15 AAC 160.570 - Bingo equipment
(a) "Bingo equipment" means equipment that is
made or sold for use in bingo games permitted under AS 05.15. Unless otherwise
specified, "bingo equipment" includes a machine or other device from which
balls are withdrawn to determine the letters and numbers to be called, the
balls themselves, a bingo card, and other devices commonly used in the direct
operation of a bingo game.
(b) In
conducting a bingo game, a permittee or operator shall use
(1) a device which mixes and allows for
random withdrawing of balls to determine the letters and numbers to be called;
the device must be constructed in a manner that
(A) allows players to view the mixing action
of the balls; and
(B) prevents its
operation from being interrupted so as to change the random placement of balls
at the exit receptacle of the device, except as provided under
15 AAC
160.590(k);
(2) a set of 75 balls bearing the numbers one
through 75; balls one through 15 must bear the letter "B"; balls 16 through 30
must bear the letter "I"; balls 31 through 45 must bear the letter "N"; balls
46 through 60 must bear the letter "G"; balls 61 through 75 must bear the
letter "O"; the balls must be the same size, weight, shape, and balance so that
at all times during a bingo game each a ball in the device has an equal
opportunity of selection; the 75 balls must be available for inspection by the
players before a bingo session begins to determine that all are present and
meet the requirements of this section; and
(3) manufactured and preprinted bingo cards
that have 25 spaces, the center of which may be a free space, arranged in five
even columns headed with the letters "B," "I," "N," "G," and "O," respectively;
each set of disposable bingo cards must be consecutively numbered from the
first card to the last card, or from the first sheet of disposable bingo cards
to the last sheet of disposable bingo cards; each bingo card or sheet of
disposable bingo cards must have printed on its face both its individual card
or sheet number and the series number assigned by the manufacturer to that set
of cards;
(A) repealed 11/10/96;
(B) repealed 11/10/96.
(c) A permittee or operator may
use a flashboard to display the numbers called. The flashboard must be visible
to all players and must clearly indicate all numbers that have been called. If
the flashboard malfunctions during a bingo session, it need not be repaired
during that session, but it must be repaired before it is used in a later
session.
(d) A permittee or
operator may use a video camera and display for the benefit of the players and
for bingo card winner verification.
(e) Electronic or computerized bingo devices
are prohibited, except those devices that qualify as "electronic bingo paper"
and have been approved for use by the department.
(f) Bingo cards that may be played without
the calling of balls, sometimes known as "instant bingo," are
prohibited.
(g) If two or more sets
of disposable bingo cards share a common series number, only one set may be
played at a time at a session.
Notes
Authority:AS 05.15.060
AS 05.15.100
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