Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 270 - Department of Public Safety › Chapter 50 - Licensing and Oversight › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 2 - Rules and Regulations Governing BINGO (270-RICR-50-00-2) › Section 270-RICR-50-00-2.1 - Definitions Applicable to Rules and Regulations

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Bingo" means a game of chance played for prizes with cards bearing numbers or other designations, five or more in one line, the holder covering numbers as objects similarly numbered are drawn from a receptacle, and the game being won by the person who first covers a previously designated arrangement of numbers on such a card.
B. "Charitable Organization" means any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, social service, civic, fraternal, police, labor, religious, eleemosynary person and/or persons purporting themselves to be a charitable organization.
C. "Charitable Purpose" means any benevolent, educational, humane, patriotic, social service, civic, fraternal, police, labor, religious, eleemosynary purpose provided that no part of the net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
D. "Department" means the Division of State Police of Rhode Island unless otherwise described.
E. "Director" means the Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police or his/her designee.
F. "Equipment" means the receptacle and numbered objects to be drawn from it; the master board upon which such objects are placed as drawn; the cards or sheets bearing the numbers or other designations to be covered and the objects used to cover them; the boards or signs, however operated, used to announce or display the numbers or designations as they are drawn; public address systems, tables, chairs, and other articles essential to the operation, conduct and playing of Bingo.
G. "Extra Regular Cards" means such cards as afford additional opportunities to play in all regular games.
H. "Game" means the game commonly called "bingo" or "Beano" or substantially the same game under any other name.
I. "General Fund Account" means in public sector accounting, the primary account or fund of an agency or nonprofit entity. It is similar to a firm's general ledger account, and records all assets and liabilities of the entity that are not assigned to a special purpose account or fund.
J. "Gift Certificate" means a writing identified as a gift certificate, purchased by a licensed organization or donated by a donor, for use by a person other than the licensed organization not redeemable in cash and usable in its face amount in lieu of cash in exchange for goods or services supplied by the seller or donor thereof.
K. "Gross Receipts" means receipts from the sale of any right to participate in any Bingo game in any manner as well as from the sale of supplies and all other miscellaneous receipts.
L. "Licensed Organization" means the organization and its auxiliaries qualified under the Bingo law to conduct Bingo and named on the certificate of approval and the license issued.
M. "Net Proceeds" means gross receipts less taxes, prizes and reasonable and necessary expenses ordinarily incidental to the conduct of bingo games.
N. "Occasion" means a single session within the same calendar day during which a series of no more than 45 bingo games, whether regular or special, is played, excluding one (1) Winner-Take-All game.
O. "Regular Bingo Game" means a game played on a hard card or cards issued to a player for a set fee.
P. "Special Bingo Game" means any game other than as defined above.
Q. "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police or his/her designee.
R. "The Bingo Law" means R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										11-19-30 through 45, as amended.