Subpart 1.
Prior board approval required for paper pull-tab games, tipboard games,
promotional paper pull-tab or tipboard tickets, raffle boards, and bingo
boards; conformance with standards for previously approved games.
The following pertain to prior board approval required for
paper pull-tab games, tipboard games, promotional paper pull-tab tickets,
tipboard tickets, raffle boards, and bingo boards manufactured for sale in
Minnesota, and conformance with standards for previously approved games.
A. To obtain prior board approval for paper
pull-tab and tipboard games^ promotional paper pull-tab or tipboard tickets,
raffle boards, and bingo boards, a manufacturer must submit to the director a
deal of tickets; flare; prize pool board and chance ticket display, if any;
raffle board; and bingo board that has been produced to comply with the
manufacturing standards prescribed in this chapter.
B. Within 14 days of receipt of the gambling
equipment, the director must notify the manufacturer in writing of the
directors decision to recommend approval or recommend denial of the gambling
equipment.
(1) The written notice of the
director's recommended denial must state the basis for the director's
recommendation of denial. Within 14 days of receipt of a notice of the
director's recommended denial, the manufacturer may request a contested case
hearing under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
(2) The written notice of the board's denial
must state the basis for the board's denial.
C. Manufacturers are in compliance if the
gambling equipment is approved by the board, and all tickets, flares, any prize
pool boards, chance ticket displays, raffle boards, and bingo boards, are
produced in compliance with the manufacturing standards prescribed in this
chapter. Once approved, a manufacturer may not change any gambling equipment
without prior approval of the board, in compliance with subpart
11.
The board may withdraw its approval if it determines that the
paper tickets, including chance tickets and their chance ticket displays,
flares, prize pool boards, if any, raffle boards, and bingo boards, were not
manufactured in such a manner to be tamper-resistant. If the board decides that
its approval should be withdrawn, the board will notify the manufacturer of its
right to request a contested case hearing under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
14.
D. Not later than
December 31 of each calendar year, a manufacturer must submit to the board, on
a form prescribed by the board, a list of all board-approved games that it
intends to sell in Minnesota. Any board-approved game not included on the
manufacturer's list, or any board-approved game that the manufacturer has not
shipped into Minnesota in the previous two calendar years, will be considered
abandoned by the manufacturer and will be removed from the board's approved
games database. Nothing in this subpart prohibits a manufacturer from
voluntarily informing the board at any time of an abandoned game. A voluntarily
abandoned game may not be shipped by a manufacturer into Minnesota unless the
game is reapproved by the director. Abandoned games shipped into Minnesota by
the manufacturer on or before December 31 may continue to be sold in Minnesota
by licensed distributors and organizations.
E.
The board may withdraw its approval if it determines that the
paper tickets, including chance tickets and their chance ticket displays,
flares, prize pool boards, if any, raffle boards, and bingo boards, were not
manufactured in such a manner to be tamper-resistant. If the board decides that
its approval should be withdrawn, the board will notify the manufacturer of its
right to request a contested case hearing under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
14.
F. For changes to the payout
structure or ticket count for any approved game or for any game within a family
of games, the manufacturer must assign a new game form number and submit the
game for review and approval by the board before being offered for sale in
Minnesota. The version of gambling equipment containing changes approved by the
director under subpart
11, item A, subitem (5), is
the only version of the gambling equipment the manufacturer is allowed to ship
into Minnesota for sale in Minnesota.
Subp. 1a.
Manufacturing standards for
paper pull-tab and tipboard ticket information.
A. Paper pull-tab and tipboard tickets
manufactured for sale in Minnesota must, at a minimum, include the following
information printed on the front of a ticket and be the same for all tickets in
a deal:
(1) manufacturers name or its
board-registered logo;
(2) game
name, which must be identical to the game name on the flare for that
deal;
(3) game serial number, which
must be a minimum of five and a maximum of eight characters, printed on the
game information side of the pull-tab, and must not be repeated on gambling
equipment of the same form number for 3-1/2 years from the date of the
manufacturers invoice to the distributor. There must not be more than one
serial number in a deal;
(4) unique
form number for that game;
(5) cost
per play, not to exceed the limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211, and this
subitem does not apply to chance tickets;
(6) quantity of winners in each tier, and the
respective winning numbers or symbols and prize amount, except chance tickets
shall also display the quantity of winners for each tier of winning prizes
contained in the games chance tickets;
(7) paper tickets with an unopened, overall
area of 1.6 square inches or less are exempt from subitems (4), (5), and (6);
and
(8) paper tickets with an
overall area of less than 2.5 square inches but more than 1.6 square inches are
exempt from subitem (6).
B. In addition to item A, multiple chance
games must:
(1) contain a predetermined
number of winning and losing tickets;
(2) contain a predetermined number of
qualifying winning tickets that provide an option to the player to forfeit the
ticket for a chance ticket which may contain a prize greater than, equal to, or
less than the qualifying winning ticket; and
(3) contain a predetermined number of tickets
designated as chance tickets.
C. In addition to item A, requirements for
qualifying winning tickets are as follows:
(1) there must be the same number of
qualifying winning tickets as there are chance tickets in the game;
(2) a qualifying winning ticket must indicate
that the ticket is a qualifying winning ticket; and
(3) qualifying winning tickets must contain a
space for a player to indicate in ink the players choice of:
(a) forfeiting the qualifying winning ticket
for a chance ticket; or
(b)
redeeming the prize indicated on the qualifying winning ticket.
Subp. 1b.
Manufacturing standards for design and manufacture of paper pull-tab and
tipboard tickets.
The design and manufacture of paper pull-tab and tipboard
tickets must comply with the following.
A. Except for folded and banded tickets,
symbol blocks must be a minimum of 2.5/32 inch from the die-cut edge of the
ticket.
B. To be tamper-resistant,
tickets must be designed, constructed, glued, and assembled to prevent the
determination of a winning or losing ticket before its sale to the public:
(1) from the outside of the ticket in any
manner;
(2) without removing the
tabs or opening the tickets to reveal the numbers or symbols;
(3) when using a light; or
(4) due to any manufacturing or color
variations in the tickets.
The glue must be of sufficient strength and type to prevent the
separation or delamination of the ticket.
C. All winning tickets must have a primary
and secondary form of identifying a winner. A secondary form of identifying a
winner is not required for folded and banded tickets.
D. Winning tickets must comply with the
following:
(1) tickets with both a primary and
secondary win indicator must be designed so the win indicators are a minimum of
3.5/32 inch from the die-cut edge of the ticket;
(2) if a win bar is used and extends into the
column farthest from the hinged side of the ticket, it must be 5/32 inch from
the die-cut edge; and
(3) if
randomly generated alphanumeric win indicators are used, they must be printed
in the space between the hinge and the column closest to the hinge, or located
in any position except the column farthest from the hinged side. Alphanumeric
win indicators must be designed so that the code numbers, or any color used to
highlight the code numbers, are a minimum of 3.5/32 inch from the die-cut
edge.
E. Dimensions must
be the same for all tickets in the deal.
F. Tickets must not contain coupons or
discounts.
G. The qualifying
tickets for a multiple seal or cumulative game must specify the seal to be
opened or uncovered by the seller, or indicate that the player may select the
seal to be opened.
H. Pull-tab
tickets for an event game must be designed in such a way to avoid duplicate
winning hold tickets. This item pertains to event games allowed by Minnesota
Statutes, section
349.1721,
subdivision 2.
I. Each deal must
have an ideal sales and prize payout structure designed to result in a profit
for the game, not to exceed the limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.2113.
J. Chance tickets must be randomly placed by
the manufacturer in a chance ticket display that conforms to the following:
(1) each chance ticket is independently
sealed in a separate section of the display;
(2) the chance ticket display must be
constructed of a tamper-resistant material that indicates tampering if the
seal, perforation, or other covering is broken; and
(3) chance ticket removal requires the
breaking of the perforation, seal, or other covering.
Subp. 1c.
Manufacturing
standards for packaging of paper pull-tab and tipboard tickets.
The packaging of paper pull-tab and tipboard tickets for each
deal must comply with the following.
A. Winning or qualifying tickets must be
distributed and mixed among all other tickets in a deal to eliminate any
pattern between deals or portions of deals from which the location or
approximate location of any winning or qualifying tickets may be determined.
The deal must be assembled so that placement of winning, qualifying, or losing
tickets does not allow for the possibility of prize manipulation or selection
of winning or qualifying tickets.
B. Subsets of a deal are not
allowed.
C. A cumulative game may
not contain more than 10,000 tickets in total for all deals in the
game.
D. Each deals container must
be sealed with a manufacturers seal that includes a warning to the purchaser
that the game may have been tampered with if the container was received by the
purchaser with the manufacturers seal broken.
(1) The seal must be of sufficient strength
to prevent the seal from breaking when shipped to a purchaser.
(2) The seal must be:
(a) under the container's shrink-wrap;
or
(b) if tickets are packaged
using a heat-sealed process with plastic with a minimum thickness of 2 mil, the
seal must be printed or affixed on the plastic.
E. The serial number must be clearly and
legibly placed on the outside of the deals container.
F. Except for deals packaged using a
heat-sealed process with plastic with a minimum thickness of 2 mil, each
pull-tab deal, including the flare and any other required information, must be
sealed in shrink-wrap. Each case of individual tipboard games in which the
tipboard tickets are affixed to the flare must be sealed in shrink-wrap. Chance
ticket displays containing chance tickets must be packaged with the
corresponding multiple chance game.
G. Chance ticket displays must have the games
name, form number, serial number, and prize tiers clearly printed on the
display. A display constructed of transparent material where this information
is visible on the chance tickets satisfies this provision.
H. The manufacturer must:
(1) attach to the outside of the container a
bar code that contains information required by the commissioner of revenue
according to Minnesota Statutes, section
297E.04,
subdivision 2; and
(2) include an
extra self-adhesive bar code inside each deal.
I. Each deal must contain the same number of
tickets and winning combinations in the same denomination as listed on the
flare.
Subp. 1d.
Manufacturing standards for paper pull-tab and tipboard flares.
A. The front of the paper pull-tab and
tipboard flare must include:
(1)
manufacturers name or board-registered logo;
(2) game name and serial number, which must
be identical to the same information printed on the tickets in the
deal;
(3) unique form number for
that game;
(4) ticket count; the
ticket count requirement does not apply to chance tickets;
(5) prize structure, including the quantity
of symbols or numbers for winning tickets by denomination, with their
respective winning symbol or number combinations. The prize amounts may not
exceed the limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
(6) cost per play, not to exceed the limit
under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
(7) language contained in Minnesota Statutes,
section
349.163,
subdivision 5, paragraph (e);
(8)
Minnesota geographic boundary symbol printed on the bottom front of the flare,
as required by Minnesota Statutes, section
349.163,
subdivision 5, paragraph (d);
(9)
bar code affixed or printed on the bottom front of the flare, as required by
the commissioner of revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section
297E.04,
subdivision 2. The serial number in the bar code must be printed in numbers and
letters at least one-half inch high and must be the same as the serial number
on the tickets for that deal and on the flare;
(10) for each deal sold to a licensed
distributor for use by an Indian tribe, the flare must contain the bar code but
must not contain the Minnesota geographic boundary symbol;
(11) for flares containing a seal or seals,
including progressive, multiple seal, and cumulative flares, the information
required by subitems (1) to (10), and:
(a)
the flare must be manufactured so that none of the information under the seals
can be determined in advance of opening or uncovering the seals in any manner
or by any device including but not limited to any pattern in manufacture,
assembly, packaging, markings, or by use of a light. The glue must be of
sufficient strength and type to prevent the separation or delamination of the
flare;
(b) individually numbered
seals that:
i. when opened, identify the seal
prize on the back of the seal tab; or
ii. when uncovered, identify the seal prize
under the seal; and
(c)
for progressive games:
i. a seal that
determines the seal prize winner who chooses one or more seals for a chance to
win the progressive jackpot prize;
ii. a section where names are recorded for
all ticket holders entitled to a chance on the jackpot seal prizes;
iii. a section used by operators to record
the current progressive jackpot amount;
iv. an amount to be contributed to the
progressive jackpot flare from each deal in the game; and
v. the maximum progressive jackpot amount for
the game, not to exceed the limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
(12) for pull-tab event
games allowed by Minnesota Statutes, section
349.1721,
subdivision 2, the alternative methods of selecting a winning ticket or
tickets;
(13) a seal card that
meets all of the requirements of this subpart may serve as the flare for the
game; and
(14) a placard or flare
for a tipboard game must also meet the requirements in Minnesota Statutes,
section
349.1711.
B. Flares must accurately reflect
winning combinations. No disclaimers for variations of winning combinations are
allowed.
C. In addition to items A
and B, multiple chance game flares must contain the following:
(1) the quantity of chance tickets and chance
ticket prize amounts. The prize amounts may not exceed the limits under
Minnesota Statutes, sections
349.211 and
349.2113;
(2) the flare must state that a chance ticket
includes the possibility of a prize greater than, equal to, or less than the
qualifying winning ticket being forfeited;
(3) all possible chance ticket results;
and
(4) a warning on the flare
informing organizations that compromised security of the seals, perforations,
or coverings containing the chance tickets requires immediate closure of the
deal.
D. The chance
ticket display must be manufactured so that none of the information in the
chance tickets can be determined in advance of opening the chance tickets in
any manner or by any device including but not limited to any pattern in
manufacture, assembly, packaging, markings, or by use of a light.
Subp. 1e.
Manufacturing
standards for prize pool board for cumulative paper pull-tab or tipboard
game.
The front of a prize pool board for a cumulative paper pull-tab
or tipboard game must include, at a minimum:
A. manufacturer's name or board-registered
logo;
B. game name;
C. form number, which must be identical to
all deals related to the cumulative game;
D. prize structure, including the quantity of
symbols or numbers for winning tickets by denomination, with their respective
winning symbol or number combinations. The prize amounts may not exceed the
limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
E. cost per play, not to exceed the limit
under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
F. language contained in Minnesota Statutes,
section
349.163,
subdivision 5, paragraph (e);
G.
Minnesota geographic boundary symbol printed on the bottom front of the flare,
as required by Minnesota Statutes, section
349.163,
subdivision 5, paragraph (d);
H.
individually numbered seals that:
(1) when
opened, identify the seal prize on the back of the seal tab; or
(2) when uncovered, identify the seal prize
under the seal; and
I.
be manufactured so that none of the information under the seals can be
determined in advance of opening or uncovering the seals in any manner or by
any device including but not limited to any pattern in manufacture, assembly,
packaging, markings, or by use of a light.
A prize pool board that meets all of the requirements of this
subpart may be used as the flare for the game.
Subp. 1f.
Manufacturing standards for
separate progressive paper pull-tab or tipboard jackpot flare.
For a separate progressive jackpot flare for a paper pull-tab
game, the minimum information printed on the front of the flare must
include:
A. manufacturer's name or
board-registered logo;
B. game name
and serial number, which must be identical to the same information printed on
the tickets in the deal;
C. cost
per play, which may not exceed the limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
D. form number which must be identical to all
games related to the specific progressive jackpot;
E. ticket count;
F. seals for the progressive jackpot round
and consolation prize amounts, if any. The prize amounts may not exceed the
limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211;
G. section used by operators to record the
current progressive jackpot amount; and
H. amount to be contributed to the
progressive jackpot from each deal in the game.
The flare must be manufactured so that none of the information
under the seals can be determined in advance of opening or uncovering the seals
in any manner or by any device including but not limited to any pattern in
manufacture, assembly, packaging, markings, or by use of a light.
Subp. 1g.
Manufacturing standards for promotional paper pull-tab or tipboard
tickets.
Promotional tickets that mimic paper pull-tab and tipboard
tickets, as defined by part
7861.0210, subpart 43, and
Minnesota Statutes, section
349.12, subdivisions
18 and 31, must contain:
A.
manufacturer's name or board-registered logo;
B. name of the promotional tickets;
C. unique form number;
D. unique serial number;
E. the following statements:
(1) no purchase necessary; and
(2) for promotional use only.
A manufacturer may not duplicate the design of an approved
pull-tab or tipboard game on any promotional pull-tab or tipboard
ticket.
Subp.
1h.
Manufacturing standards for promotional paper pull-tab
and promotional tipboard flares.
The front of a promotional paper pull-tab flare and promotional
tipboard flare must include:
A. the
manufacturers name or board-registered logo;
B. the game name and serial number, which
must be identical to the same information printed on the tickets in the
deal;
C. the unique form number for
that game;
D. the ticket
count;
E. the prize structure,
showing the respective winning symbol or number combinations;
F. the words "no purchase necessary" and "for
promotional use only";
G. a
Minnesota geographic boundary symbol printed on the bottom front of the flare,
as required by Minnesota Statutes, section
349.163,
subdivision 5, paragraph (d);
H.
the following statement printed in letters large enough to be clearly legible:
Pull-tab (or tipboard) players: This pull-tab (or tipboard)
game is not legal in Minnesota unless:
-- an outline of Minnesota with letters "MN" inside it is
imprinted on this sheet, and
-- the serial number imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of
this sheet is the same as the serial number on the pull-tab (or tipboard)
ticket from this game.";
I.
a bar code affixed or printed on the bottom front of the flare, as required by
the commissioner of revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section
297E.04,
subdivision 2. The serial number in the bar code must be printed in numbers and
letters at least one-half inch high and must be the same as the serial number
on the tickets for that deal and on the flare; and
J. for each deal sold to a licensed
distributor for use by a Native American tribe, the flare must contain the bar
code but must not contain the Minnesota geographic boundary symbol.
Subp. 2.
Manufacturing
standards for paper pull-tab dispensing devices.
Paper pull-tab dispensing devices used to dispense paper
pull-tab tickets and manufactured to be sold or leased in Minnesota must have
the manufacturer's name or board-registered logo, serial number, model number,
and date of manufacture permanently attached to it, and conform to the
following standards.
A. The
electrical, electronic, and programming features of the paper pull-tab
dispensing device must:
(1) have an electrical
power source, be protected by a surge protector, and safely withstand static
electricity;
(2) have an
illuminated display of the monetary value of currency validated;
(3) have a time and date generator to record,
display on an illuminated display, and maintain, at a minimum, the last 25
instances in which the ticket door and cash compartment were opened;
and
(4) have a tamper-resistant
component that contains a programming code identical to the equipment
specification approved for use in Minnesota by an independent testing
laboratory.
B. The
column and dispensing features of a paper pull-tab dispensing device must
comply with the following.
(1) The paper
pull-tab dispensing device must have dispensing columns located in a separately
locking compartment and the columns must accommodate tickets of varying
lengths, widths, and thicknesses.
(2) Based on the amount of currency
validated, all tickets must be accurately dispensed.
(3) Cash or tickets may not be dispensed to
pay a player for a winning ticket.
(4) A shatterproof covering must be placed
directly in front of the columns, and the paper pull-tab dispensing device must
contain an outlet or tray to catch dispensed tickets.
(5) The paper pull-tab dispensing device must
have at least one player button on the front which, when pressed, activates the
dispensing of a ticket.
(6) If a
malfunction occurs when the paper pull-tab dispensing device contains only one
deal in one column, the device must become inoperable for that deal until the
columns are adjusted or a new game is added.
(7) If a malfunction occurs when the paper
pull-tab dispensing device contains more than one deal and the malfunction
occurs in one of the columns containing a particular game, all of the columns
containing tickets for that game must become inoperable until the malfunction
is cleared.
(8) If electrical power
is interrupted after currency has been validated but prior to paper pull-tabs
being dispensed, the dollar amount of validated currency must be accurately
redisplayed immediately after electrical power is restored.
(9) When tickets in a deal are dispensed from
two or more columns and tickets remain in only one column, the tickets may
continue to be dispensed without further splitting into multiple
columns.
C. The
accounting and access features must comply with the following.
(1) Accounting meters must redundantly and
perpetually track the total currency validated and the total number of paper
pull-tabs dispensed.
(2) One
accounting meter must perpetually track the number of tickets dispensed from
each column.
(3) Accounting meters
must not be cleared, erased, or replaced unless the board is notified and has
given its approval.
(4) Accounting
information must be at least six numbers in length, and information must be
retained for at least six months after electrical power to the paper pull-tab
dispensing device has been disconnected or turned off.
(5) When any nonresettable accounting meter
or any component essential to the secure operation is disconnected, operation
must automatically discontinue.
(6)
When in a test-vend or audit mode, test-vends of tickets or currency
acceptances must not be recorded on the accounting meters. "Test-vend" means
the intentional accepting of currency or vending of paper pull-tabs to properly
calibrate columns to accept currency and vend paper pull-tabs of varying
lengths, widths, and thicknesses. The paper pull-tab dispensing device must not
perform test-vends of tickets or currency acceptances unless it is in a
test-vend or audit mode and the exterior door of the paper pull-tab dispensing
device is open.
(7) The
manufacturer must not furnish more than four keys to the exterior locking door,
and not more than four keys to each separate locking compartment. The keys to
the cash compartment may not be the same as the keys to the cash box.
D. The electronic currency
validator must:
(1) accept and validate only
United States currency and be capable of preventing acceptance of known
manipulations of the currency and returning invalid currency to a
player;
(2) transmit the value of
currency validated;
(3) ensure that
tickets will not be dispensed unless the validator has accepted and retained
currency;
(4) automatically
discontinue accepting or validating currency if a malfunction should occur or
if electrical power to the paper pull-tab dispensing device or currency
validator is interrupted; and
(5)
have at least one removable stacker box that can stack at least 600 United
States currency bills or have at least one removable drop box. The box must be
located in a separately locking compartment.
E. Each paper pull-tab dispensing device must
be designed and constructed so that it can be securely attached to a floor,
wall, or counter, and the appearance or design must not resemble a slot machine
or other gambling device.
F. Any
paper pull-tab dispensing device provided to a licensed distributor for
demonstration purposes must be clearly and permanently marked for use as a
demonstration device only.
Subp.
3. [Repealed, 35 SR 1276; 35 SR 1528]
Subp. 4.
Manufacturing standards for
bingo hard cards, bingo paper sheets, bingo paper sheet packets, and sealed
bingo paper sheets.
Bingo hard cards, bingo paper sheets, bingo paper sheet
packets, and sealed bingo paper sheets manufactured to be sold in Minnesota
must include the manufacturer's name or board-registered logo and conform to
the following standards.
A. Each bingo
face, including bingo paper sheets not containing preprinted numbers, may
contain color variations or predetermined patterns, and must have:
(1) 25 squares of uniform size arranged in
five vertical and five horizontal rows;
(2) the letters "B, I, N, G, O" preprinted
above the five vertical columns, with one letter appearing above each column;
and
(3) the center space marked
"free."
B. Numbers that
are preprinted on the bingo hard card or bingo paper sheet face must not be
repeated and must correspond with the following:
(1) numbers 1 to 15 in the "B"
column;
(2) numbers 16 to 30 in the
"I" column;
(3) numbers 31 to 45 in
the "N" column;
(4) numbers 46 to
60 in the "G" column; and
(5)
numbers 61 to 75 in the "O" column.
C. The serial number and face number must be
printed on each bingo sheet face.
D. Each sealed bingo paper sheet must be
constructed so that the bingo face or faces is sealed to prevent revealing any
part of the bingo face before the seal is opened by a bingo player, and so that
all of the bingo numbers on each face cannot be determined from the outside of
the sheet by using a light or by the naked eye.
E. A "bingo permutation" or "perm" means a
proprietary set of an arrangement of numbers on a bingo sheet face.
Subp. 5.
Manufacturing
standards for bingo number selection devices.
Bingo number selection devices manufactured to be sold in
Minnesota must include the manufacturers name or its board-registered logo and
conform to the following standards.
A.
Each device must ensure random selection of all 75 bingo numbers.
B. Each device must not be able to be
manipulated by a person to alter the outcome of a bingo game.
C. Each device must be manufactured solely
for the purpose of conducting lawful gambling.
D. Bingo board requirements are as follows.
(1) Bingo boards manufactured to be sold in
Minnesota must have printed on the face of the board the following:
(a) the manufacturers name or
board-registered logo;
(b) the game
name;
(c) the form
number;
(d) the serial
number;
(e) the bar code;
and
(f) a state of Minnesota symbol
that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of an outline of
the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the
outline.
(2) The
exterior of the seals or tabs must contain the sequential numbers 1 through 75.
All numbers 1 through 75 must be used.
(3) One of 75 randomly placed bingo letter
and number combinations must be placed beneath each sequentially numbered seal
or tab.
(4) Bingo boards must be
tamper resistant. To be tamper resistant, a bingo board must be designed,
constructed, glued, or otherwise assembled to prevent the determination of a
number under the tab or seal prior to the caller removing the tab or seal.
Bingo boards must:
(a) have no visual
variations of any kind; and
(b) not
show numbers under tabs or seals when holding up to a light. The glue or seal
must be of sufficient strength and type to prevent the separation or
delamination of the board.
(5) The bingo board must indicate that seals
are to be opened in numerical order.
(6) The bingo board may only be used as a
bingo selection device according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349.
(7) Each bingo board must not be able to be
manipulated by a person to alter the outcome of a bingo game.
(8) Each bingo board must be manufactured
solely for the purpose of conducting lawful gambling.
Subp. 6.
Manufacturing
standards for electronic bingo devices.
In addition to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
349.12, subdivision
12a, electronic bingo devices manufactured for sale or lease in Minnesota must
include the manufacturer's name or board-registered logo and conform to the
following standards:
A. the number of
bingo faces that may be played using a single electronic bingo device is
limited to 36 per bingo game;
B.
must be designed to be used solely with facsimiles of bingo paper sheets, or
with corresponding bingo paper sheets;
C. may be designed to be used with facsimiles
of bingo paper sheets not containing predesignated numbers, for which a player
will select bingo numbers for each required pattern, and the numbers are
secured and printed on the receipt at the point of sale;
D. may be designed to be used with facsimiles
of bingo paper sheets for a breakopen bingo game, for which duplicate
facsimiles are not allowed in a single breakopen bingo game;
E. must ensure that any other bingo faces
other than those purchased by a player are not available for play on the
device;
F. must not have any other
games or entertainment programs stored in or on the device, except for
electronic pull-tabs;
G. must not
mimic or appear to be a video game of chance as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section
609.75,
subdivision 8;
H. may have an audio
component, in addition to a visual component, that notifies a player when a
winning face has been completed, with a feature to allow an organization to
activate the component;
I. must
have adequate security to ensure that the device is not capable of being
accessed in any manner by unauthorized personnel to change or control the
program and has not been marked, defaced, tampered with, or which is otherwise
intended to deceive the public or affect a person's chances of winning;
and
J. must have, for a site used
by an organization for the conduct of bingo, a central system that has at a
minimum:
(1) dial-up capability to permit the
board to remotely monitor the operation, compliance, and the internal
accounting systems at any time. The internal accounting system device must
maintain accounting information for at least six months;
(2) a point of sale station that prints a
receipt for each sale, void, or reload that includes, at a minimum:
(a) date and time of transaction;
(b) total dollar amount of the transaction
and quantity of facsimiles of bingo paper sheets or bingo paper
purchased;
(c) sequential
transaction number;
(d) the range
of the face numbers of the facsimiles sold to the player; and
(e) if facsimiles not containing
predesignated numbers are sold, the bingo numbers selected by a player;
and
(3) ability to
provide accounting and revenue reports as required by the board and the
commissioner of revenue.
Subp. 6a.
Manufacturing standards for
raffle boards.
A. Raffle boards
manufactured to be sold in Minnesota must have printed on the face of the board
the following:
(1) the manufacturers name or
board-registered logo;
(2) the form
number;
(3) the serial
number;
(4) the bar code;
and
(5) a state of Minnesota symbol
that is at least one-inch high and one-inch wide consisting of an outline of
the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the
outline.
B. Raffle
boards manufactured to be sold in Minnesota must contain:
(1) a blank space for an organization to
write the organizations name, the date of the raffle, and location of the
raffle;
(2) a blank space for an
organization to write, in ink, the list of prizes and cost per entry;
(3) the words "Winner selection must be based
on random drawing of stubs or other board-approved method"; and
(4) language stating that the use of a raffle
board relating to the outcome of an athletic or a sporting event is illegal
gambling.
C. Squares on
a raffle board must be large enough to write a participants name and contact
information.
D. All entries in a
raffle must be contained on one raffle board for each raffle.
E. Stubs on a raffle board must be identical
in size. R Each stub must:
(1) contain a
preprinted number identical to the number preprinted underneath the stub on the
raffle board to which it is attached; and
(2) contain the boards unique serial
number.
Subp.
7.
Manufacturing standards for paddletickets.
Paddletickets manufactured to be sold in Minnesota must conform
to the following standards.
A. The
minimum information printed on a paddleticket must include:
(1) manufacturer's name or its
board-registered logo; and
(2) game
serial number, which must be a minimum of five and a maximum of eight
characters. The serial number must not be repeated on gambling equipment of the
same type for 3-1/2 years from the date of the manufacturer's invoice to the
distributor.
B.
Paddletickets must be preprinted, detachable from a paddleticket card, and
correspond with the colored numbers on the paddlewheel and every available
wager shown by a colored number or numbers on the paddlewheel.
C. A paddleticket may not have the same
numbers as any other paddleticket on the same card.
D. The serial number on each paddleticket
must be identical to the serial number on the paddleticket card.
E. An individual master flare with each
sealed grouping of 100 or fewer sequentially numbered paddleticket cards must
include the following information on the front of the flare:
(1) manufacturer's name or its
board-registered logo;
(2) same
serial number as the serial number appearing on the paddleticket
cards;
(3) first paddleticket card
number in the group;
(4) form
number;
(5) ticket count;
(6) cost per play, which may not exceed the
limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
349.211, subdivision
2b; and
(7) a bar code attached or
imprinted at the bottom of the master flare, with all information required by
the commissioner of revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section
297E.04,
subdivision 3. An extra self-adhesive bar code must be included.
F. An individual master flare for
paddletickets that are used for paddlewheels with a paddlewheel table must
contain the following information:
(1) all
information required in item E;
(2)
prizes;
(3) wagers that may be
placed with a paddleticket in the group; and
(4) the odds.
Subp. 8.
Manufacturing standards for
mechanical paddlewheels intended for use without a paddlewheel table.
Paddlewheels used without a paddlewheel table and manufactured
to be sold in Minnesota must include the manufacturer's name or
board-registered logo and conform to the following standards:
A. be a manually operated vertical wheel that
operates only with a free-spinning bearing system and the contact of the
pointer with pegs;
B. be marked off
into equally spaced sections with each section containing a different number or
number and symbol combination;
C.
have protruding pegs located on the face of the paddlewheel within two inches
of the outside edge and at each line which divides the paddlewheel into equally
spaced sections:
(1) the pegs must be uniform
in diameter and made of the same material;
(2) any two pegs may not vary by more than
one-eighth inch in distance from the center of the paddlewheel shaft;
and
(3) the distance between any
two adjacent pegs may not vary by more than one-eighth inch from that of any
two adjacent pegs; and
D. have a pointer positioned above the
paddlewheel. When the wheel is spun, the pointer must strike the pegs on the
wheel to bring the wheel to a final stop.
Subp. 9.
Manufacturing standards for
mechanical paddlewheels intended for use with a paddlewheel table.
Mechanical paddlewheels used with paddlewheel tables and
manufactured to be sold in Minnesota must include the manufacturer's name or
its board-registered logo, and must conform to the following standards:
A. standards in subpart
8;
B. diameter must be at least 30
inches;
C. outer circle may contain
up to 40 numbers or number and symbol combination;
D. numbers of each circle must be sequential,
starting with the number one, but they may be placed randomly on that
circle;
E. each circle must be
divided into equally spaced sections and contain a sequential section number
with the first section beginning with the number one. The section numbers may
be randomly placed among the sections, but no number in the sequence may be
missing or repeated. A section may also include a graphic symbol or symbols
including stylized numbers. If stylized numbers are used, they must be clearly
different from the type style used for the section number;
F. each circle must be of a different color
to correspond with the colored numbers or number and symbol combinations of a
paddlewheel table playing surface;
G. may have specially designated house
numbers, or number and symbol combinations, for use with an optional odd or
even bet; and
H. have colored
numbers or number and symbol combinations on the paddlewheel that are at least
five-eighths inch high.
Subp.
9a.
Manufacturing standards for electronic
paddlewheels.
Electronic paddlewheels must conform to the following
standards:
A. The electronic
paddlewheel operating system and any local or central server must have a
password log-in with two level codes comprised of a personal identification
code and a personal password.
B.
The electronic paddlewheel operating system must provide comprehensive password
security or other secure means of ensuring data integrity and enforcing user
permission.
C. Log-in access to the
operation of the electronic paddlewheel is restricted to the operator of the
game, the gambling manager of the organization, and the system
distributor.
D. The electronic
paddlewheel must be secured when not in use to prevent any tampering or
unauthorized use.
E. Prior to the
acceptance of any wager, the operator of the game must conduct a test game to
verify the electronic paddlewheel is operating according to the manufacturing
standards of the device.
F. A
log-in report must be maintained by the organization identifying the time and
date the electronic paddlewheel was accessed for testing purposes or for actual
play. The log-in report must include the start and end time of
access.
G. Electronic paddlewheels
must use a random number generator which conforms to part
7861.0210, subpart 44.
Subp. 10.
Manufacturing
standards for paddlewheel tables.
Paddlewheel tables used with a paddlewheel as described in
subpart
9 must include the
manufacturer's name or board-registered logo and conform to the following
standards:
A. have a playing surface
that is clearly and permanently printed with the colored numbers or number and
symbol combinations that correspond to the same information of each concentric
circle on the paddlewheel;
B. have
a stop opening for each colored number or numbers and symbol
combinations;
C. allow the
placement of bets by players on the front and both sides of the
table;
D. be no longer than nine
feet and no wider than four feet, including the chip rail used to hold a
player's paddlewheel chips;
E. be
equipped with a double or triple locking removable metal drop box;
and
F. have one lock that secures
the drop box to the table, and at least one separate lock that secures the
contents placed into the drop box. The key to each of the locks must be
different from each of the other locks.
Subp. 10a.
Manufacturing standards for
programmable electronic devices.
Programmable electronic devices, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section
349.12, subdivision
18, must include the manufacturer's name or board-registered logo and conform
to the following standards.
A. Each
device must have no effect on the outcome of a lawful gambling game.
B. Each device is solely used to provide a
visual or auditory enhancement of a lawful gambling game.
C. Each device must not be able to be
manipulated by a person to alter the outcome of a lawful gambling
game.
Subp. 11.
Prior board approval of all gambling equipment required; independent
testing required for certain gambling equipment.
This subpart applies to board approval of gambling
equipment.
A. Before the sale, lease,
or distribution of any gambling equipment in Minnesota, the manufacturer must
submit to the board a sample of the equipment.
(1) The submission must be in an electronic
format or other format approved by the board.
(2) Samples must be received by the board on
or before the 15th day of the month to ensure consideration at the board's
meeting the following month. The manufacturer must include information on any
equipment that will be sold or leased on an exclusive basis according to part
7864.0240, subpart
1a.
(3) The board must notify the manufacturer in
writing no later than five days after a board meeting of the board's decision
on whether the product is approved for sale in Minnesota. Board approval is not
considered approval of the bar code required by the commissioner of
revenue.
(4) For changes to the
payout structure or ticket count for any approved game or for any game within a
family of games, the manufacturer must assign a new game form number and submit
the game to the board for approval before being offered for sale in
Minnesota.
(5) For changes to
flares, prize pool boards, or tickets for approved games and for changes to
approved gambling equipment, the manufacturer must submit the changes to the
director for review and, if required by the director, the game or equipment
must be submitted for review and approval by the board.
B. Pull-tab deals submitted for approval of a
new family of games proposed for production or already in production but not
yet approved for sale in Minnesota or new members to a previously approved
family of games must include:
(1) front of the
flare, prize pool board if any, ticket for each game, and any cumulative or
progressive jackpot flare;
(2)
inside of the ticket showing the symbols in the boxes and the win
indicators;
(3) winning and losing
symbols;
(4) payout structure;
and
(5) for new members of a
previously approved family of games, the date when that family of games was
previously approved by the board.
If a game is approved by production copies, the manufacturer
must submit to the board, simultaneously with the first shipment of the game
into Minnesota, one complete deal of one family member to verify conformance
with the previously approved production copies, and attach a flare for all
other game family members.
If the seal of a deal submitted to the board is broken or
resealed to cover a broken seal, the deal will not be approved by the
board.
C.
Tipboards submitted for approval must consist of the following:
(1) one tipboard for each family;
(2) for a new tipboard game proposed for
production or already in production but not yet approved or new members to a
previously approved family of games, production copies of the tipboard, the
tickets, and the numbered sign-up sheet for the seal prize; and
(3) if the tipboard is approved by production
copies, the manufacturer must submit to the board, simultaneously with the
first shipment of the game into Minnesota, one tipboard game for each family to
verify conformance with the previously approved production copies.
D. Bingo hard cards, bingo paper
sheets, bingo paper sheet packets, and sealed bingo paper sheets submitted for
approval must consist of the following:
(1) a
copy of the catalog or brochure illustrating that the equipment meets the
standards in subpart
4; and
(2) five sheets of each color and format of
sealed bingo paper sheets.
E. A bingo board submitted for approval must
consist of the disposable sealed bingo placard.
F. A raffle board submitted for approval must
consist of the placard that contains squares that serve as certificates of
participation used in a raffle.
G.
Paddle tickets submitted for approval must consist of the following:
(1) two paddle ticket cards and accompanying
tickets for each series or form of paddle tickets; and
(2) production copies for the master
flare.
H. Permanent
gambling equipment, including bingo number selection devices, electronic bingo
devices, paddlewheels, paddlewheel tables, pull-tab dispensing devices, and
programmable electronic devices that are submitted for approval must consist of
the following:
(1) a copy of the
manufacturers catalog or brochure illustrating that the item meets
board-prescribed manufacturing standards for the equipment;
(2) a description of the item and its
features;
(3) the board may require
the manufacturer to make the equipment available to the board for inspection;
and
(4) in addition to the
requirements of subitems (1) to (3), manufacturers submitting a bingo number
selection device, an electronic bingo device, or a pull-tab dispensing device
for approval must also include a certificate from an independent testing
laboratory approved by the board to perform testing services, stating that the
equipment has been tested, analyzed, and meets the standards required in this
chapter. The board may require that a programmable electronic device must be
tested and certified by an independent testing laboratory approved by the
board.
I. Independent
testing requirements for gambling equipment when required by the board shall
include a certification from a board-approved testing laboratory that the
gambling equipment tested meets the manufacturing standards established in
Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules and is in conformance with the game
procedures provided by the manufacturer. The certification must include:
(1) a detailed description of the equipment
and related software applications that were tested including applicable model
numbers of specific equipment and the software version of application used for
tests; and
(2) the specific
reference to the standard being tested and a statement that the equipment meets
the standard; and
(3) any
additional findings or issues of concern that might affect the performance or
play of the equipment.
J. Independent testing of electronic gambling
equipment includes:
(1) electronic pull-tab
devices;
(2) electronic bingo
devices;
(3) electronic pull-tab
systems;
(4) electronic linked
bingo game systems;
(5) electronic
paddlewheels;
(6) upgrades or
changes to previously approved and tested equipment;
(7) other technical hardware devices used in
conjunction with lawful gambling equipment; and
(8) software applications and version
upgrades used in conjunction with lawful gambling equipment.