Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 25 - BINGO/RAFFLES/MONTE CARLO › Section 137-025-0180 - Bingo Operating Limits

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Unless excepted by the Department, a licensee shall not operate bingo games for
			 more than 20 hours nor more than four days in any one calendar week. However, a
			 Class C or D licensee may operate without restriction as to number of days or
			 hours per week if its total operations are limited to no more than 12
			 consecutive days during its license year. All bingo games must be conducted at
			 a single physical location, unless the licensee holds a class B, C, or D
			 license and qualifies to operate in up to three counties pursuant to ORS
			 464.360(2).
			 No more than two bingo games may be operated simultaneously at a location. One
			 licensee may not operate simultaneous games unless the licensee holds a class
			 B, C, or D license and qualifies to operate in up to three counties pursuant to
			 ORS
			 464.360(2).
			 Simultaneous games occur when numbers are pulled from more than one
			 container/blower at the same time.
(2) A licensee shall not award non-linked
			 progressive game prizes exceeding $5,000 in value in any one game except a
			 licensee may award prizes not to exceed $10,000 per game up to 2 times during
			 the license year. A licensee may award an unlimited number of prizes in excess
			 of $5,000 for authorized linked progressive bingo games. On the licensee report
			 as provided by OAR 137-025-0140, the licensee shall record the dates(s) and
			 amount(s) of any prizes awarded exceeding $5,000 per game which were not paid
			 by a licensed Linked Progressive Game Bingo Escrow Agent. A licensee shall not
			 offer a non-linked progressive game prize in excess of $5,000 unless the
			 licensee has such funds available in an account with a financial institution or
			 has evidence that it has purchased current insurance from a surety/insurance
			 company providing for payment if such a prize is won by one or more of the
			 licensee's players. Any such prize won by a player shall be paid by a corporate
			 or cashier's check no later than the close of the second business day after the
			 prize is won.
(3) The "operating
			 expenses" of all bingo and raffle games, conducted by the licensee as defined
			 in ORS
			 167.117(15),
			 excluding prizes and money paid to players, shall not exceed 22.0 percent of
			 the total of the annual handle of those games:
(a) If expenses are related to both the bingo
			 operations and the nonbingo operations of a licensee (such as rent, utilities
			 and employee salaries), a reasonable allocation shall be made between the bingo
			 and nonbingo activities. Employee salaries shall be allocated based upon hours
			 spent in bingo and nonbingo activities;
(b) All leasehold improvements and
			 improvements to bingo facilities owned by the licensee may be reasonably
			 amortized;
(c) No salary of an
			 employee of the licensee shall be considered an operating expense for purposes
			 of this subsection, if less than 20 percent of the employee's time is devoted
			 to activities directly related to the games;
(d) Fees paid to the Department are not
			 operating expenses for purposes of this subsection;
(e) If a licensee subleased its space or
			 equipment to one or more additional licensees, the licensee may pro rate its
			 rental expenses based on proportional use of the property; the pro rate shall
			 be based on the actual hours of use by that licensee compared to the total
			 hours of use of the other licensees.