N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4820.50

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024
Section 4820.50 - Early bird game
(a) Not more than two early bird games shall be conducted per bingo occasion.
(b) Early bird games may be scheduled at any time during a licensed occasion.
(c) Each early bird game, and the percentage of the receipts to be awarded as a prize therein, shall be listed on the application for the bingo license, on the license, and on the licensed authorized organization's bingo program, as required under section 4820.39 of this Part.
(d) The prize awarded in any early bird game shall not exceed 75 percent of the receipts from the sale of early bird cards for such game.
(e) No early bird card shall be sold less than 10 minutes prior to the calling of the first object or ball in any early bird game.
(f) The total receipts from the sale of early bird cards, and the amount of the prize to be awarded in each early bird game, shall be announced immediately prior to the calling of the first object or ball in such early bird game.
(g) No player shall be required to pay more than $1 for a bingo opportunity bearing at least one face-card to participate in an early bird game. Additional early bird opportunities bearing multiple face-cards may be offered for sale at a price of more than $1, provided the licensee's bingo program clearly lists the offering of at least a single face-card early bird card for $1 or less and that such opportunities are visibly offered for sale.
(h) The prize awarded during the conduct of an early bird game is not subject to the single prize limitation, nor is the prize considered part of the total series of bingo prizes imposed by General Municipal Law sections 479(5) and (6) and 481(1)(a).
(i) Licensed authorized organizations conducting early bird games shall separately report the conduct of each early bird game on cash control report form BC-7.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4820.50

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