| (4) For a licensed authorized organization that conducts
bingo on consecutive occasions within one day, the organization or
organizations within a unit may sell or redeem event pull-tab tickets
from a deal during either occasion and may account for and report
all of the pull-tab bingo ticket sales and prizes for the occasions
as sales and prizes for the final occasion.
(5) Licensed authorized organizations may not display
or sell any pull-tab bingo ticket which has in any manner been marked,
defaced, tampered with, or which otherwise may deceive the public
or affect a person's chances of winning.
(6) A licensed authorized organization may not withdraw
a deal of instant pull-tab bingo tickets from play until the entire
deal is completely sold out or all winning instant pull-tab bingo
tickets of $25.00 prize winnings or more have been redeemed, or the
bingo occasion ends.
(7) A licensed authorized organization may not commingle
different serial numbers of the same form number of pull-tab bingo
tickets.
(8) A winning instant pull-tab bingo ticket must be
presented for payment during the licensed authorized organization's
bingo occasion(s) at which the instant pull-tab bingo ticket is available
for sale.
(9) The licensed authorized organization's gross receipts
from the sale of pull-tab bingo tickets must be included in the reported
total gross receipts for the organization, except that an organization
or organizations within a unit that conducts consecutive bingo occasions
during one day may account for and report all of the pull-tab bingo
ticket sales for the occasions as sales for the final occasion. An
organization or unit that chooses to account for pull-tab bingo ticket
sales for consecutive bingo occasions during one day as sales for
the final occasion must also account for pull-tab bingo ticket prizes
awarded over those occasions as prizes awarded for the final occasion.
Each deal of pull-tab bingo tickets must be accounted for in sales,
prizes or unsold cards.
(10) A licensed authorized organization may use video
confirmation to display the results of an event ticket pull-tab bingo
game(s). Video confirmation will have no effect on the play or results
of any ticket or game.
(11) A licensed authorized organization must sell the
pull-tab ticket for the price printed on the pull-tab ticket.
(12) Immediately upon payment of a winning pull-tab
ticket of $25.00 or more, the licensed authorized organization must
punch a hole with a standard hole punch through or otherwise mark
or deface that winning pull-tab bingo ticket.
(f) Inspection. The Commission, its authorized representative
or designee may examine and inspect any individual pull-tab bingo
ticket or deal of pull-tab bingo tickets and may pull all remaining
pull-tab bingo tickets in an unsold deal.
(g) Records.
(1) Any licensed authorized organization selling pull-tab
bingo tickets must maintain a purchase log showing the date of the
purchase, the form number and corresponding serial number of the purchased
pull-tab bingo tickets.
(2) Licensed authorized organizations must show the
sale of pull-tab bingo tickets, prizes that were paid and the form
number and serial number of the pull-tab bingo tickets on the occasion
cash report, except that an organization or organizations within a
unit that conducts consecutive bingo occasions during one day may
account for and report all of the pull-tab bingo ticket sales for
the occasions as sales for the final occasion. An organization or
unit that chooses to account for pull-tab bingo ticket sales for consecutive
bingo occasions during one day as sales for the final occasion must
also account for pull-tab bingo ticket prizes awarded over those occasions
as prizes awarded for the final occasion. The aggregate total sales
for the licensed authorized organization must be recorded on the cash
register or point of sale station.
(3) Licensed authorized organizations must maintain
a perpetual inventory of all pull-tab bingo games. They must account
for all sold and unsold pull-tab bingo tickets and pull-tab bingo
tickets designated for destruction. The licensed authorized organization
will be responsible for the gross receipts and prizes associated with
the unaccounted for pull-tab bingo tickets.
(4) As long as a specific pull-tab bingo game serial
number is in play, all records, reports, receipts and redeemed winning
pull-tab bingo tickets of $25.00 or more relating to this specific
pull-tab bingo game serial number must be retained on the licensed
premises for examination by the Commission.
(5) If a deal is removed from play and marked for
destruction then all redeemed and unsold pull-tab bingo tickets of
the deal must be retained by the licensed authorized organization
for a period of four years from the date the deal is taken out of
play or until the destruction of the deal is witnessed by the Commission,
its authorized representative or designee.
(6) Manufacturers and distributors must provide the
following information on each invoice and other document used in connection
with a sale, return, or any type of transfer of pull-tab bingo tickets:
(A) date of sale;
(B) quantity sold;
(C) cost per each deal of pull-tab bingo game sold;
(D) form number and serial number of each pull-tab
bingo game's deal;
(E) name and address of the purchaser; and
(F) Texas taxpayer number of the purchaser.
(7) All licensed organizations must retain these records
for a period of four years.
(h) Style of Play. The following pull-tab bingo tickets
are authorized by this rule. A last sale feature can be utilized on
any pull-tab bingo ticket.
(1) Sign-up Board. A form of pull-tab bingo that is
played with a sign-up board. Sign-up board tickets that contain a
winning numeric, alpha or symbol instantly win the stated prize or
qualify to advance to the sign-up board. The sign-up board that serves
as the game flare is where identified winning sign-up board ticket
holders may register for the opportunity to win the prize indicated
on the sign-up board.
(2) Sign-up Board Ticket. A sign up board ticket is
a form of pull-tab bingo played with a sign-up board. A single window
or multiple windows sign-up board ticket reveals a winning (or losing)
numeric, alpha or symbol that corresponds with the sign-up board.
(3) Tip Board. A form of pull-tab game where perforated
tickets attached to a placard that have a predetermined winner under
a seal.
(4) Coin Board. A placard that contains prizes consisting
of coin(s). Coin boards can have a sign-up board as part of its placard.
(5) Coin Board Ticket. A form of pull-tab bingo that
when opened reveals a winning number or symbol that corresponds with
the coin board.
(6) Event Ticket. A form of pull-tab bingo that utilizes
some subsequent action to determine the event ticket winner(s), such
as a drawing of ball(s), spinning wheel, opening of a seal on a flare(s)
or any other method approved by the Commission so long as that method
has designated numbers, letters, or symbols that conform to the randomly
selected numbers or symbols. When a flare is used to determine winning
tickets, the flare shall have the same form number and serial number
as the event tickets. Pull-tab bingo tickets used as event tickets
must contain more than two instant winners.
(7) Instant Ticket. A form of pull-tab bingo that has
pre-determined winners and losers and has immediate recognition of
the winners and losers.
(8) Multiple Part Event or Multiple Part Instant Ticket.
A pull-tab bingo ticket that is broken apart and sold in sections
by a licensed authorized organization. Each section of the ticket
consists of a separate deal with its own corresponding payout structure,
form number, serial number, and winner verification.
(9) Jackpot Pull-Tab Game. A style of pull-tab game
that has a stated prize and a chance at a jackpot prize(s). A portion
of the stated payout is contributed to the jackpot prize(s). Each
jackpot is continuous for the same form number and continues until
a jackpot prize(s) is awarded; provided that, any jackpot prize(s)
must not exceed the statutory limits.
(10) Video Confirmation shall be subject to Commission
approval.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §402.300 adopted to be effective March 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 1630; amended to be effective July 17, 2007, 32 TexReg 4388; amended to be effective August 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5505; amended to be effective July 12, 2018, 43 TexReg 4552; amended to be effective January 2, 2020, 44 TexReg 8292; amended to be effective October 22, 2020, 45 TexReg 7414 |
