Section 316-35-209 - BINGO CARDS209.01 All bingo cards made available for play by a licensed organization, regardless of whether at a regular bingo occasion or a limited period bingo occasion, must contain numbers preprinted by the licensed manufacturer of the bingo cards. No cards shall be made available for play which require anyone to fill in numbers in blank spaces on a card, or choose or arrange numbers on a card. 209.01A Each card in use at a particular bingo occasion must have a different distribution of playing numbers than any other card in use at that occasion. No two bingo cards in play at the same time may have the same distribution of numbers.209.01B Duplicating or making copies of bingo cards for sale or use at a bingo occasion is prohibited. A licensed organization must purchase or otherwise obtain bingo cards only from a licensed distributor, unless otherwise authorized by the Department. 209.01C For purposes of compliance with this regulation, an electronic image of a bingo card containing numbers which is downloaded by a licensed manufacturer to a licensed organization's site system shall be considered preprinted by a licensed manufacturer. 209.02 A Class II bingo licensee is required to use only disposable paper bingo cards or facsimiles of bingo cards electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device. Use of disposable paper bingo cards or facsimiles of bingo cards electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device by a Class I bingo licensee is optional. 209.02A Disposable paper bingo cards and facsimiles of bingo cards electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device must be consecutively numbered from the first card to the last card, or from the first sheet of cards to the last sheet of cards or consecutively numbered through the set. Each card or sheet must have printed on its face both its individual card number (free space number), and the serial number assigned by the manufacturer to that set of disposable cards or facsimiles of bingo cards electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device.209.03 No licensed organization may reserve, or allow to be reserved, any bingo card or cards for use by a particular individual, except braille, large print, or other specially designed cards for use by visually impaired or disabled players. 209.03A Visually impaired or disabled players may use personal braille, large print, or otherwise specially designed bingo cards when a licensed organization does not provide such cards. The licensed organization has the right to inspect, and to reject, any personal card.209.03B A visually impaired or disabled individual, using a specially designed bingo card or hard card in place of a disposable paper bingo card or hard card, must be charged for using such card at the same rate as other players, regardless of whether or not the licensed organization supplied the specially designed bingo card.209.04 The price structure for all bingo cards must be posted at the location in the premises where bingo cards are sold. The licensed organization must offer the same price structure for the purchase or use of all bingo cards, to all players at the bingo occasion. A licensed organization shall not offer any promotion or discount on the price of any bingo cards, unless such promotion or discount is made available to all players. 209.04A A licensed organization may have a graduated price structure for the purchase of different types or packets of bingo cards; however, the organization shall not offer discounts on the price charged for disposable paper bingo cards or packets unless the discounted cards or packets are of a different color and of a different series than the regular priced cards or packets. For example, a licensed organization could have the following price structure on disposable paper bingo cards or packets: 3 ON Red Booklet $ 5.00 AND 3 ON Yellow Booklet 2 for $ 9.00
6 ON Blue Booklet 9.00 AND 6 ON Green Booklet 2 for 15.00
9 ON Orange Booklet 12.00 AND 9 ON Purple Booklet 2 for 20.00
However, it would not be permissible to sell a 3 ON booklet and a 6 ON booklet for the price of a 9 ON booklet. A licensed organization must have a predetermined price structure for different types of bingo cards or packets.
209.05 Prior to changing the price structure or adding a new card or packet to the price structure, the gaming manager or bingo chairperson for a Class II bingo licensee must notify the Department in writing of such price changes or additions, at least ten (10) days in advance of the proposed changes or additions, and include the date the price changes or additions will be implemented. 209.05A Prior to the date the price change takes effect, the gaming manager or bingo chairperson and utilization of funds member shall ensure that a physical inventory is taken of the disposable paper bingo cards which will be affected by the price change. Such inventory shall be reported to the Department with the licensed organization's quarterly report for the period in which the price change was implemented.209.06 The extension of credit by a licensed organization for the purchase or use of bingo cards or bingo card monitoring devices is prohibited. The only acceptable forms of payment for the sale or use of bingo cards or bingo card monitoring devices are cash, check, bank credit or debit card, or in-kind payment as defined in Regulation 35-200.13. 209.06A A licensed organization may sell gift certificates to be used exclusively for the purchase of bingo cards. Any such gift certificate shall clearly indicate the name of the licensed organization issuing the certificate, and indicate that it is redeemable only for the purchase of bingo cards. 209.06A(1) The only acceptable methods of payment for a gift certificate shall be cash, check, or bank credit or debit card. The sale of gift certificates must be receipted by the licensed organization.209.06A(2) The proceeds from the sale of bingo card gift certificates shall be deposited in the licensed organization's bingo checking account. The value of a gift certificate shall be included in the bingo gross receipts of the bingo occasion at which it is redeemed.209.07 A Class II bingo licensee must receipt, by a cash register, the sale of all regular and special bingo cards, instant bingo cards, disposable paper bingo cards used in conjunction with a bingo card monitoring device which are not downloaded by a site system, and any fee charged for the use of a bingo card monitoring device. Receipts must be sequentially numbered and prepared in duplicate. One copy of the receipt shall be given to the player at the time of purchase, and the other copy shall be retained by the licensed organization with its records for each bingo occasion. The receipt shall contain, at a minimum, the following information: 209.07A A description, by cash register key, of the bingo card or packet sold (e.g., 3 ON booklet, 6 ON booklet, instant bingo card, 3 ON special, disposable paper bingo card used in conjunction with a bingo card monitoring device which is not downloaded by a site system, and any fee charged for the use of a bingo card monitoring device, etc.);209.07B The quantity of each type of bingo card or packet sold;209.07C The price charged for each type of bingo card or packet sold;209.07D The extended total price of the bingo cards or packets sold; and209.07E The date of the bingo occasion.209.08 Additional bingo cards or packets sold during the course of a bingo occasion must be sold by the cashier and must be receipted in the same manner as bingo cards and packets sold prior to the start of the bingo occasion. 209.08A Special bingo cards may be sold by a floor worker during the course of a bingo occasion but must be receipted in the same manner as bingo cards and packets sold prior to the start of the bingo occasion, or by the following method: 209.08A(1) The cashier must receipt the sale of all bingo paper sold by floor workers through the cash register by type of bingo paper. The cashier must maintain a record to reflect the amount of bingo paper checked out to each floor worker, the number of bingo cards checked back in to the cashier by the floor worker, and the corresponding amount of money returned to the cashier by the floor worker.209.09 A licensed organization may not give free bingo cards to participants at a bingo occasion; however, coupons redeemable for bingo cards may be awarded as a bingo prize, promotional prize, or as a prize in a lottery or raffle provided the bingo cards are accounted for in the following manner: 209.09A The licensed organization must issue a sequentially numbered coupon to the winner which can be redeemed for the bingo cards. The coupon shall contain the name of the licensed organization and a description of the bingo cards for which the coupon can be redeemed. The value of the coupon shall be determined by the licensed organization's posted selling price of the bingo cards described on the coupon. The value of the coupon shall be included in the licensed organization's bingo gross receipts for the bingo occasion at which the coupon is redeemed. 209.09A(1) The value of any coupon awarded for bingo cards as a "bingo" prize must be included in determining the licensed organization's compliance with the $4,000.00 bingo prize limitation per bingo occasion. As a bingo prize, the value of the coupon would not be subject to the 14 percent expense limitation.209.09A(2) The value of any coupon awarded for bingo cards as a "promotional" prize must be included in determining the licensed organization's compliance with the $ 100.00 promotional prize limitation for a regular bingo occasion, or $ 250.00 promotional prize limitation for a limited period bingo occasion. As a promotional prize, the value of the coupon would not be an expense of conducting bingo which is subject to the 14 percent expense limitation.209.09A(3) If the bingo cards are to be awarded as a lottery or raffle prize, the licensed organization must pay for the coupon with proceeds from the organization's lottery/raffle account.209.10 Instant bingo, as defined in Regulation 35-200.14, is an acceptable form of bingo and instant bingo cards may be sold throughout the bingo occasion. Instant bingo shall be conducted in the following manner: 209.10A A predetermined number of bingo balls for instant bingo shall be drawn at the start of the bingo occasion and witnessed by no fewer than three bingo players. The letters and numbers of the balls drawn must be displayed so they are visible to all players throughout the bingo occasion;209.10B The serial number(s) of the instant bingo cards being sold must be posted at the location in the premises where regular bingo cards are sold;209.10C Prizes to be awarded for the instant bingo game must be posted at the location in the premises where regular bingo cards are sold;209.10D The particular arrangement of numbers or "pattern" required to be covered in order to win must be clearly posted at the location in the premises where regular bingo cards are sold;209.10E Prizes awarded for instant bingo must be included in the $4,000.00 prize limitation for a bingo occasion and no single prize awarded for instant bingo may exceed $1,000.00; and209.10F If there are no winners by the end of the bingo occasion, additional bingo balls must be drawn and called until there is a winner; however, the winning prize does not have to be the full amount of the jackpot but could be a consolation prize of lesser value.316 Neb. Admin. Code, 35, § 209
Sections 9 - 202, 9 - 226, 9 - 233, 9 - 241.05, 9 - 255.01, and 9 - 255.02, R.R.S. 1997. Sections 9 - 204.01 and 9 - 241.10, R.S.Supp., 2004. September 5, 2005.