Or. Admin. R. 137-025-0020

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 6, June 1, 2024

Section 137-025-0020 - Definitions

For purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) The "Department" means the Oregon Department of Justice.

(2) "Bingo" means a game played on a printed form or card or electronic facsimile containing a grid bearing horizontal and vertical lines of numbers. Each card must include the same number of numbers. The numbers may be pre-printed or completed by the players. Numbers are drawn from a receptacle containing no more than 90 numbers, until there are one or more winners. A winner(s) is determined by the player(s) to first cover or uncover the selected numbers in a designated combination, sequence or pattern as they appear on the player's card. The progress toward a "bingo" of the non-winning players shall be irrelevant in determining the prize payout for the winner(s). A "blackout" (i.e., covering all squares on the grid) shall qualify as a designated sequence or pattern. Games which do not qualify as bingo include, but are not limited to, games marketed as "quick shot bonanza," "pick X" bingo, and "pick-8" bingo in the format utilizing a 40 square grid.

(3) "Pull Tab" means a single folded or banded ticket or card, the face of which is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view to conceal a number, symbol or set of symbols, a few of which numbers or symbols out of every set of pull tabs have been designated in advance and at random as prize winners.

(4) "Raffle" means a form of a lottery in which each participant buys a ticket for an article or money designated as a prize and where the winner is determined by a random drawing. A raffle includes the elements of consideration, chance and a prize. Consideration is presumed to be present unless it is clearly and conspicuously disclosed to prospective participants that tickets to the drawing may be acquired without contributing something of economic value.

(5) "Door Prize Drawing" means a drawing held by a nonprofit organization at a meeting of the organization where both the sale of tickets and the drawing(s) occur during the meeting and the total value of the prize(s) is less than $600.

(6) "Handle" means the total amount of money and other things of value bet on the bingo, lotto or raffle games, the value of raffle chances sold or the total amount collected from the sale of imitation money during Monte Carlo events.

(7) "Responsible Officials of the Organization" means the officers of the organization and the board of directors, if any.

(8) "Bingo Game Manager" means any person who is responsible for the overall conduct of bingo games of a charitable, fraternal or religious organization.

(9) "Regular Bingo Game" means a bingo game where players use hard cards or paper cards or electronic facsimiles from a packet which have been purchased for a package price and may be used by players during more than one game of a session.

(10) "Special Bingo Game" means a bingo game where players must purchase individual paper cards or electronic facsimiles where use is limited to a specific bingo game.

(11) "Concessions" means the sale of food, beverages, related bingo supplies, such as daubers, glue and other retail items using a bingo theme sold to bingo players.

(12) "Management or Operation" means supervising the games.

(13) "Administration or Operation" means supervising the games.

(14) "Supervise" means to direct, oversee and inspect the work of others; to exercise authority with respect to decision-making or the implementing of decisions; and responsibility for the performance of functions integral to the operation of bingo and raffles, including operation of the games and operation of the facility used to conduct the games.

(15) "Drawing" means an approved random selection process for determining winners in a raffle. To be random, each number in the drawing must have an equal chance of selection.

(16) "Monte Carlo event" means a gambling event at which wagers are placed with imitation money upon contests of chance in which players compete against other players or against the house. As used in this subsection, "imitation money" includes imitation currency, chips or tokens.

(17) "Monte Carlo equipment supplier" means a person or organization who leases equipment to a non-profit tax exempt organization for operation of a Monte Carlo event.

(18) "Monte Carlo event contractor" means a Monte Carlo event supplier who is employed to operate a Monte Carlo event on behalf of a non-profit tax exempt organization.

(19) "Monte Carlo event licensee" means any organization which has obtained a Monte Carlo event license pursuant to OAR 137-025-0410.

(20) "Related party" means an officer, director or bingo game manager of the licensed organization. Related party includes the family of such an individual. Family shall include a spouse, domestic partner, brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood), ancestors and lineal descendants. Related party also includes corporations wherein the preceding individuals directly, or indirectly, own 50% or more of the capital interest and a trust in which the preceding individuals serve as fiduciaries or are named beneficiaries.

(21) "Sleeper Bingo" - A bingo game where the licensee adopts a house rule providing that a bingo prize may be shared between player(s) announcing a qualifying bingo on the last number called and player(s) who achieved a qualifying bingo as a result of a previously called number.

(22) "Linked Progressive Bingo Game" means a standard non-linked bingo game where an additional prize is paid to a winner based upon a designated combination, sequence or pattern. The additional prize is paid from a common prize pool which is collected from multiple participating licensees.

(23) "Linked Progressive Bingo Contractor" means a person or organization who leases equipment to bingo licensees for operation of a linked progressive bingo game.

Or. Admin. R. 137-025-0020

JD 8-1987, f. 10-30-87, ef. 11-1-87; JD 1-1989, f. & cert. ef. 3-1-89; JD 1-1991, f. 2-1-91, cert. ef. 3-1-91; JD 2-1993, f. 6-21-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93; JD 7-1997(Temp), f. 12-31-97, cert. ef. 1-1-98 thru 6-20-98; DOJ 5-1998, f. 6-19-98, cert. ef. 6-20-98; DOJ 13-2001, f. 12-28-01, cert. ef. 1-1-02; DOJ 6-2004, f. 2-19-04, cert. ef. 4-1-04; DOJ 8-2004, f. & cert. ef. 5-19-04; DOJ 8-2018, amend filed 05/30/2018, effective 5/31/2018

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 167.117(10)(12) & ORS 464.250(1)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 464.250, 1997, SB 716 & 2003