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 402.301 - Bingo Cards/Paper

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following words and terms, shall have the following meaning
				  unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Bingo card/paper. A hard card, disposable
				  bingo card/paper, shutter card, or any other bingo card/paper approved by the
				  Commission.
(2) Bingo hard card. A
				  device made of cardboard, plastic or other suitable material that is intended
				  for repeated use of the bingo card at multiple bingo occasions.
(3) Bonus number(s). A number or numbers on
				  any type of bingo card/paper which when called could result in an additional
				  prize awarded. Bonus number(s) must be announced prior to the start of a bingo
				  game.
(4) Braille bingo card. A
				  device that contains raised symbols that reflect numbers on a reusable
				  card.
(5) Break-open bingo. A type
				  of disposable bingo card/paper that is sealed, that conceals the bingo
				  card/paper face, that may be folded, and where the bingo game or a portion of
				  the bingo game has been pre-called.
(6) Case. A receptacle that contains bingo
				  card/paper products.
(7) Cut.
				  Indicates the direction in which a sheet of faces will be cut from the master
				  sheet of disposable bingo card/paper. A cut can be square, horizontal or
				  vertical. The sheet of disposable bingo card/paper printed by the manufacturer
				  of a specific group of disposable bingo card/paper that can be subdivided
				  vertically or horizontally into sheets.
(8) Defective. Bingo card/paper missing
				  specifications as originally approved by the Commission.
(9) Disposable bingo card/paper. A sheet or
				  sheets of paper that is designed or intended for use at a single bingo
				  occasion.
(10) Double numbers.
				  Bingo card/paper with two numbers in each of the 24 spaces on each
				  face.
(11) Face. A specific
				  configuration of numbers, symbols, or blank squares imprinted on paper,
				  cardboard, or other materials, and designed to be used to conduct bingo games.
				  The bingo card/paper normally consists of five rows of five columns that may
				  bear 24 pre-printed numbers between 1 and 75, symbols, or blank squares, except
				  for the center square which is a free space and have the letters B-I-N-G-O
				  appear in order above the five columns.
(12) Free space. The center square on the
				  face of a bingo card/paper.
(13)
				  Loteria. A type of bingo that utilizes symbols or pictures. Normally playing
				  cards are utilized instead of numbered balls.
(14) Multi-part card/paper. A type of
				  disposable bingo card/paper where the player selects the numbers. The player
				  retains one part of the disposable bingo card/paper while the licensee for the
				  purpose of verification retains the other part of the disposable bingo
				  card/paper.
(15) On. The number of
				  faces imprinted on a sheet of disposal bingo card/paper after it is cut. The
				  number of bingo card/paper faces normally precedes this term.
(16) Pre-marked. A bingo card/paper where one
				  or more of the numbers are already marked or identified prior to the start of
				  the game.
(17) Product line. A
				  specific type of bingo card/paper, identifiable by features or characteristics
				  that are unique when compared to other bingo card/paper manufactured by the
				  manufacturer.
(18) Serial number.
				  The unique identification number assigned by the manufacturer to a specific
				  product line of bingo card/paper.
(19) Series number. The specific number
				  assigned by the manufacturer that identifies the unique configuration of
				  numbers that appears on an individual bingo card/paper face.
(20) Sheet. A single piece of paper that
				  contains one or more disposable bingo card/paper faces.
(21) Shutter card. A device made of cardboard
				  or other suitable material with plastic "shutters" that cover a number to
				  simulate the number being daubed.
(22) UP. The number of sheets of disposable
				  bingo paper glued together by the manufacturer. The number of sheets normally
				  precedes this term.
(23) UPS pads.
				  A bound collection of disposable bingo card/paper where each sheet in the
				  collection is used to play a separate bingo game during the occasion.