N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4820.14

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 4820.14 - Price of bingo cards

(a) All opportunities to play, including admission cards, extra regular cards, special game cards, packages of opportunities, supercards, early bird cards, pre-drawn bingo cards, player select cards, quick bingo cards and, where applicable, limited period bingo cards, shall be assigned a specific price, shall be sold for that price only and that price shall not be varied during any occasion. All such opportunities shall be sold only within the building or place in which bingo is conducted. All such opportunities for a bingo occasion shall be sold only on the same day of the occasion and only immediately prior to and during the conduct of the occasion and in accordance with the provisions of section 4820.13 of this Part. Every package of opportunities shall be sold as a unit and no single opportunity forming a part of such unit shall be sold individually, except with respect to admission cards sold pursuant to section 4820.8 of this Part, unless the single opportunities correspond with, but are clearly different and readily distinguishable from, those opportunities comprising such package. A list shall be posted where the admission cards are sold setting forth the specific price of each such opportunity or package of opportunities. The price of each opportunity bearing the same number of face-cards per card or sheet, whether they be in the form of hard-boards, disposable cards or electronic bingo aid images, shall be identical to each other and shall be conspicuously posted and listed on the licensed authorized organization's bingo program required under section 4820.39 of this Part. The sale of such opportunities at any price other than that posted and listed on the bingo program is prohibited. The price for a 1-on face-card to participate in an early bird game shall not exceed $1. Early bird opportunities bearing more than one face-card may be priced at the discretion of the licensed authorized organization, provided 1-on early bird cards are simultaneously offered for sale at a price of $1, or less. A sign posted where supercards are sold shall set forth the price of each supercard opportunity and the amount or odds of each payout. The price per supercard shall not exceed $10. In the case of limited period bingo, not more than 25 cents shall be charged for a single opportunity to participate in any one game and no person shall purchase more than five opportunities at any one time to participate in any one game.

(b) Opportunities to participate in both occasions of a double-header or all three occasions of a triple-header, respectively, may be offered for sale as a package of opportunities, provided the licensed authorized organization separately identifies the opportunities sold during each of the occasions on the bingo program, offers the sale of opportunities to participate in each occasion separately upon request, offers the sale of admission cards separately, and accounts for such opportunities separately on its financial statements of bingo operations.

(c) Opportunities to participate in tiered bingo games in which the cost of opportunities or packages of opportunities and the dollar amounts of the prizes to be awarded are proportionately higher per tier, may be offered for sale under the following restrictions:

(1) each tier of bingo opportunities or packages of opportunities shall be readily distinguishable from the opportunities and packages of opportunities sold for all other tiers, and no two identical series of tiered bingo opportunities shall be sold during the same bingo session;

(2) the aggregate of the tiered prizes awarded in any single game shall not exceed the amount set forth in General Municipal Law sections 479(5) and 481(1)(a) and the aggregate of tiered bingo games shall not cause the series of prizes to exceed the amount set forth in General Municipal Law sections 479(6) and 481(1)(a);

(3) when it is determined that there are multiple winners in the same game but in different tiers, the winner in each tier shall be awarded the dollar amount for the prize scheduled for that tier, divided by the total number of winners in all tiers for that game. For example, if there are two winners on the first tier and three winners on the second tier, the two winners on the first tier each will be awarded one-fifth of the dollar amount for the prize for the first tier and the remaining three winners will each receive one-fifth of the dollar amount for the prize for the second tier; and

(4) no more than four tiers of prizes shall be offered per bingo occasion.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4820.14

Amended New York State Register June 2, 2021/Volume XLIII, Issue 22, eff. 6/2/2021