Mich. Admin. Code R. 432.21301

Current through Vol. 24-22, December 15, 2024
Section R. 432.21301 - Definitions

Rule 301.

(1) The following terms used in the act are defined as follows for the purposes of this part:
(a) "Bingo card" or "card" means a hard bingo card, disposable bingo card, or any other bingo card approved in writing by the bureau.
(b) "Call" means the announcement of the number or symbol on the ball drawn from the bingo receptacle or selected using a random number generator.
(2) As used in this part:
(a) "Ball" means a ball used in the game of bingo similar to a ping pong ball and typically numbered 1 through 75. An image of a ball is the equivalent of a ball if a random number generator is used.
(b) "Bingo receptacle" means a container that is either hand operated or mechanically operated, such as a cage, holder, or blower, and that holds the balls used in bingo games.
(c) "Carnival style bingo" means a special bingo occasion in which the players are continuously entering and leaving the bingo occasion and paying for their bingo cards at various times throughout the bingo occasion.
(d) "Disposable bingo card" means a bingo card with a serial number that is used 1 time and thrown away. All requirements in these rules that govern disposable bingo cards pertain to any quantity or form in which the cards may be sold; for example, single cards, sheets, books, packets, or pads.
(e) "Last number or symbol called" means the last number or symbol drawn from the bingo receptacle or selected using a random number generator, displayed to not less than 2 players, and completely called. Last number or symbol called does not include a ball called in error after a player has made his or her bingo known to a worker or caller.
(f) "Hard bingo card" means a bingo card that is designed for repeated use.
(g) "Master board" means a board that has holes typically numbered 1 through 75 and is used in playing bingo. As the balls are drawn from the bingo receptacle, they are placed on, or in, the board with the number or symbol of the ball matching the number or symbol on the board. If a random number generator is used, an electronic equivalent shall be used to represent a master board.
(h) "Random number generator" means a bureau approved computer program used to generate a series of numbers or symbols with no specific pattern that has been certified by an independent gaming laboratory and that is provided by a licensed supplier or as approved in writing by the bureau.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 432.21301

2000 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2021 MR 20, Eff. 10/27/2021