16 Tex. Admin. Code § 402.333

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 48, November 29, 2024
Section 402.333 - Shutter Card Bingo Systems - Shutter Card Station and Customer Account Standards
(a) The shutter card bingo system must have a unique and permanent identification number for each shutter card station.
(b) The shutter card station must automatically transmit its identification number to the site system or be known by the site system, to be recorded on the transaction log, each time the shutter card station is involved in a transaction with the site system.
(c) The shutter card station must not track bingo numbers called or assist the customer in any way to mark their shutter cards.
(d) The shutter card station must not allow a player to change cards after a game has started.
(e) The shutter card station must clear the shutter cards in play after each game.
(f) A shutter card station utilizing a customer account may not permit customers to purchase any bingo equipment other than shutter cards that are part of the shutter card bingo system.
(g) A shutter card station must display the player's account balance at all times.
(h) A customer account and a shutter card station shall not:
(1) track and store any winnings from authorized bingo games;
(2) replay any winnings;
(3) be used to credit the player's winnings;
(4) be used to purchase or play pull-tab bingo tickets; or
(5) be used for video confirmation of pull-tab bingo tickets.
(i) The customer account and shutter card station may not be used:
(1) to generate or determine the random letters, numbers, or other symbols used in playing the shutter card;
(2) as a receptacle for the deposit of tokens or money in payment for playing the shutter card; or
(3) as a dispenser for the payment of a bingo prize, including coins, paper currency, or a thing of value for playing the shutter card.

16 Tex. Admin. Code § 402.333

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 09, March 3, 2023, TexReg 1293, eff. 3/8/2023