16- 633 C.M.R. ch. 30, § 2

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 633-30-2 - General Requirements
1. All games of Beano or Bingo shall be conducted in a building or area approved for public use by state and local officials, including the State Fire Marshal's Office.
2. A commercial hall permittee shall conspicuously post the commercial beano hall permit at the leased or rented hall in the room or area where Beano is being conducted.
3. All Beano license applications must be received by The Gambling Control Unit, 87 State House Station, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta, Maine 04333-0087 at least 10 business days prior to the first date desired to operate. To the extent, if any, that information of a material nature supplied in the application or otherwise supplied by the applicant becomes outdated, inaccurate or incomplete, the applicant shall so notify the unit in writing as soon as it is aware that the information is inaccurate or incomplete, and shall at that time supply the information necessary to correct the timeliness, inaccuracy or incompleteness of the information.
4. House rules shall be developed and posted to include, at a minimum, no charges for admission, allow or disallow reserved seating and prizes for attendance according to M.R.S. Title 17, Chapter 13-A, §314-A(2-A).
5. A licensee may conduct only one occasion of Beano or Bingo on the same date.
6. A licensee conducting Beano or Bingo shall comply with the following advertising standards:
a) Advertising of any obscene or indecent nature is prohibited.
b) False, misleading and deceptive advertising is prohibited.
c) Depictions of the use of alcohol and tobacco are prohibited.
d) Depictions of persons under the age of 16 engaged in beano are prohibited.
e) Guarantees of success, riches or beano winnings are prohibited.
f) Advertising must include a disclaimer as follows: "Persons under 16 years of age are prohibited unless authorized under Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17, Chapter 13-A."
g) Advertising must comply with all applicable Maine and federal laws.
7. Post or provide at each entrance or in a conspicuous place where Beano or Bingo are conducted, written materials concerning the nature and symptoms of problem gambling and the Maine 211 number or cost free brochures from Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention that provide information and referral services for problem gamblers. The provisions of this regulation are solely regulatory in nature and neither create a minimum standard of care toward the public nor establish a private cause of action for non-compliance.

16- 633 C.M.R. ch. 30, § 2