Section 99-01.3-16-03 - Restrictions and requirements1. A manufacturer that sells, or provides, paper bingo cards to a distributor shall print its name or distinctive logo and the assigned serial number and series number (card number) on each card. A manufacturer shall have available for sale or provide to a distributor a master checkbook covering all card serial numbers. A manufacturer may not ship paper bingo cards directly to a licensed organization or organization that has a permit.2. A manufacturer may only sell or provide gaming equipment to a licensed distributor. A manufacturer shall maintain accounting records of all sales of gaming equipment and retain them for three years. The records may be in electronic form.3. A manufacturer shall not offer or provide anything of value to any licensed organization or gaming location site, lessor, agent, or representative as an incentive or inducement to locate, keep or maintain any gaming equipment, which includes electronic gaming systems or devices, at the gaming site.4. An officer, director, shareholder, agent, or employee of a manufacturer may not: a. Play a game of pull tabs, including electronic pull tabs, club special, tip board, prize board, seal board, sports-pool board, punchboard, or electronic quick shot bingo, of that manufacturer, at any site;b. Conduct games of pull tabs, prize boards, pull-tab and prize board dispensing devices, electronic pull tabs, club specials, seal boards, raffle boards, tip boards, sports-pool boards, or punchboards at an organization's site;c. Interfere with or attempt to influence a lessor's relationship with an organization involving a lease agreement, interfere with or attempt to influence an organization's management, employment practices, policy, gaming operation, disbursement of net proceeds, or procure a site for an organization; ord. Provide bookkeeping services, including summarizing or auditing games for an organization.5. A manufacturer may not share an office or warehouse facility with an organization.6. A manufacturer may not give a gift, trip, prize, or other gratuity valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of one hundred dollars per employee per calendar year related to a licensed distributor or organization.7. A manufacturer may not modify the assembly or operational functions of an approved pull-tab dispensing device model unless requested by the attorney general or a written request is approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may apply section 99-01.3-16-10 for approving a modification to a device model.8. A manufacturer may not modify pay table, bonus features, games, or current methods of operation of an approved site system with bingo card-marking devices, and electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices and related equipment unless requested or authorized by the attorney general. The attorney general may apply section 99-01.3-16-10 for approving a modification to a device.9. A manufacturer may not modify the software, pay table, extended play features, games, or current methods of operation of an approved electronic pull-tab device with operating system and related equipment unless requested or authorized by the attorney general. The attorney general may apply section 99-01.3-16-10 for approving a modification to a device or operating system.10. A manufacturer may not modify operating software or methods of operation of an approved fifty-fifty raffle system and related equipment unless requested or authorized by the attorney general. The attorney general may apply section 99-01.3-16-10 for approving a modification to a system.11. A manufacturer may service a fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with bingo card-marking devices or electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices and related equipment used by an organization.12. A manufacturer of a dispensing device, fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with bingo card-marking devices, or electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices and related equipment shall provide an operations manual to a distributor.13. A manufacturer shall report a malfunction of a fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with bingo card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices, or electronic pull-tab device with operating system which affects the security or integrity of the system or the outcome of a game to the attorney general by the next business day of the date of occurrence.14. A manufacturer shall provide on the front of a master flare for a deal of jar tickets or pull tabs and on the flare display of an electronic pull-tab device, that contain: b. Manufacturer's form number;d. Value and number of winning prizes;e. Number of pull tabs or jar tickets; andf. The phrase, "prizes above are combinations of single prizes below" or a similar phrase when combinations of winning pull tabs are displayed on the flare. The number of prizes may be designated by a number or by a quantity of symbols that represent the number of winning prizes and the winning number or symbol. A symbol must be pictured on a flare, not described. A 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 number and symbols printed in matching colors.
If an extended play feature is used for electronic pull tabs, a notification must be provided to the player explaining that an extended play feature is used on the game and that "Extended play features prolong the play of an electronic pull-tab ticket but do not award a prize in addition to the predetermined prize for that ticket."
15. A manufacturer, its agents and employees, members of a manufacturer's immediate family, or persons residing in a manufacturer's household may not make any loan directly or indirectly to any organization or officer, director, game manager, or entity involved in the management, operation, or conduct of charitable gaming in the state of North Dakota.N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-16-03
Effective May 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2000; July 1, 2002; 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.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