16 Tex. Admin. Code § 402.306 - Bingo Card/Paper Definitions
The following words and terms, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Bingo card/paper. A hard card, disposable
bingo card/paper, shutter card, or any other bingo card/paper approved by the
Commission.
(2) Bingo hard card. A
device made of cardboard, plastic or other suitable material that is intended
for repeated use of the bingo card at multiple bingo occasions.
(3) Bonus number(s). A number or numbers on
any type of bingo card/paper which when called could result in an additional
prize awarded. Bonus number(s) must be announced prior to the start of a bingo
game.
(4) Braille bingo card. A
device that contains raised symbols that reflect numbers on a reusable
card.
(5) Break-open bingo. A type
of disposable bingo card/paper that is sealed, that conceals the bingo
card/paper face, that may be folded, and where the bingo game or a portion of
the bingo game may have been pre-called.
(6) Case. A receptacle that contains bingo
card/paper products.
(7) Cut.
Indicates the direction in which a sheet of faces will be cut from the master
sheet of disposable bingo card/paper. A cut can be square, horizontal or
vertical. The sheet of disposable bingo card/paper printed by the manufacturer
of a specific group of disposable bingo card/paper that can be subdivided
vertically or horizontally into sheets.
(8) Defective. Bingo card/paper missing
specifications as originally approved by the Commission.
(9) Disposable bingo card/paper. A sheet or
sheets of paper that is designed or intended for use at a single bingo
occasion.
(10) Double numbers.
Bingo card/paper with two numbers in each of the 24 spaces on each
face.
(11) Face. A specific
configuration of numbers, symbols, or blank squares imprinted on paper,
cardboard, or other materials, and designed to be used to conduct bingo games.
The bingo card/paper normally consists of five rows of five columns that may
bear 24 pre-printed numbers between 1 and 75, symbols, or blank squares, except
for the center square which is a free space and have the letters B-I-N-G-O
appear in order above the five columns.
(12) Free space. The center square on the
face of a bingo card/paper.
(13)
Loteria. A type of bingo that utilizes symbols or pictures. Normally playing
cards are utilized instead of numbered balls.
(14) Multi-part card/paper. A type of
disposable bingo card/paper where the player selects the numbers. The player
retains one part of the disposable bingo card/paper while the licensee for the
purpose of verification retains the other part of the disposable bingo
card/paper.
(15) On. The number of
faces imprinted on a sheet of disposal bingo card/paper after it is cut. The
number of bingo card/paper faces normally precedes this term.
(16) Pre-marked. A bingo card/paper where one
or more of the numbers are already marked or identified prior to the start of
the game.
(17) Product line. A
specific type of bingo card/paper, identifiable by features or characteristics
that are unique when compared to other bingo card/paper manufactured by the
manufacturer.
(18) Serial number.
The unique identification number assigned by the manufacturer to a specific
product line of bingo card/paper.
(19) Series number. The specific number
assigned by the manufacturer that identifies the unique configuration of
numbers that appears on an individual bingo card/paper face.
(20) Sheet. A single piece of paper that
contains one or more disposable bingo card/paper faces.
(21) Shutter card. A device made of cardboard
or other suitable material with plastic "shutters" that cover a number to
simulate the number being daubed.
(22) UP. The number of sheets of disposable
bingo paper glued together by the manufacturer. The number of sheets normally
precedes this term.
(23) UPS pads.
A bound collection of disposable bingo card/paper where each sheet in the
collection is used to play a separate bingo game during the occasion.
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