N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4823.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 43, October 23, 2024

Section 4823.2 - Commission approval

No licensed bingo supplier may offer for sale, lease or otherwise furnish any electronic bingo aid unless the commission has approved such electronic bingo aid in writing. All electronic bingo aids sold, leased or used in the State of New York shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) Each device or software program shall identify the name and license number of the licensed bingo supplier.

(b) A sales record shall be recorded and retained for a period of not less than 12 months.

(c) A receipt shall be provided to the player at the time of each sale, which shall reflect the amount paid by the player, the number of face cards to be played, date and time of sale, the name of the licensed authorized organization, and the registration identification number of the licensed authorized organization.

(d) No electronic bingo aid shall emit any sound while in use by a player other than an audible alert unobtrusively notifying the user that a winning bingo pattern has been obtained on one or more of that player's bingo cards.

(e) The commission or the commission's designee may approve any other written requests for an electronic bingo aid change that ensures that the games are fairly and properly conducted and that enable individuals with disabilities to play the game independently.

(f) Each player shall be required to manually enter the letter or number of the object or ball announced by the bingo caller into the electronic bingo aid, by means of pressing a button or touch-screen image. Automatic daubing features that mark the numbers called for the player, or permit the player to automatically "catch-up" with numbers previously announced by the caller are prohibited.

(g) No electronic bingo aid shall resemble a slot machine or other game of chance, or be capable of accepting or electing anything of value, including but not limited to, currency, coin, token, credit card, or debit card.

(h) Every model of electronic bingo aid shall be certified in writing by an independent testing laboratory or a regulatory agency of another state approved by the commission, at the manufacturers' expense, that the electronic bingo aid meets the standards herein and that the erasable programmable read only memory modules (EPROM) or other game program media logic storage or retrieval components cannot be altered, tampered with, replaced or otherwise programmed by anyone other than by the manufacturer without rendering the electronic bingo aid inoperable.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4823.2