Mich. Admin. Code R. 432.21301 - Definitions
Rule 301.
(1) The
following terms used in the act are defined as follows for the purposes of this
part:
(a) "Bingo card" or "card" means a hard
bingo card, disposable bingo card, or any other bingo card approved in writing
by the bureau.
(b) "Call" means the
announcement of the number or symbol on the ball drawn from the bingo
receptacle or selected using a random number generator.
(2) As used in this part:
(a) "Ball" means a ball used in the game of
bingo similar to a ping pong ball and typically numbered 1 through 75. An image
of a ball is the equivalent of a ball if a random number generator is
used.
(b) "Bingo receptacle" means
a container that is either hand operated or mechanically operated, such as a
cage, holder, or blower, and that holds the balls used in bingo
games.
(c) "Carnival style bingo"
means a special bingo occasion in which the players are continuously entering
and leaving the bingo occasion and paying for their bingo cards at various
times throughout the bingo occasion.
(d) "Disposable bingo card" means a bingo
card with a serial number that is used 1 time and thrown away. All requirements
in these rules that govern disposable bingo cards pertain to any quantity or
form in which the cards may be sold; for example, single cards, sheets, books,
packets, or pads.
(e) "Last number
or symbol called" means the last number or symbol drawn from the bingo
receptacle or selected using a random number generator, displayed to not less
than 2 players, and completely called. Last number or symbol called does not
include a ball called in error after a player has made his or her bingo known
to a worker or caller.
(f) "Hard
bingo card" means a bingo card that is designed for repeated use.
(g) "Master board" means a board that has
holes typically numbered 1 through 75 and is used in playing bingo. As the
balls are drawn from the bingo receptacle, they are placed on, or in, the board
with the number or symbol of the ball matching the number or symbol on the
board. If a random number generator is used, an electronic equivalent shall be
used to represent a master board.
(h) "Random number generator" means a bureau
approved computer program used to generate a series of numbers or symbols with
no specific pattern that has been certified by an independent gaming laboratory
and that is provided by a licensed supplier or as approved in writing by the
bureau.
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