Section 99-01.3-15-06 - Distribution of gaming equipment1. A manufacturer's game serial number must be on a paddlewheel ticket described by subsection 1 of section 99-01.3-11-01, all pull tabs, including pull tabs used with prize boards, club specials, and tip boards and punches in a punchboard. No game serial number may be special ordered. A game serial number must be preprinted on a paddlewheel ticket card. If a game serial number is not preprinted on a seal board, raffle board, prize board, sports-pool board, or calcutta board, a distributor shall assign and electronically or mechanically imprint it on the board. No serial number may be repeated within three years.2. For a deal of pull tabs and jar ticket game, a distributor may open a manufacturer's cellophane shrink wrap to access a flare. A distributor shall affix a state gaming stamp on the front of the original flare, or a legible copy of the flare, of a deal of pull tabs, club special, tip board, series of paddlewheel ticket cards, and on a punchboard, sports-pool board, seal board, raffle board, prize board, and calcutta board that is sold or provided to a customer. A gaming stamp must be affixed in North Dakota. A distributor shall legibly write a manufacturer's game serial number in ink on the stamp. If the written number is incorrect, the number cannot be changed or erased and the stamp must be voided. For a series of paddlewheel ticket cards, the game serial number written must be the lowest numbered paddlewheel ticket card. Then, a distributor shall replace, if applicable, a flare inside the cellophane shrink wrap and seal the opening. This rule does not apply to gaming equipment provided directly to an Indian tribe, United States military, out-of-state purchaser, or another licensed distributor.3. If a manufacturer's security seal on a container is inadvertently broken but the integrity of a deal remains intact, a distributor may reseal the deal with an adhesive security seal identifying the distributor. The seal must be applied to all accessible sides of a container and ensure that a deal is secure. A distributor shall indicate on a sales invoice that the deal was resealed by the distributor and the reason.4. For electronic pull tab deals, a distributor electronically shall assign a state-issued electronic gaming stamp number to each electronic pull tab deal issued to a licensed organization. This placement must occur prior to the deal being downloaded to the organization's site server. The organization and attorney general must be notified of the assigned electronic gaming stamp number, game serial number, game name, site received at, and date and time the deal was received at the site at least monthly or on demand. Electronic gaming stamps must be issued in consecutive order.5. A distributor shall provide a flare with a deal of pull tabs or jar tickets and series of paddlewheel ticket cards. The master flare for a game involving deals of jar tickets that contain winning tickets of the same prize value printed in differently colored numbers or symbols must have the flare's numbers and symbols printed in matching colors. A flare, including a master flare, must indicate the name of the game, manufacturer's form number, cost per play, and value and number of winning prizes. The front of a flare for a deal of jar tickets must indicate the number of jar tickets in the deal. The number of prizes may be designated by a number or by a quantity of symbols that represent the number of winning prizes and winning number or symbol. A symbol must be pictured on a flare, not described. A flare, including a master flare, may not display combinations of winning pull tabs, unless the phrase "prizes above are combinations of single prizes listed below" or a similar phrase is used and additional statements such as "may contain multiple winners", may be used in conjunction with this phrase. A last sale prize must be printed on a flare or be indicated by a permanently affixed sticker. The flare or sticker must contain the last sale feature, prize value, and distributor's name or license number. A distributor may not alter a flare except to add a last sale feature to a manufacturer's flare for a deal of pull tabs. A distributor may make a flare for a deal of jar tickets. This information must be mechanically or electronically printed on a flare.6. A distributor may not sell or provide a multiple line or multiple square sports-pool board to a customer unless a special opaque tape covers the numbers on the board. If a tape is disturbed, any recovering of the numbers must be detectable. A tape must prevent the concealed numbers from being viewed from the outside when using a high-intensity lamp.7. For a deal of jar tickets, club special, tip board, and prize board, a distributor shall provide a game information sheet containing gaming stamp number, cost per play, ideal gross proceeds, ideal prizes, including any last sale prize, if known, ideal adjusted gross proceeds, and the quantity, face value, and total face value of coins on a prize board or, in place of a separate sheet, the information may be printed on the front or back of the deal's flare.8. A distributor shall print these phrases on a sports-pool board:a. Professional sports pool;b. Cost per play $ __________ (maximum cost per play is $25.00);c. Date of sports event __________ ;d. Ideal prizes $ __________ ; ande. Method of prize payout __________ .9. A distributor shall include this information on the flare of a series of paddlewheel ticket cards:a. Game serial numbers of the lowest and highest numbered paddlewheel ticket cards;c. Type of paddlewheel ticket (for example, 40 x3x 120), if applicable; andd. The printed phrase "cost per ticket $ _________ ".10. A distributor shall print the phrases "merchandise prize __________ " and "retail price $ __________ " on a flare and for each seal for a game that has a merchandise prize. 11. A distributor shall sell a calcutta board on which is printed a matrix of horizontal lines and vertical columns sufficient to accommodate the information required by subsections 7, 10, and 12 of section 99-01.3-10-01. A distributor shall print "calcutta" at the top of a board and print the phrases "sporting event __________ ", "method of prize payout ___________ ", and "date of sports event __________ " on the board. 12. A distributor shall print the phrases "cost per play $ __________ ", "merchandise prize __________ " (if applicable), and "retail price $ __________ " on a seal board. 13. A distributor shall print the phrases "cost per square $ ________ ", "date of raffle ___________ ", and "prize ________ " on a raffle board. 14. A distributor shall print "cost per play $ __________ ", and for each merchandise seal prize the phrases "merchandise prize __________ " and "retail price $ __________ " on a prize board. 15. If a distributor is notified by an organization that the game serial number of a deal of pull tabs, club special, tip board, seal board, raffle board, punchboard, series of paddlewheel ticket cards, calcutta board, prize board, or sports-pool board is different from the number written on a state gaming stamp, the distributor shall follow procedures prescribed by the attorney general.16. If a distributor is notified by a manufacturer or attorney general of a ban or recall of defective pull tabs or punchboards, the distributor shall comply with subsection 2 of section 99-01.3-16-07.N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-15-06
Effective May 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2000; July 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; October 1, 2006; July 1, 2010; 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.General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1.-01.1, 53-06.1-14