"Bingo" A game of chance played for prizes with cards bearing numbers or other designations, five or more in one line, the holder covering numbers as objects similarly numbered are drawn from a receptacle and the game being won by the person who first covers a previously designated arrangement of numbers on such a-card.
"Bingo Statute" The statutory law concerning bingo, as contained in Title 28 of the Delaware Code.
"Board" The Delaware Gaming Control Board.
"Color Coded" A different color for each of the five letters of the word "BINGO."
"Cookie Jar Bingo" A game of chance in which players pay a set fee into a cookie jar or other container and receive a number which entitles the player to a chance to win the total funds in the cookie jar or container.
"Districts" Those districts mentioned in Article II, §17A of the Delaware Constitution.
"Equipment" The receptacle and color coded numbered objects to be drawn from it, the master board upon which such objects are placed as drawn, the cards or sheets bearing numbers or other designations to be covered and the objects used to cover them, the boards or signs, however operated, used to announce or display the numbers or designations as they are drawn, public address systems, tables, chairs, and other articles essential to the operation, conduct and playing of bingo.
"Game" The game of bingo.
"Instant or sealed game" A game of chance played with sealed or covered cards which must be opened in some fashion by the holder such that the cards reveal instantly whether the holder has won a prize. This type of game includes but is not limited to games commonly known as "rip-offs" or "Nevada pull-tabs."
"Member in Charge" A bona fide, active member of the "Qualified Organization" in charge of, and primarily responsible for the conduct of the game on each occasion.
"Occasion" A single gathering or session at which a series of successive bingo games (regular, special, or otherwise) is played, not to exceed forty (40) in number.
"Proceeds" The gross income received from all activities engaged in or on occasion when bingo is played, less only, such actual expenses incurred as are authorized in the Bingo Statute and these Rules and Regulations.
"Qualified Organization" A volunteer fire company, veterans organization, religious or charitable organization, or fraternal society that is operated in a manner so as to come within the provisions of Section 170 of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
"Week" means a seven day period beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday.
10 Del. Admin. Code § 101-1.0
12 DE Reg. 357 (09/01/08)
13 DE Reg. 412 (09/01/09)
13 DE Reg. 1355 (04/01/10)
14 DE Reg. 486 (11/01/10)
15 DE Reg. 367 (09/01/11)
16 DE Reg. 219 (08/01/12)
16 DE Reg. 1194 (5/1/2013)
20 DE Reg. 994 (6/1/2017)
21 DE Reg. 501 (12/1/2017) (Final)