Ariz. Admin. Code § 15-7-201

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R15-7-201 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S. § 5-401, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply to this Chapter and to A.R.S. Title 5, Chapter 4:

"Bingo" means a game of chance in which a prize is awarded to a player who obtains a designated pattern or sequence of numbers or symbols on a card that are the same as the pattern or sequence of numbers or symbols selected at random. When placed in quotation marks, "bingo" means the designated pattern or sequence of numbers or symbols needed to win a bingo game.

"Bingo worker" means a manager, supervisor, proceeds coordinator, or assistant who is participating in any manner in the holding, operating, or conducting of the bingo occasion.

"Books and records" means documents relating to the financial affairs of an organization kept in the organization's regular course of business and include the following:

Bank account records,

Journals and ledgers,

Receipts and invoices,

Winner signature sheets,

Verification reports required under R15-7-225,

Game programs, and

Any other documents used in connection with bingo operations.

"Calendar week" means seven days, beginning at 12:00:01 a.m. Sunday and ending midnight Saturday, Arizona time.

"Caller" means the person calling the bingo balls at an occasion.

"Card" means a device of bingo play such as a sheet of paper that is provided by a licensee to a player before the start of a game, that bears parallel rows of spaces with each space, except a designated "free" space, containing numbers or symbols, and that is part of a deck, group, or series of cards, no two of which are alike. A space on a card may contain a preprinted pattern in addition to a number or symbol.

"Cover-all" means a bingo game in which the designated bingo pattern is all spaces on a card.

"Day" means a 24-hour period beginning at 12:00:01 a.m. Arizona time and ending at 12:00:00 p.m.

"Department" means the Arizona Department of Revenue.

"Door prize" means a type of inducement in which a prize is given to an individual, selected at random, who is present on the premises during a bingo occasion.

"Inducement" means:

Anything of value given to a person at a bingo occasion, other than a prize awarded for obtaining "bingo"; or

The sale of anything to a person at a bingo occasion for less than its fair market value.

"Player" means an individual, 18 years of age or older, who pays the admission fee, if any, to be admitted to the premises and who plays one or more cards.

"Proprietary, equitable, or credit interest" includes any arrangement in which a person has:

A security interest or lien that is attached to any property of a licensee,

A right to sell or lease to a licensee, or

A right to reacquire property sold to a licensee.

"Receptacle" means a container, such as a blower and cage, that holds the bingo balls or objects used in bingo games.

"Special bonus game" means a series of bingo games, played on the same day of each week during a calendar quarter, with a quarterly prize limit of $12,000.

"Split-the-pot" means a bingo game in which the prize is a portion of the money received from card sales.

"Wild number bingo" means a game of bingo in which a ball is drawn from a receptacle or selected using another random method to determine all wild numbers for a game and all wild numbers are deemed called.

"Winner-take-all" means a game of bingo in which the prize is all money received from card sales.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R15-7-201

Adopted effective June 5, 1984 (Supp. 84-3). Amended effective April 25, 1986 (Supp. 86-2). Amended effective December 22, 1989 (Supp. 89-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 4186, effective November 8, 2003 (Supp. 03-3).