Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 25 - BINGO/RAFFLES/MONTE CARLO › Section 137-025-0184 - Linked Progressive Games-Manner of Conducting

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A licensee shall activate the linked
			 progressive bingo game equipment in its possession in order to host or
			 participate in a linked progressive bingo game and the system equipment shall
			 record and maintain a record of the number of such games hosted or in which the
			 licensee participated.
(2) A
			 winning player must have achieved bingo on the last number called. A
			 progressive bingo game can be played within or as an accompaniment to any other
			 primary bingo game; however, if a winning player achieves the primary bingo on
			 the last number called then the system equipment shall display the winning
			 bingo card for viewing by the players at the location and if a primary bingo is
			 verified, regardless of whether it also qualifies for the progressive prize,
			 that particular linked progressive bingo game is also concluded.
(3) As each linked progressive bingo game is
			 played at a participating licensed location, the bingo prize shall be increased
			 by designated payments per licensee and participating locations will be
			 notified of the increased amount of the progressive prize.
(4) If a linked progressive bingo game is
			 played in conjunction with a standardized non-linked game and a player is
			 charged an extra fee to participate in the linked progressive bingo game, the
			 Linked Progressive Bingo Game Contractor shall operate the linked progressive
			 game in a manner so that it can be verified that any winning player did pay the
			 extra fee to participate in the linked progressive game.
(5) When a linked progressive bingo game
			 winner is initially verified, the Linked Progressive Bingo Game Contractor
			 equipment shall immediately be activated to notify the other participating
			 licensee halls of a likely winner and the players shall be made aware that the
			 progressive prize amount has been frozen. Once the contractor and the host
			 licensee have completed all appropriate activities to verify the winner, the
			 escrow agent shall be notified and the prize shall be reset to the advertised
			 minimum plus any increases due to sales after the prize was frozen. The
			 licensee hosting the game which produced the winner shall obtain all relevant
			 federal W2G form information from the winner. The licensee shall also obtain
			 information as to whether the winner prefers to receive the prize check from
			 the licensee, from the escrow agent or by certified and insured mail delivery
			 at an address provided by the winner. The licensee shall immediately transmit
			 the above information, along with a statement of the amount of the prize, to
			 the escrow agent.
(6) Linked
			 Progressive Bingo Game Escrow Agents may charge the Linked Progressive Bingo
			 Contractor a reasonable fee for their services.
(7) The escrow agent shall establish a "sweep
			 account" with a commercial bank with branch offices throughout Oregon. All
			 participating licensees will be notified as to the identity of the commercial
			 bank. Participating licensees shall establish an account for prize pool
			 contributions at a local branch of the commercial bank and shall execute the
			 necessary documents so that the sums deposited may be swept by the escrow
			 agent, into the sweep account. Participating licensees shall transfer the
			 required prize pool contribution no later than three business days from the
			 date a linked progressive bingo game was conducted.
(8) The escrow agent shall immediately notify
			 the Department if a participating licensee fails to transfer a scheduled prize
			 pool deposit for a linked progressive bingo game. The Department shall
			 immediately notify the licensee of the delinquency and if the delinquent amount
			 is not paid within two business days, the Department shall notify the Linked
			 Progressive Bingo Game Contractor to terminate the licensee's access to the
			 game.
(9) The Department may direct
			 the Linked Progressive Bingo Game Contractor to renew the delinquent licensee's
			 access to the game if the Department has received confirmation that the
			 licensee has contributed the full amount of the delinquency plus a $100
			 delinquency fee to the licensee's prize pool contribution account.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  167.117(10)
				  & (12), 464.250(1),
				  914
Stats. Implemented: SB 716,
				  2003