The following words and terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act-The Local Option Small Games of Chance Act (10 P. S. §§ 311-327).
Applicant-A person who prepares and files an application.
Application-A form prescribed by the Department that a manufacturer, distributor or eligible organization shall complete and file to obtain a license or certificate.
Auxiliary group-
Bingo Law-The Bingo Law (10 P. S. §§ 301-308.1).
Board-The Board of Appeals of the Department as provided for in Chapter 7 (relating to Board of Appeals).
Bona fide member-An individual who holds a membership in the eligible organization as defined by that organization's constitution, charter, articles of incorporation or bylaws.
Chance-A right purchased for consideration to participate in a game for a prize offered in the game, which right is represented by a tangible item such as a ticket, document, paper or other item.
Charitable organization-A not-for-profit group or body of persons which is created and exists for the purpose of performing a humane service; promoting the welfare of the aged, poor, infirm or distressed; combating juvenile delinquency or advancing the spiritual, mental, social and physical improvement of young men and women. The term includes the YMCA and YWCA.
Civic and service association-
Club-As defined in section 102 of the Liquor Code (47 P. S. § 1-102), that qualifies as an exempt organization under 501(c) or 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C.A. § 501(c) or 527) and is licensed to sell liquor at retail and has a charitable, religious or civic purpose or is organized to benefit a political party.
Daily drawing-
Deal-A set of pull-tabs or punches bearing the same serial number.
Department-The Department of Revenue of the Commonwealth.
Deputy Secretary-A deputy secretary of the Department.
Dispensing machine-
Distributor-A person who purchases or otherwise obtains games of chance, including punchboards or pull-tabs, from a manufacturer and sells or otherwise furnishes the games of chance, with or without merchandise to be awarded as prizes in connection therewith, to another person for the resale, display or operation of the games of chance by a licensed eligible organization.
Distributor's representative-
Eligible organization-An organization that meets all of the following:
Flare-A card, graphic, illustration or other document that is part of a pull-tab game or punchboard and satisfies the requirements of § 901.608 or § 901.627 (relating to standards for flares), respectively.
Fraternal organization-An organization within this Commonwealth created and carried on for the mutual benefit of its members, has a limited membership and a representative form of government and is a branch, lodge or chapter of a National or State organization.
Game of chance or game-
Hold ticket-A pull-tab or punch in a subset of pull-tabs or punches in a deal one or more of which are designated in advance as a winning pull-tab or punch for a specific prize. The winning pull-tab or punch is revealed after all hold tickets are purchased. Hold tickets are typically used in conjunction with seal cards.
Home association-A corporation, association or other organization organized under the laws of the Commonwealth by a veterans organization in conformity with its local, State or National bylaws and meets all of the following:
Ideal prizes-The maximum amount to be awarded in prizes if the game of chance is played to its fullest, all plays are sold and all potential prizes are awarded.
Law enforcement official-A municipal police officer, a member of the State Police, the sheriff of a county or a deputy sheriff.
License-A document issued by:
Licensed premises-The specific location upon which a licensed eligible organization is authorized to conduct games of chance.
Licensee-A distributor or eligible organization that has been issued a license.
Licensing authority-The county treasurer, or in a home rule county or city of the first class, where there is no elected treasurer, the designee of the governing authority.
Limited occasion license-A license issued by a licensing authority to an eligible organization authorizing the organization to conduct games of chance on a limited basis.
Manufacturer-
Manufacturer registration certificate or certificate-A document issued by the Department, upon application, to a manufacturer authorizing the manufacturer to sell games of chance that the Department has approved to distributors licensed to sell games of chance in this Commonwealth.
Manufacturer's representative-
NAGRA-The North American Gaming Regulators Association or its successors.
Nonoperating day-A period of time equivalent to an eligible organization's operating day except that the eligible organization is closed to normal activities or to its members during that period of time.
Normal business or operating site-The location at which an eligible organization conducts its activities as permitted and enumerated in its constitution, charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws or other document of formation.
Office of Attorney General-The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Operating day-The period of time during any 24 hour period during which an eligible organization conducts its normal activities or holds itself open to its members.
Operating week-Seven consecutive operating days or nonoperating days.
Passive selection device-A device that is used to hold or denote all of the possible winning numbers or entrants in a daily drawing, weekly drawing or raffle. The device may not have the capability of being utilized to conduct or aid in unauthorized or illegal forms of gambling.
Person-A natural person, unincorporated association, company, corporation, joint stock company, group, agency, syndicate, trust or trustee, receiver, fiduciary, partnership, conservator, the Commonwealth or a political subdivision or instrumentality of the Commonwealth or of another state or the Federal government or officers thereof.
Petition-A written statement of facts, under oath, submitted by one of the following:
Petitioner-A manufacturer or distributor who files a petition.
Public interest purposes-
Pull-tab-A game piece in a pull-tab game made completely of paper or paper products with concealed numbers or symbols that must be exposed by the player to determine wins or losses.
Pull-tab game-A deal of pull-tabs and its corresponding flare.
Punch-A crimped strip of paper or similar material that is enclosed in a punchboard receptacle and contains either a winning or losing number or symbol printed on one side and a serial number printed on the other.
Punchboard-A board, placard or other device comprised of receptacles, usually laid out in a grid or column pattern, containing a deal of hidden punches and its corresponding flare. Upon the payment of consideration, a player may select and remove the punches contained in a receptacle. A prize is awarded to a player who selects a receptacle containing a punch with a predetermined winning number or symbol.
Raffle-
Registrant-A manufacturer who is issued a manufacturer registration certificate.
Registration-The process of applying to the Department for a manufacturer registration certificate.
Religious organization-A not-for-profit group or body of persons which is created and exists for the predominant purpose of regularly holding or conducting religious activities or religious education, without pecuniary benefit to an officer, member or shareholder, except as reasonable compensation for actual services rendered to the organization.
Responsible person-A person who is connected or associated with an eligible organization, distributor or manufacturer in a manner that meets at least one of the following criteria:
Seal card-A board or placard that contains a seal or seals that, when removed or opened, reveal predesignated winning numbers, letters or symbols.
Secretary-The Secretary of the Department.
Seven-day period-The period of days Monday through Sunday.
Special raffle permit-A document issued by a licensing authority to a licensed eligible organization that authorizes the eligible organization to conduct a raffle with prize limits exceeding the standard prize limits for raffles.
Stamp machine-A device designed exclusively to dispense preprinted pull-tab tickets which does not make a change to, mark on or alter in any way the ticket placed in the device. The device may not print or produce tickets in any manner. The term is also known as a vending machine for pull-tab tickets.
State Lottery Law-The State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §72 P. S. §§ 3761-101-3761-315).
Veterans organization-
Weekly drawing-A game in which a bona fide member selects or receives a number or numbers in exchange for consideration during an operating week for a chance at a prize with the winner determined by a random drawing to take place on the eligible organization's premises on the last operating day of the eligible organization's operating week.
61 Pa. Code § 901.1
The provisions of this § 901.1 amended under section 6 of The Fiscal Code (72 P. S. 72 P. S. § 6) and section 306 of the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act (10 P. S. § 328.306).