New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 7 - CONDUCT OF BINGO › Section 13:47-7.9 - Equipment; general operation of bingo

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Bingo games shall be held, operated and conducted in the manner prescribed by 5:8-25 and by Section 1.1 (Definitions) of this Chapter.
(b) The electronic card minding system of only one manufacturer may be used on any single occasion.
(c) Effective September 20, 2006, all bingo games shall be played on non-reusable cards which are to be indelibly marked when played.
(d) The equipment used in the playing of bingo and the method of play shall be such that each card shall have an equal opportunity to be a winner.
(e) The objects to be drawn shall be essentially equal as to size, shape, weight and balance and as to all other characteristics that may control their selection and all shall be present in the receptacle before each game is begun.
(f) Objects shall not be drawn from the receptacle until the caller is ready to announce the number on the object. Numbers on objects drawn from the receptacle shall not be announced if a player declares bingo prior to the caller starting vocally to make the announcement. Numbers on the objects drawn from the receptacle shall be announced so as to be visible or audible to all players.
(g) When a player achieves bingo, it shall be that player's responsibility to declare bingo loud enough for the caller to hear and so that the calling of numbers is stopped. If the player fails to do so and another number(s) is called, the player who had bingo and failed to make his or her bingo known to the caller shall share the prize with any player(s) who achieved bingo on the call of the additional number(s). If the last number called is required to win the game, the player who did not make his or her bingo known prior to the call of an additional number shall not be entitled to any portion of the prize.
(h) If a player is required to achieve bingo in a pre-designated number of numbers called and the player fails to make his or her bingo known to the caller until after that number of calls has been exceeded, the player shall not be entitled to the prize offered for achieving bingo in the pre-determined number of calls.
(i) Whenever a player declares bingo, the caller shall not modify the operation of the ball selection device until the card is verified as a winner. In the event the declaration of bingo was made in error the caller shall continue the game by calling the number that was next to be called prior to the erroneous declaration of bingo.
(j) A bingo player shall not use more than one electronic card minding device at one occasion.
(k) A bingo player shall not play more than 54 card faces per electronic card minding device per game.
(l) The bingo player using an electronic minding device shall input each number or symbol called by the licensed authorized organization into the memory of the card minding device. Automatic marking of numbers or symbols is prohibited.
(m) The bingo player shall notify the licensed organization when a winning pattern or "bingo" occurs by means that do not utilize the card minding device or the associated system.
(n) Electronic card minding devices shall be loaded or enabled for play on the premises where the game will be played.
(o) No electronic card minding device shall be voided after the call of the first number of the second game of the occasion.
(p) The registered organization conducting the game shall assure that adequate backup units or batteries are available to replace defective or malfunctioning electronic card minding devices.
(q) No licensed organization shall reserve or allow to be reserved any specific bingo card for use by players except modified paper cards for use by legally blind or otherwise disabled players. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the acceptance of the charge for admission to the room or place where bingo is to be played or for cards to participate in any game played on a bingo occasion in advance of the time or date of the occasion provided a receipt in the form prescribed in 13:47-7.5(b)  is issued to the purchaser.
(r) Modified paper cards used by legally blind or otherwise disabled players shall be commercially produced by a manufacturer approved by the Control Commission.
(s) A licensed organization shall have and exercise the right to inspect, accept or reject, with due cause, any personal paper bingo card used by a legally blind or otherwise disabled player.
(t) All cards to participate in any bingo game shall be purchased prior to the call of the first number in the game. A card purchased after the call of the first number in the game shall not be valid in that game and the holder of the card shall not be eligible for any portion of the prize offered in that game.
(u) In a multi-part game, the order in which the parts of the game were announced before the game began is the order in which the game shall be played. Each part of the game shall be played to conclusion and the winner(s) awarded the prize(s) before continuing to the next part of the game. If a player achieves a bingo in a part of the game other than the part being played, which has not been closed, the player shall wait until the caller opens the part of the game in which he or she has achieved bingo and declare bingo prior to the call of the first number in that part of the game.
(v) In a multi-part game, if a player declares bingo when the caller opens a particular part of the game, no additional number shall be called until the bingo is either verified or rejected as erroneous. If the bingo is verified the caller shall proceed to close that part of the game and award the prize. If the bingo is erroneous, the caller shall continue to call numbers until a winner(s) is declared.