N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4800.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 4800.1 - Definition of terms

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions and the definitions set forth in General Municipal Law section 476 are applicable throughout Subchapters C, D and E of this Chapter:

(a) Admission card or package means the card or cards issued to a player upon the payment of an admission fee not to exceed $5 that entitles the player to at least one opportunity to participate in all regular games of bingo during a single bingo occasion.

(b) Bingo Control Law means article 19-B of the Executive Law.

(c) Bingo Licensing Law means article 14-H of the General Municipal Law.

(d) Card or sheet means a bingo opportunity comprised of a reusable card or disposable sheet of paper bearing one or more face-cards. The word on describes the number of face-cards printed on a card or sheet, and is preceded by the number of face-cards appearing on that card or sheet. For example, a three-on (or 3-on) is a single card or sheet bearing three face-cards.

(e) Clerk of the municipality means the clerk of the town or village duly authorized to issue licenses pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law. In the case of a city, it shall mean the clerk of the particular department of the city government duly authorized to issue licenses pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law.

(f) Department means the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs.

(g) Double-header means a session of bingo in which two successive licensed bingo occasions are conducted by the same licensed authorized organization, provided that not more than 30 minutes time shall elapse between the calling of the last numbered ball in the first licensed occasion and the calling of the first numbered ball in the second occasion.

(h) Early bird, also known as share the wealth or split pots, has the meaning set forth in General Municipal Law section 476(11-a). Early bird opportunities bearing more than one face-card may be priced at the discretion of the licensed authorized organization, so long as 1-on early bird cards are offered for sale simultaneously at a price of $1 or less.

(i) Electronic bingo aid means any electronic hardware device or electronic system, whether fixed or portable, or any software used in conjunction with a common computer, designed to assist sight-impaired players and others in the playing of bingo.

(j) Extra regular card means a card or sheet that is sold separately from an admission card that provides a player with an additional opportunity to participate in a regular bingo game or games.

(k) Face-card means the 25-squared grid comprised of five rows of five equally sized squares that are marked by the player during the conduct of bingo, which may have the letters B,I,N,G and O printed horizontally across the top. Each square, with the exception of the center square which shall be designated as a free space, shall bear a number ranging from 1 to 75, inclusive, none of which shall be repeated on the same face-card. The free space shall bear the face-card number (also known as the manufacturer's permutation number or perm- number) which identifies the unique configuration of numbers assigned to each face-card by the licensed bingo manufacturer for comparison and verification of winning calls of bingo. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to supercards, quick bingo cards or player select cards.

(l) Governing body or municipal governing body means the board or body in which the powers of a political subdivision as a body corporate, or other, are vested. Where the governing body or municipal governing body has delegated authority, pursuant to General Municipal Law section 498, to an officer or officers, the words governing body or municipal governing body shall apply to the officer or officers in respect to the powers and duties delegated.

(m) Gross receipts means receipts from the sale of all bingo opportunities, including those sold via electronic bingo aids.

(n) Jackpot game means the final game of a bingo occasion.

(o) In the definition of limited period bingo in General Municipal Law section 476(10), the same year refers to the same calendar year.

(p) Occasion means a single licensed period in which an aggregate of prizes not to exceed the amount set forth in General Municipal Law section 481(1)(a) is awarded in a series of at least 10 bingo games (or a combination of bingo games and subparts of multiple-part bingo games in which 10 separate prizes are awarded), so long as not more than 35 successive bingo games are played. During double header and triple header sessions, at least one of the occasions shall comprise 10 bingo games (or a combination of bingo games and subparts of multiple-part bingo games in which 10 or more separate prizes are awarded). A licensed authorized organization may offer fewer than 10 games per occasion during multiple successive occasions if at least one of the session's occasions comprises at least 10 bingo games. In the case of limited period bingo, the series of games played during an occasion shall not exceed 60 in number.

(q) Opportunity means a reusable card or a disposable sheet of paper bearing at least one face-card entitling a player to participate in a game or games of bingo. For the purposes of this section, a card approved by the commission for use in the game supercard, player select or quick bingo shall be deemed an opportunity to participate in such games. Face-cards shall be printed on only one side of an opportunity and the backside of such opportunities shall be blank. All opportunities other than hard-boards, supercards and opportunities issued for use with electronic bingo aids shall be marked by the players with indelible ink daubers.

(r) Package means a group of cards or sheets of bingo face-cards collated to form a package of opportunities. Each of the cards or sheets making up such package shall be different in appearance from all other cards or sheets within such package and shall represent, by color and appearance, an opportunity to participate in a specific bingo game. The word up refers to the number of cards or sheets contained in such a package and is preceded by the number of such cards or sheets. For example, a six-up (or 6-up) is a group of opportunities made up of six different colored cards or sheets collated to form a single package.

(s) Player select means a bingo game in which a player, at least 15 minutes prior to the commencement of that game, purchases a blank player select card and enters the numbers of his or her choice in the blank spaces on such card. Each number shall be between 1 and 75, inclusive, and no number shall be repeated on the same player select card. Prizes are awarded to those players whose selected numbers match those drawn by the licensed authorized bingo operator during a designated player select game, in accordance with section 4820.49 of this Chapter.

(t) Pre-drawn bingo means a bingo game conducted by a licensed authorized organization in accordance with section 4820.51 of this Chapter, in which a predetermined number of bingo balls are pre-picked at random from the receptacle. Predrawn bingo games shall be conducted using only commission-approved disposable, tear-open or sealed bingo opportunities, which shall be constructed in such a manner, and of such material, so as to prevent the viewing of the numbers printed thereon until the purchasing player opens the opportunity by tearing off perforated edges or otherwise breaking a secured seal enclosing the face-card. All bingo opportunities used in predrawn games shall be marked with standard indelible ink daubers. The pre-drawing of the numbers shall begin not more than 45 minutes prior to the start of the game and shall not begin unless there are a number of players equal to at least 10 percent of the bingo seating capacity present to verify the integrity of the pre-drawing of the numbered balls.

(u) Prize means the dollar amount or merchandise awarded as a prize to the player or players obtaining a winning pattern in a particular bingo game. The awarding of alcoholic beverages, opportunities to play bingo, bell jar tickets and/or raffle tickets as a prize in any bingo game is prohibited.

(v) Quick bingo game means a special game conducted in conjunction with a scheduled regular or special bingo game pursuant to section 4820.52 of this Chapter, in which specially constructed quick bingo cards are sold and marked by the players with standard indelible ink daubers. Quick bingo cards are sealed by the manufacturer and, when opened by the player, reveal a grid comprised of either 9 spaces formed by 3 rows of 3 spaces, or 16 spaces formed by 4 rows of 4 spaces, each space bearing a bingo number ranging from 1 to 75, provided no number is repeated on the same quick bingo face-card and the type-face of each number is sufficiently large to mark with a standard indelible ink dauber.

(w) Regular bingo game means:

(1) a game, regardless of the pattern required to win, that is played on a card or cards issued to a player upon payment of an admission fee not to exceed $5; and

(2) a bingo game conducted during a licensed occasion other than a limited period bingo occasion.

(x) Series means a progression of face-cards in which no two face-cards are identical, each of which bears a consecutive face-card number printed thereon by the licensed bingo manufacturer. A series of opportunities is identified by the first and last face-card number assigned to that progression. For example, a 1 to 9,000 series refers to an intermixed group of face-cards bearing face-card numbers ranging from number 1 to 9,000, inclusive.

(y) Special bingo game means a bingo game that cannot be played using either an admission card or an extra regular card, where the opportunities to participate in a special game (known as specials) must be purchased separately from admission cards and extra regular cards. The purchase of an opportunity to participate in a special game is optional. If a player wants to participate in a special game, such player must purchase a special for each game.

(z) Session means a single gathering in which one, two, or three licensed bingo occasions are conducted consecutively by the same authorized organization, so long as not more than 30 minutes' time elapses between the first and second occasions or between the second and third occasions.

(aa) Tri-color bingo means a game using disposable bingo opportunities comprised of three different colored face-cards, wherein a different dollar amount is offered as a prize for each of the three colors, conducted pursuant to section 4820.56 of this Chapter.

(ab) Triple-header means a session of bingo in which three successive licensed bingo occasions are conducted by the same licensed authorized organization, so long as not more than 30 minutes' time elapses between the first and second occasions or between the second and third occasions.

(ac) Wild number game means a speed-up game in which players mark those numbers appearing on their face-cards whose second digits match the wild number's single digit number (or its second digit if the wild number is a two-digit number) so designated by the licensed authorized organization prior to the start of the occasion by drawing a bingo ball and announcing such ball to be the wild number ball and returning such ball to the receptacle prior to the start of the game. Wild number games are permitted only when the bingo system utilized has a wild number function that automatically causes the bingo display board to illuminate the wild number ball and all numbers corresponding with such ball.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4800.1

Amended New York State Register June 2, 2021/Volume XLIII, Issue 22, eff. 6/2/2021