16- 633 C.M.R. ch. 31, § 3

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 633-31-3 - EQUIPMENT

1. Any electronic beano device or associated equipment designated for shipment within or to Maine must meet or exceed the standards outlined in Appendex A of the State of Maine Beano/Bingo or Associated Equipment Standards.

2. This rule incorporates by reference the State of Maine Beano/Bingo or Associated Equipment Standards, 2018 edition consisting of:

a) GLI-15, Electronic Bingo and Keno Systems, version 1.3,

b) GLI-11, Gaming Devices in Casinos, version 3.0,

c) GLI-13, On-Line Monitoring and Control Systems (MCS), and Validation Systems in Casinos, version 2.1

3. Copies of this standard are available through the Maine Dept. of Public Safety, Gambling Control Unit, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta, ME 04330.

4. Electronic beano devices or associated equipment shall not be shipped into, within or out of Maine without first obtaining a written authorization for such transport from the Director to include a certificate of approval of the equipment from a recognized independent laboratory. Written authorization shall be obtained from application(s) furnished by the Unit.

5. Be capable of printing hard copies of all beano cards purchased by electronic beano card players at the time of sale and before release of the electronic dauber to the player; and

6. Be capable of summarizing and printing at the completion of each beano occasion a record of the following:

a) The beginning and ending card numbers purchased by each player;

b) The beginning and ending transaction numbers;

c) The total number of cards sold;

d) The total number of sales transactions;

e) The total dollar amount of sales; and

f) The number and dollar amounts of all voids and overrings.

7. Each electronically-stored Beano card shall meet the requirements of section 8 herein and shall display a serial number. The Beano numbers on that electronically-stored card shall be identical to the numbers on the paper card displaying the same serial number.

8. Each Beano or tally card shall have twenty-five squares which are divided into five vertical and five horizontal rows, making five squares to a row. At the top of each vertical row will appear one letter of the word "Beano" beginning at the extreme left row with the letter "B" and continuing in sequence through "O" at the extreme right row. Each square shall be numbered making five numbers to a row, the exception being the center or third vertical row which has four numbers and a center space. (The most commonly used cards are those numbered 1 to 75 inclusive. In this series the numbers 1 to 15, inclusive, are used in the first vertical row; numbers 16 to 30, inclusive, in the second row; 31 to 45, inclusive, in the third row; 46 to 60, inclusive, in the fourth row; and 61 to 75, inclusive, in the fifth row. Each card may have a different combination of numbers either vertically, horizontally or diagonally).

9. One of the following methods shall be used in securing the numbers "called" in the conduct of the game:

a) An electrically operated blower machine containing balls which the operator may take from the air one at a time while the blower is in operation or which provides a trap or other mechanical means for automatically catching no more than one ball at a time while the blower is in operation.

b) A mechanically or manually operated cage which provides a trap or other mechanical means for automatically catching no more than one ball at a time while the cage is in operation.

10. A chalkboard, dry erase board or electric flashboard must be used to display the numbers called in the conduct of the game

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