N.J. Admin. Code § 13:47-7.32

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 13:47-7.32 - Progressive jackpot game; award of prizes; exclusion

(a) The progressive jackpot prize shall be awarded to the player or players who complete the full card pattern in the predesignated number of numbers called, except in the case of the tenth occasion of a particular progression when it shall be awarded to the player or players who first complete the full card pattern.

(b) A consolation prize shall be awarded on each occasion at which a progressive jackpot bingo game is played, except the occasion upon which the progressive jackpot prize is won. On the occasion when the progressive jackpot prize is awarded, the consolation prize shall be held or awarded as provided in (d) below.

(c) The consolation prize shall be awarded to the player or players who complete the full card pattern on each occasion, except the occasion upon which the progressive jackpot prize is won, notwithstanding the number of numbers called in excess of the predesignated number of numbers allowed to be called in order to win the progressive jackpot prize.

(d) On an occasion when the jackpot prize is awarded, the amount calculated to be the consolation prize for that occasion shall be held by the organization and added to the progressive jackpot prize on the following licensed occasion. In the case of the occasion being the last licensed occasion on the license or when the organization plans to discontinue playing the progressive jackpot game, the game shall continue and the consolation prize shall be awarded to the player or players who next complete the full card pattern.

(e) No card that has been determined to be a winner of a progressive jackpot prize shall be eligible to win any portion of the consolation prize.

(f) Any card determined to be a winner of a consolation prize shall contain the last number called in the game prior to the player declaring "Bingo."

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:47-7.32

New Rule, R.1995 d.41, effective 1/17/1995.
See: 26 New Jersey Register 4326(a), 27 New Jersey Register 374(a).
Amended by R.1998 d.428, effective 8/17/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 978(a), 30 New Jersey Register 3062(a).
In (a), deleted "successive" following "tenth"; in (b), substituted "except the" for "including an" in the first sentence and added a new second sentence; in (c), added "except the occasion upon which the progressive jackpot prize is won," preceding "notwithstanding"; and rewrote (d).