The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"Conditioning" means the coding which the player and computer mark
on the keno request and keno ticket, respectively, to indicate the type of keno
ticket being wagered and the rate at which the keno ticket is to be played.
"House advantage" means the difference between true odds (the
statistical probability of a selected event occurring) and the established payoff
odds (the payoff rate at which a winner will be paid if the selected event
occurs).
"Keno request" means a keno writer request or a keno runner
request.
"Keno runner request" means a two-part form or a one-part form
with a detachable portion which serves as a receipt used by a patron to select the
desired number or numbers (spots) for one or more keno games by giving the form to a
keno runner.
"Keno ticket" means a one-part computer generated form which is
issued by a keno writer or keno runner based on the information recorded on a keno
request or, in the case of a keno writer, verbalized by a patron.
"Keno ticket receipt" means a one-part form given to a patron by a
keno runner as a receipt for a winning keno ticket that the patron has given to the
keno runner to redeem, which contains, at a minimum, the serial number of the keno
ticket.
"Keno writer request" means a one-part form used by a patron to
select the desired number or numbers (spots) for one or more keno games by giving
the form directly to a keno writer.
"Quick-pick" means a straight or basic keno ticket in which the
computer system randomly selects the marked number or numbers (spots) for the
patron.
"Rate card" means the document issued by a casino licensee listing
the available types of wagers, payoff rates, wagering format and such other
information as required by this chapter.
"Spots" means the number or numbers selected by a player for a
keno game. For example, a keno ticket based on a keno request on which a player
selected three numbers is referred to as a "three-spot" keno ticket.
"Winning keno ticket report" means a report utilized by a keno
runner who generates and redeems keno tickets at a keno work station to verify and
directly redeem winning keno tickets. The report may be generated by a keno
supervisor or print automatically after each keno game, shall list all winning keno
tickets with a value of $ 500.00 or less generated by each keno runner for that game
and shall contain, at a minimum:
1. The identification code of the keno runner or the keno work
station at which the keno runner generated the ticket;
2. The number of the keno game; and
3. As to each winning keno ticket:
i. The total payout; and
ii. A portion of the serial number sufficient to permit a keno
runner to verify a winning keno ticket but insufficient to enable a person to
calculate or interpret with accuracy the entire serial number of the ticket.
