N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-02-01 - Definitions
As used in this article:
1. "Application software" means those
computer programs that direct an electronic game system to perform those
specific information-processing activities that permit the operation of the
electronic game, permit the collection and recording of game information, and
permit the reporting of that information to the attorney general. The
application software overlays the operating system software and is unable to
function without the operating system software.
2. "Attorney general" includes an agent of
the attorney general.
3. "Bar"
means retail alcoholic beverage establishment where alcoholic beverages are
dispensed and consumed. This does not include off-sale liquor stores or gas
stations, grocery, or convenience stores. A bar must be licensed under North
Dakota Century Code chapter 5-02 and is devoted to the serving of alcoholic
beverages for consumption by guests on the premises. The term includes a bar
located within a hotel, bowling center, or restaurant.
4. "Bar employee" is a person, employed by a
bar that is not operated by an organization, who redeems winning pull tabs or
prize boards, or both, involving a dispensing device, redeems credit ticket
vouchers involving an electronic pull-tab device, or who sells raffle tickets
or sports pool chances on a board for an organization.
5. "Bingo session" means a program of
predetermined number of bingo games that are successively played. Intermissions
may be included in the program. A session may not extend beyond a business day.
However, any session in progress which continues past midnight must be
considered played on the day the session began.
6. "Business day" relates to the typical
hours in a day when normal business operations take place. For games of chance,
this includes a site's start of business until the close of business for a day,
which may continue past midnight.
7. "Cash on hand" means coin, currency, and
checks, plus an IOU due from another source of cash or nongaming funds, less an
IOU owed to another source of cash or nongaming funds.
8. "Cash prize" means coin, currency,
marketable security, and a similar item that can be readily redeemed or
converted into legal tender. Cash prize does not include precious metal
bullion, a coin of precious metal or antique coin that has a market value
greater than its face value, or a merchandise gift certificate. The value of a
marketable security is its cost.
9.
"Cash profit" means:
a. For bingo and
electronic quick shot bingo, total ending cash on hand, less starting cash on
hand and prizes paid by check, for a bingo session.
b. For a raffle, total receipts less prizes
paid by cash and check.
c. For a
commingled game of pull tabs, total ending cash on hand, less starting cash on
hand and cash prizes paid by check, for a day's activity.
d. For a commingled game of pull tabs
involving a dispensing device, total currency withdrawn from a dispensing
device, less credit paid on a credit redemption register, cash long or short
from an employee bank, and prizes paid, for an interim period.
e. For each manufacturer's system of
commingled electronic pull-tab games at a site, total currency and total dollar
value of credit ticket vouchers in the devices, less total dollar value of
credit ticket vouchers in devices and paid by a bar or organization employee,
credits paid on a credit redemption register, and cash long or short from an
employee bank, for an interim period.
f. For a club special, tip board, seal board,
and punchboard, the total daily difference between ending cash on hand and
starting cash on hand and less prizes paid by check, for the game.
g. For a prize board, the total daily
difference between ending cash on hand and starting cash on hand, less prizes
paid by check and cost of coins, for the game.
h. For a prize board involving a dispensing
device, total currency withdrawn from a dispensing device, less total cash
prizes paid, prizes paid by check, cost of coins, credit paid on a credit
redemption register, and cash long or short from an employee bank, for the
game.
i. For a sports pool, the
total daily difference between ending cash on hand and starting cash on hand,
less prizes paid by check.
j. For
twenty-one, and paddlewheels described by subsection 2 of section
99-01.3-11-01, total ending cash
on hand, plus drop box cash, less total starting cash on hand, for a day's
activity.
k. For poker, total
ending cash on hand, less starting cash on hand, less prizes paid by check, for
a day's activity.
l. For calcuttas,
total ending cash on hand, less starting cash on hand, prizes paid by check,
and refunds to players, for the event.
m. For paddlewheels described by subsection 1
of section
99-01.3-11-01, total ending cash
on hand, less starting cash on hand and prizes paid by check, for a paddlewheel
ticket card.
10. "Conduct
of games" means the direct operation of a game on a site, including placing
pull tabs in, withdrawing currency from, and buying back redeemed winning pull
tabs dispensed from a dispensing device; and withdrawing currency from and
buying back redeemed credit ticket vouchers dispensed from an electronic
pull-tab device.
11. "Deal" in pull
tabs, including electronic deals means each individual game or series of
pull-tab packages which makes up a game with a specific form number and a
unique serial number.
12.
"Electronic pull-tab game" means a game family with a common game name, theme,
symbols, and ticket count which allows for a variety of price per play
denominations and prize payouts under different form numbers.
13. "Employee" includes a person employed by
an organization, an employee of a temporary employment agency who provides
gaming-related services to an organization, and a volunteer of an
organization.
14. "Flare" refers to
a flare or master flare as follows:
a. Flare.
A flare is a display with the state gaming stamp affixed which describes a
punchboard, sports-pool board, calcutta board, deal of pull tabs, club special,
tip board, prize board, seal board, and raffle board. The flare for a
punchboard is its face sheet. A flare for a sports-pool board, calcutta board,
prize board, club special, tip board, seal board, and raffle board is the game
board.
b. Master flare. A master
flare for a game of pull tabs is the same as a "flare" but it does not have a
state gaming stamp affixed. A master flare for paddlewheels is described by
subsection 1 of section
99-01.3-11-02.
15. "Gaming equipment" means a
game piece or device specifically designed for use in conducting games,
including integral components of a dispensing device such as a currency
validator, processing board, EPROM microchip or other data storage device,
attached bar code credit devices, and card shuffling devices. This includes all
electronic pull-tab operating systems and devices, electronic quick shot bingo
operating systems and devices, electronic fifty-fifty raffle systems and
devices, and their related hardware and software. The term excludes fill and
credit slips, promotional paper bingo cards, bingo daubers, video surveillance
equipment, jar bars, jar containers, poker tables, raffle drums, double
admission tickets, table covers, dealing shoes, discard holders, plungers, shoe
and card covers, chip spacers, and weight scales.
16. "Inside information" is any information
about the status of a game when that game is conducted that may give a person
an advantage over another person who does not have that information, regardless
if the person uses or does not use the information, when providing that
information is prohibited by the gaming law or rules. It includes information
provided through written, verbal, or nonverbal communications that implies or
expresses the number of unsold chances; relationship of a game's cash on hand
to its ideal adjusted gross proceeds; number of unredeemed top tier or minor
winning game pieces that is not posted, value of a hole card in twenty-one,
number under the tape of a sports-pool board, or number under a seal.
17. "Organization" in reference to a local
permit includes a "group of people" working together for a public-spirited
cause.
18. "Player" is an
individual who purchases a game piece or places a wager in a game of chance. An
organization may not be a player in any games of chance the organization is
conducting. A business that is not an organization with a gaming license or
permit for the event, may purchase raffle tickets; however, an individual's
name representing the business that bought the tickets must be recorded on the
raffle ticket.
19. "Political
party" means any association, committee, or organization which nominates a
candidate for election to any office which may be filled by a vote of the
electors of this state or any of its political subdivisions and whose name
appears on the election ballot as the candidate of such association, committee,
or organization.
20. "Primary game"
is the principal game conducted on a site. Determining factors include
frequency of conduct, square footage used, duration of time conducted, and
volume of activity.
21. "Retail
price" means the purchase price paid by an organization, excluding sales
tax.
22. "Volunteer" means a person
who conducts games for no compensation. A volunteer may receive a gift not
exceeding a total retail price of thirty dollars for a consecutive
twenty-four-hour period, cash tips, and reimbursement for documented business
expenses. No gift may be cash or convertible into cash. See definition of
employee.
Notes
General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1, 53-06.1-06
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