N.M. Admin. Code § 15.4.7.9 - BINGO OPERATIONS

A. The bingo manager, or in the absence of the bingo manager, an alternate bingo manager, shall be present on the premises continuously during the games and for a period of at least 30 minutes after the last game.

B. Licensees shall purchase pre-numbered paper cards from a licensed distributor or manufacturer.

C. Start up and close out of an occasion shall be conducted in the following manner:

(1) a payout schedule of all bingo games, which requires prior approval by the board or its agents, shall be posted 30 minutes prior to the start of an occasion,

(2) when an organization has been licensed to use a multi-tiered payout schedule:

(a) all tiers shall be posted 30 minutes prior to the occasion; and

(b) the tier to be used shall be announced 10 minutes prior to the occasion;

(3) prior to the start of the game, all bingo prizes, prize money, or checks shall be on the licensed premises; in the event check payments are to be issued for the payment of prizes, there shall be sufficient funds in the bingo operating account at the beginning of the bingo occasion;

(4) at the close out of each occasion, the bingo manager shall count all gross receipts to include all cash, checks, debit card receipts, and promotional, discounted or free games at the full price; and shall record all gross receipts and prepare and sign a bank deposit slip that reflects the final deposit; the deposit slip shall have the licensee's name and license number on it;

(5) a second bingo employee shall immediately count and verify the gross receipts and cosign the bank deposit slip;

(6) cash, coin, checks, and debit card receipts shall be temporarily stored in a secured area until a deposit is made; a secured area includes a locked vault on the licensed premises or the deposit drop box; in the event that nonrelated funds are kept in the same locked vault, bingo, raffle and pull tab funds shall be kept in a separate locked bank bag inside the vault; under no circumstances shall funds be kept at a location other than the licensed premise;

(7) if the licensee conducts two or more bingo occasions and chooses not to close out at the end of each occasion, then all gross receipts for each game of chance shall be kept separate for each occasion, secured in a locked vault and reconciled at the close of the last occasion or no later than the following business day; and

(8) the bingo manager and one other bingo employee shall ensure proper separate and accurate reporting of each of the occasions to include separate deposit slips that reflect separate gross receipts from each occasion.

D. Paper cards shall be used for all bingo games.

E. No bingo occasion shall begin prior to 9:00 a.m. or later than midnight.

Notes

N.M. Admin. Code § 15.4.7.9

15.4.7.9 NMAC - Rp, 15.4.2.8 NMAC, 4/15/2013, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 04, February 23, 2021, eff. 2/23/2021