| (1) Winning cards. The numbers appearing on the winning
card must be verified at the time the winner is determined and prior
to prize(s) being awarded in order to insure that the numbers on the
card in fact have been drawn from the receptacle.
(A) This verification shall be done either in the immediate
presence of one or more players at a table or location other than
the winner's, or displayed on a TV monitor visible by all of the players
or by an electronic verifier system visible by all the players.
(B) After the caller closes the game, a winning disposable
paper card or an electronic representation of the card for each game
shall also be posted on the licensed premises where it may be viewed
in detail by the players until at least 30 minutes after the completion
of the last bingo game of that organization's occasion.
(2) Numbers drawn. Any player may request a verification
of the numbers drawn at the time a winner is determined and a verification
of the balls remaining in the receptacle and not drawn.
(A) Verification shall take place in the immediate
presence of the operator, one or more players other than the winner,
and player requesting the verification.
(B) Availability of this additional verification, done
as a request from players, shall be made known either verbally prior
to the bingo occasion, printed on the playing schedule, or included
with the bingo house rules.
(n) Each licensed authorized organization must establish
and adhere to written procedures that address disputes. Those procedures
shall be made available to the players upon request.
(o) The total aggregate amount of prizes awarded for
regular bingo games during a single bingo occasion may not exceed
$5,000. This subsection does not apply to:
(1) a pull-tab bingo game; or
(2) a prize of $50 or less that is actually awarded
in an individual game of regular bingo.
(p) For purposes of §2001.419 of the Occupations
Code, a bingo occasion will be considered to have occurred on the
date on which the occasion began.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §402.200 adopted to be effective March 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 1630; amended to be effective November 19, 2008, 33 TexReg 9220; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7089; amended to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9531; amended to be effective August 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5505; amended to be effective January 2, 2020, 44 TexReg 8292; amended to be effective October 22, 2020, 45 TexReg 7414; amended to be effective January 4, 2024, 48 TexReg 8369 |
