Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 9 - TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION › Chapter 402 - CHARITABLE BINGO OPERATIONS DIVISION › Subchapter C - BINGO GAMES AND EQUIPMENT › Section 402.323 - Card-Minding Systems - Device Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The card-minding device must have a
				  unique, permanent identification number, or have a unique identification number
				  secured by password or code and accessible only by use of such password or
				  code.
(b) The identification number
				  must be coded into the software of the card-minding device.
(c) The card-minding device must
				  automatically transmit its identification number to the site system or be known
				  by the site system, to be recorded on the transaction log, each time the device
				  is involved in a transaction with the site system.
(d) The card-minding device must be designed
				  in such a manner to allow for one or more of the following daubing features:
(1) Manual ball call: This requires the
				  player to identify uniquely the ball call that has been made. This could be
				  through a number of methods, for example: the selection of the number on a grid
				  containing all 75 numbers; the selection of the letter from BINGO, then the
				  number from a list of 15 numbers; or the entry through a keypad of the digits
				  comprising the number. However, it requires the player to enter the numbers as
				  they are called and therefore allows the player to enter a number in error.
				  This method of daubing must enable the player to correct numbers entered in
				  error.
(2) Ball call confirm: This
				  method requires the broadcast of the ball call information to the card-minding
				  device. When the ball call is received by the card-minding device, the player
				  must perform an action to confirm or enter the ball call. This is typically
				  through the pressing of a key or the touching of the screen. This daub style
				  requires the player to perform an action for each and every ball call that is
				  made. If the player waits, and a number of ball calls are made without the
				  player performing any action, the player must then touch the screen (or press
				  enter) once for each ball called. The ball calls must be processed in the order
				  they were drawn.
(3) Semi-auto
				  daub: This method requires the broadcast of the ball call information to the
				  card-minding device. This method operates in the same manner as ball call
				  confirm, except that, if the player allows multiple balls to be called without
				  interacting with the card-minding device, a single action will daub all
				  outstanding ball calls. The ball call that was most recently made by the caller
				  is processed last and the bingo cards are scored with this number being the
				  "last number" for any last number rule games.
(4) Auto Daub: This method requires the
				  broadcast of the ball call information to the card-minding device. As each ball
				  call is received by the card-minding device, the card-minding device behaves as
				  though the player performed the ball call confirm action. That is to say, the
				  card-minding device will act automatically as each ball call is
				  announced.