N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 1007.01

Current through Register No. 49, December 5, 2024
Section Pari 1007.01 - Bingo Equipment
(a) The charitable organization shall:
(1) Only use bingo equipment that is free of any defects and functioning in proper working order; and
(2) Furnish or operate bingo equipment in such a manner that each player is given an equal opportunity to win.
(b) Bingo ball machines and other selection devices, flashboards and other display devices, and other bingo equipment used in the selection and display of game numbers shall be designed to produce randomness.
(c) When balls are utilized, the charitable organization shall ensure that the following are true:
(1) Any characteristics that control the selection of the balls, such as size, shape, weight and balance, are the same for all balls within a given set;
(2) All the balls within a given set are present, clean and free of defects and otherwise in operating condition before being utilized; and
(3) Each set of balls in play is distinguishable from all other sets of balls in play.
(d) All mechanical ball blowers, which use air flow for mixing and randomly selecting balls, shall be constructed:
(1) To allow game participants to view the mixing action of the balls; and
(2) To prohibit any interruption of the mixing action of the balls in an effort to alter the selection of the balls, except when the device is shut off.
(e) When balls are drawn from a barrel, as permitted in accordance with Pari 1008.03(m)-(n) below, the following requirements shall be met:
(1) At the start of each game, only balls applicable to the game are to be depicted;
(2) For games with bonus features and additional balls that are selected, balls are to be chosen from the original selection without duplicating an already chosen ball;
(3) The barrel is not to be re-mixed except as provided by the rules of the game depicted; and
(4) As balls are drawn from the barrel, they are to be immediately used as directed by the house rules.

N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 1007.01

#8802, eff 1-20-07 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Pari 1000); amd by #9412, eff 3-12-09

Amended byVolume XXXV Number 10, Filed March 12, 2015, Proposed by #10791, Effective 2/26/2015, Expires8/25/2015.
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 40, Filed October 8, 2015, Proposed by #10928, Effective 9/10/2015, Expires 9/10/2025.

The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 37, Number 15, eff. 3/10/2017 is not yet available.