16 Tex. Admin. Code § 402.331 - Shutter Card Bingo Systems - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Shutter Card Bingo
System--A shutter card and related hardware and software that is interfaced
with or connected to equipment used to conduct a game of bingo using shutter
cards. A shutter card bingo system consists of the following three parts:
(A) Shutter Card--A device made of cardboard
or other suitable material with plastic "shutters" that cover a number to
simulate the number being daubed and that is used in conjunction with a shutter
card customer account.
(B) Shutter
Card Bingo Site System--Computer hardware, software, and peripheral equipment
that is located at the bingo premises, is controlled by the licensed authorized
organization conducting bingo, and interfaces with, connects with, controls, or
defines the operational parameters of shutter card customer accounts. Shutter
Card Bingo Site Systems must include, but are not limited to, the following
components: point of sale station, shutter card station, a caller station
verifier, printers, remote access capability, proprietary executable software,
report generation software, and an accounting system and database.
(C) Shutter Card Station--Computer hardware
and software that is located at a player's seat that allows the player to
select up to three shutter cards located at the player's seat for play in a
bingo game at the bingo premises.
(2) Cards and Card Sets--The number of unique
bingo shutter cards on site, with the card numbers and card data being
used.
(3) Checksum--A value of
fixed-size computed from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting
changes or modifications. Also referred to as a digital signature or hash
sum.
(4) Connected--Communication
between the player's shutter card station and the site system by wired or
wireless means during an active bingo session.
(5) Customer Account--An account established
by a customer and tracked with the use of a unique player shutter card station
identification number assigned by a licensed authorized organization based on a
player's seat position. The customer may access their own Customer Account to
track:
(A) the deposit of funds; and
(B) the purchase of bingo shutter
cards.
(6) Shutter Card
Station ID number--The unique identification number assigned by a manufacturer
to a specific shutter card station.
(7) Shutter Card Station Played--A shutter
card station utilized within a bingo occasion.
(8) End of Occasion Log--Information stored
in the site system database at the end of each bingo occasion containing
pertinent sales, refunds, game and system accounting information to include the
following:
(A) licensed authorized
organization's name;
(B) licensed
authorized organization's license number;
(C) bingo occasion site (location);
(D) listings of transactions or receipt
numbers, including balance refunds;
(E) date and time of the bingo occasion and
occasion number, if applicable;
(F)
total quantity of shutter cards played;
(G) the shutter card station ID number of
each shutter card station loaded;
(H) total dollar value of funds deposited and
shutter cards sold;
(I) total
dollar value of deposits refunded;
(J) total dollar value of unused deposits
retained by the organization;
(K)
total dollar value of shutter card bingo prizes awarded;
(L) listing of the balls called, in order
called, for each game; and
(M)
listing of all shutter cards verified for each game, both the non-winning and
the winning card face numbers.
(9) Independent Testing Facility--A
laboratory approved by the Commission that is demonstrably competent and
qualified to test the site systems scientifically and evaluate them for
compliance with statutes and regulations. An independent testing laboratory
shall maintain the current applicable standards of the International
Organization of Standardization as an accredited laboratory in the field of
information technology testing. An independent laboratory shall not be owned or
controlled by a licensed authorized organization, the state, or any
manufacturer or distributor or operator of shutter card bingo
systems.
(10) Mobile Point of
Sale--A mobile device that allows a licensed authorized organization to conduct
customer shutter card sales transactions anywhere within the bingo premises and
is a component of the site system.
(11) Model Number--A number designated by the
manufacturer that indicates the unique structural design of the shutter card
bingo system.
(12) Occasion
Report--A report generated by the site system at the end of each bingo occasion
containing pertinent sales, refunds, game, and system accounting to include the
following information:
(A) licensed authorized
organization's name;
(B) licensed
authorized organization's license number;
(C) bingo occasion site (location);
(D) total dollar value of funds deposited and
shutter cards sold;
(E) total
dollar value of deposits refunded;
(F) total dollar value of unused deposits
retained by the organization;
(G)
total dollar value of prizes awarded;
(H) total dollar value of prize fees
collected in conjunction with shutter card bingo prizes awarded.
(13) Occasion Summary Report--A
report generated by the site system for any specified period which contains the
following information:
(A) licensed authorized
organization's name;
(B) licensed
authorized organization's taxpayer number;
(C) bingo occasion site (location);
(D) total dollar value of funds deposited and
shutter cards sold;
(E) total
dollar value of deposits refunded;
(F) total dollar value of unused deposits
retained by the organization;
(G)
total dollar value of shutter card bingo prizes awarded; and
(H) total dollar value of prize fees
collected in conjunction with shutter card bingo prizes awarded.
(14) Secondary
Component--Additional software or hardware components provided by the
manufacturer that are part of, or are connected to, a shutter card bingo system
and that do not affect the conduct of the bingo game. Secondary components may
include computer screen backgrounds, battery charge-up software routines,
printers, printer software drivers, and charging racks.
(15) Proprietary Software--Custom computer
software developed by a licensed manufacturer that is the primary component of
a shutter card bingo system and is required for a shutter card bingo system to
be used in a game of bingo.
(16)
Software Modifications--Alterations to proprietary software approved by the
Commission.
(17) Transaction Log--A
site system report containing a record of transaction information in
detail.
(18) Version Number--A
unique number designated by the manufacturer to signify a specific version of
software used on or by the shutter card bingo system.
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