N.D. Admin. Code 99-01.3-04.1-03

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

Section 99-01.3-04.1-03 - Conduct and play

1. Only one set of numbers may be drawn for a business day. The predrawn numbers for the current session must be posted at the site. The use of a flashboard is optional. Unless there is only one employee on duty, two persons shall verify and attest to the numbers drawn or selected, numbers posted, and numbers entered into the electronic quick shot bingo site operating system for the current session. When the bingo numbers have been drawn or selected, the numbers may not be changed. Players are not allowed to pick any numbers to match for an electronic quick shot bingo game or bonus feature. No electronic quick shot bingo session may extend beyond the end of a business day. After a session has been closed, the called bingo numbers must be cleared before the start of the next business day.

2. Players are responsible for safeguarding their receipt with the designated account number to track all deposits on an electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device. A player's receipt must be presented when redeeming prizes or cashing out credits.

3. If a player has a winning prize pattern, all prize winnings must be awarded to players in a separate winnings account on an electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device. Automatic transfer by the player of any winnings balance to the credit (deposit) balance on the device is prohibited. All payouts of winnings must be transacted by an organization employee.

4. A player shall not be required to forfeit any winnings or make an additional wager in order to receive a bonus game or feature.

5. The following rules, information, and policies must be posted or made available to players in the area where electronic quick shot bingo activity is conducted. If made available to players, the rules, information, and policies must be in the form of a handout that is easily visible to the players and may not be a copy of the gaming law and rules:

a. A person under eighteen years of age may not play electronic quick shot bingo;

b. The actual letters and numbers predrawn by the organization are official;

c. If a person knowingly uses a fraudulent scheme or technique to cheat or skim involving electronic quick shot bingo, regardless of the amount gained, the offense is a class C felony punishable by a five thousand dollar fine or five years in jail or both;

d. An electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device may not be taken outside of the gaming area;

e. An employee may only assist a player in how to use an electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device;

f. No player can use more than one electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device at a time during a session;

g. If a player attempts to falsify or falsifies a record of win, the prize is forfeited;

h. A player may not sell the remaining credits on a device to another player;

i. A player shall present the player's receipt when redeeming prizes or cashing out credits;

j. A policy that if a player has more than one winning bingo pattern on a card, whether the highest prize pattern will be awarded or all winning prize patterns will be awarded;

k. A policy in the event that a player has lost the player's receipt;

l. A policy when an organization may cancel a session due to power outage, electronic quick shot bingo site operating system being down, or any transmission problems; and

m. If applicable, a policy regarding use of an electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device and additional paper bingo cards at the same time.

6. An employee or floorworker shall use a point-of-sale device when adding additional credits (deposits) and redeeming winnings for additional credits (deposits) involving an electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device provided that all transactions are accounted for according to the manufacturing specifications in section 99-01.3-16-09.4.

7. An electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device cannot be reserved for a player. An organization shall provide each player an equal opportunity to use the available devices on a first-come, first-served basis.

8. An organization may pay a fixed rate per electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device or a fixed fee per bingo card sold. No payment for use of a device may be based on a percentage of the gross proceeds, adjusted gross proceeds, or net income earned.

9. A receipt must comply with subdivision i of subsection 12 of section 99-01.3-16-09.4.

10. A receipt for a void, refund, or similar item must be initialed by a supervisor or another employee who did not conduct the transaction if a supervisor is not available and retained with the daily records.

11. All prizes awarded must be cash.

12. No electronic quick shot bingo games may be played with a progressive prize unless authorized by the attorney general.

13. A separate cash bank must be used with electronic quick shot bingo at a site. All deposits must be separately identified from other game types, including other bingo games conducted at a site.

14. Unredeemed credits on an electronic quick shot bingo card-marking device are considered to be gross proceeds. Unclaimed prizes on the device are subtracted from total prizes won in calculating the adjusted gross proceeds.

15. An organization shall deactivate an employee password within forty-eight hours of that employee leaving employment. Passwords for employees of a site must be changed every six months.

16. No discount, gift certificates, or promotions are allowed unless authorized by the attorney general.

17. An organization shall back up all of an electronic quick shot bingo site operating system's accounting information for a session on a separate electronic media file prior to the start of the next business day and retain the backup file for three years from the end of the quarter in which the activity was reported on a tax return. The accounting information must comply with subsection 12 of section 99-01.3-16-09.4.

N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-04.1-03

Effective July 1, 2012.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-360, April 2016, effective 4/1/2016.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-387, January 2023, effective 1/1/2023.

General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1

Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1, 53-06.1-06