Section 1360-03-03-.17 - CONDUCT OF BINGO GAMES(1) Organizations may conduct a bingo session as an annual gaming event.(2) All bingo sessions conducted as annual gaming events shall be registered and conducted in accordance and consistent with T.C.A. §§ 3-17-104 et seq. and the rules set forth herein.(3) All bingo events must be conducted in person. Online and virtual bingo is expressly prohibited.(4) Each organization conducting a bingo session as an annual gaming event shall adopt "house rules" regarding conduct of the bingo games and the distribution of prizes. Such rules shall be consistent with the provisions of T.C.A. §§ 3-17-101 et seq. and these rules. "House rules" shall be conspicuously posted so that they are visible in every area in which bingo is played or printed on a game program that is distributed to every bingo player attending the annual gaming event.(5) Every bingo gaming event will have a set number of games announced in advance of the sale of any tickets, shares, or chances.(6) Each annual gaming event may not conduct more than 25 individual bingo games in a bingo session. A game shall be considered one in which a winner is called. A partially played game, or a portion of a progressive bingo game in which there is no winner called, shall not be considered a completed game toward the 25-game limit.(7) The prize for every bingo game of the event must be disclosed prior to the beginning of the first game of the event.(8) The specific combination or arrangement of marked spaces necessary to win each game must be announced prior to the drawing of the first number for that game.(9) No bingo cards may be sold after the first number is drawn for the first game of the event.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-03-03-.17
Emergency rules filed August 5, 2021; effective through February 1, 2022. Emergency rules expired effective February 2, 2022, and the rules reverted to their previous statuses. New rules filed December 27, 2021; effective 3/27/2022.Authority: T.C.A. § 3-17-115(c).