Section 15 AAC 160.942 - Purchase inducement programs(a) A permittee, operator, registered vendor, licensed pull-tab distributor, or employee of a permittee, operator, registered vendor, or licensed pull-tab distributor may not offer or participate in a purchase inducement program, either directly or indirectly through a third party.(b) A purchase inducement program includes (1) a transaction or series of transactions in which a distributor of items or services, regardless of whether those items or services are related to gaming, offers additional items or services of more than negligible value without charge or at discounted prices, as an inducement to purchase items or services from the distributor, or in exchange for an agreement, arrangement, commitment, or other assurance to purchase items or services from the distributor, regardless of whether the offer is subject to a minimum purchase requirement or requires an agreement to purchase exclusively from one person; and(2) a program in which a purchaser may earn items or services of more than negligible value, or may earn points that may be redeemed for those items or services.(c) A purchase inducement program does not include a discount in the purchase price of items or services that a distributor may offer, if the discount(1) directly reduces the invoiced amount due for the items or services purchased; and(2) does not include an agreement, arrangement, commitment, or other assurance to purchase items or services at the time of the transaction or in the future.(d) A licensed pull-tab distributor shall provide to a permittee or operator an invoice (1) on which each of the following items or services that the licensed pull-tab distributor sells or provides is separately listed on the invoice, with the original retail price and the final price, net of all discounts, if any:(D) mechanical pull-tab dispensing devices;(E) electronic pull-tab dispensing devices;(H) flashboards for bingo;(I) television monitoring systems or system components for bingo;(J) electronic bingo paper;(K) bingo or pull-tab point-of-sale systems;(L) any other item of gaming equipment;(M) any other item or service, regardless of whether the item or service is related to gaming; and(2) that includes on the front of each page of the invoice the following notice, in bold print at least one-eighth inch high: "Purchase inducement programs, other than monetary discounts, are prohibited by regulation, and participation in them is cause to suspend, revoke, or deny a license or permit under AS 05.15."(e) If a permittee or operator purchases or receives items or services from a distributor other than a licensed pull-tab distributor, the permittee or operator shall obtain from that distributor an invoice that (1) separately lists the original retail price and the final price, net of all discounts, for each item purchased; and(2) includes the notice required under (d)(2) of this section.(f) A permittee, operator, or registered vendor may purchase, lease, or use only a pull-tab point-of-sale system or pull-tab dispensing device that accepts data for all pull-tab games sold in the state by licensed pull-tab distributors.(g) A registered vendor (1) may not purchase, lease, or accept a pull-tab point-of-sale system or pull-tab dispensing device from a permittee; and(2) shall retain proof of purchase of a pull-tab point-of-sale system or pull-tab dispensing device for as long as the registered vendor owns the equipment.(h) In this section, "negligible value" means a modest intrinsic value and no exchange value.Eff. 6/22/2008, Register 186Authority:AS 05.15.060
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