 4
					 spaces, each space bearing a bingo number ranging from 1 to 75, provided no
					 number is repeated on the same quick bingo face-card and the type-face of each
					 number is sufficiently large to mark with a standard indelible ink
					 dauber.
(w) Regular bingo game
					 means:
(1) a game, regardless of the pattern
					 required to win, that is played on a card or cards issued to a player upon
					 payment of an admission fee not to exceed $5; and
(2) a bingo game conducted during a licensed
					 occasion other than a limited period bingo occasion.