Opinion ID: 2546935
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Heading: The Machine

Text: A prospective player may begin play by becoming a member of the Quincy's Triple 7 Players Club (Q-Club) and purchasing an electronic-bingo credit card (the Q-card). The Q-card contains credits that can be acquired by inserting it and money into an electronic-bingo machine. A player joins a game by inserting the Q-card and playing the simulated, 5-line bingo card that appears on the video screen. On the bottom left of the video screen is an icon labeled HELP PAYTABLE. This icon provides access to two help screens containing instructions for playing the game. Those instructions are as follows:  ADD CREDITS TO PLAY Insert player card to start session (see cashier for player card).  PRESS `DISPLAY' FOR LARGE BINGO CARD  TOUCH SMALL BINGO CARD TO CHANGE CARD NUMBERS  SELECT NUMBER OF CREDITS TO WAGER See following pages for details.  PRESS `PLAY' TO START `PLAY' joins a multiplayer bingo game. `PLAY' will also rebet and join game. Insufficient number of players refunds bet.  PRESS `CLAIM' TO DAUB CARD AND CLAIM PRIZE Prizes are awarded for balls drawn to the game-ending TRIANGLE pattern or for the first 30 balls (whichever is fewer).  REMOVE PLAYER CARD TO END SESSION Remaining credits (or partial credits) will be applied to player card account.  SELECT THE NUMBER OF CREDITS TO WAGER Play 1 credit on each of 1 to 5 paylines at a time. Press `BET ONE' to activate the 1st payline. Press `BET ONE' again to increase wager by 1 credit & payline. Press `MAX BET' to activate all 5 paylines and start game.  WIN JACKPOT OF 10,000 CREDITS Covering the LETTER K bingo pattern with max credits bet results in three Double Jackpot symbols on the fifth payline and wins the jackpot.  SELECT GAME DENOMINATION If multi-denom is enabled, change credit value between plays by touching denomination  PRESS `DAUB GENIUS' TO TURN ON THE AUTOMATIC DAUB & CLAIM FEATURE Turning on the Daub Genius [feature] automatically daubs and claims until deactivated or session ends. Turn off the Daub Genius by pressing [the Daub Genius icon] again. (Emphasis added.) The first help screen contains three meters: (1) a paid meter, (2) a credits meter, and (3) a bet in meter. These three meters also appear on the face of the video screen during play. At the bottom right of the second help screen is a PAYTABLE icon. Pressing the PAYTABLE icon accesses 15 screens containing 259 possible bingo-card patterns. Each pattern is associated with a specific credit value. The credits range from a high of 10,020 credits for the LETTER K bingo pattern, to a low of 2 credits for certain patterns, including a snake-eyes configuration. As the help screens indicate, betting involves the interplay of money and credits, and prizes are won in credits. Bets are made at a rate of 25¢, 50¢, or $1 per line on the simulated bingo card. The credits won are subsequently converted into money at a rate of 25¢ per credit, 50¢ per credit, or $1 per credit, depending on the denomination the player has chosen to bet. For example, the monetary value of the 10,020 credit jackpot ranges from $10,020 (for a $1 bet) to $2,505 (for a 25¢ bet). Five winning LETTER K bingo patterns are possible, each having its own payoff value. Such a pattern on the first two credits/paylines pays 2,000 credits. That same pattern on the second two credits/paylines pays 2,002 credits. The LETTER K pattern on the fifth credit/payline, that is, with the maximum credits bet, pays 10,020 credits. These payouts are essentially represented on the awards glass or upper cabinet situated on the face of the electronic-bingo machine above the video screen. In the center of the awards glass appear the words: PAYS ON LIT LINES. Above these words is a diagram indicating that the payout for the 1ST CREDIT is 2000; payout for the 2ND CREDIT is 2000; payout for the 3RD CREDIT is 2000; payout for the 4TH CREDIT is 2000; and payout for the 5TH CREDIT is 10,000. When a player wins a jackpot, the following message appears on the video screen: YOU'RE A WINNER [$___] PLEASE WAIT FOR AN ATTENDANT. Only the jackpot pattern ends the game. However, all machines at Victoryland are programmed to lock up when the player wins any prize of $1,200 or more. When such a lockup occurs, the player is escorted to the cash cage, where the player is required to complete the tax documents required by the Internal Revenue Service for winnings of $1,200 or more. No further transactions are possible on that bingo machine until one of Victoryland's gaming directors unlocks the machine by inserting his or her own card. The rules outlined in this Part I.A. shall be referred to as the rules of the wager.