Code of Colorado Regulations
1505 - Department of State
1505 - Secretary of State
8 CCR 1505-2 - BINGO AND RAFFLES GAMES
1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 8 CO Code Regs 1505-2 ยง 1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024

1.1 "Bingo" means the two types of bingo authorized in section 24-21-602(1), C.R.S., unless either specifically indicated or the context requires otherwise in these rules.

1.2 "Bingo strip card" means a strip of up to five connected paper bingo cards with each card containing a concealed grid of preprinted numbers ranging from one to seventy-five as specified in section 24-21-602 (5.5), C.R.S. Symbols cannot be used in the grid. Each grid may contain no more than one free space.

1.3 "Bucket raffle" means an event where a licensee conducts many small raffles at the same time. Ticket purchasers may deposit one or more of the purchased tickets into various receptacles from which a winner or winners will be drawn for a prize or prizes.

1.4 "Call-fulfillment center" means a registered company that employs telephone operators to answer calls and provide data-entry services.

1.5 "Concealed face card" means a non-reusable bingo card containing five rows of five squares with a free center space, one number preprinted on each of the remaining 24 spaces, and the letters "B I N G O" printed in order over the five columns. No part of the card's face is detectable or discernible until the card is purchased and opened by the player.

1.6 "Double Action Game" means a bingo game that uses a bingo card containing the letters "B I N G O" placed horizontally over a five by five matrix of squares with the center square blank, where each of the other squares contains two numbers in the range of one to 75.

1.7 "Face" means a bingo card.

1.8 "Flare" means a piece of heavy paper stock or other material accompanying a pull tab deal that shows at minimum the following about the matching deal:

1.8.1 The name and form number of the game;

1.8.2 The manufacturer name or logo;

1.8.3 The number of tickets in the deal and the cost per play; and

1.8.4 The prize structure, including the number of winning tickets by denomination and their respective winning symbol combinations.

1.9 "House rules" means the licensee's rules governing the conduct of games, consistent with the Colorado constitution, the Bingo and Raffles Law, and these rules.

1.10 "Licensed Premises" means the premises owned, leased by, or controlled by a licensee and used for games of chance, and that are not leased to other licensees for the conduct of games of chance.

1.11 "Licensee" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-21-602(3), C.R.S.

1.12 "Master Board" means the rack in which a bingo ball is placed after it is taken from the receptacle. If a master board is electronically connected to a lighted display board with an electronic random number generator that calls numbers, the lighted display board is the master board.

1.13 "Pack" means a collation of disposable paper bingo cards, including bingo strip cards, or sheets.

1.14 "Pre-Draw Concealed Face Game" means a bingo game in which a designated number of balls, objects, or numbers are drawn or randomly generated in the presence of at least ten players prior to the purchase of the cards. Players purchase concealed face cards after the designated number of balls, objects, or numbers is drawn or randomly generated. The licensee announces the resumption of the game and continues to draw balls or generate numbers until a player signals a bingo.

1.15 "Progressive Pull Tab" means a game consisting of one or more seal pull tab deals with identical form numbers that offers a cumulative or carryover jackpot prize. The prize structure for a progressive pull tab game is predetermined by the game's manufacturer. The structure includes a cumulative jackpot prize, to which each deal of the game in which the jackpot prize is not won contributes a pre-designated amount.

1.16 "Progressive Jackpot ("Progressive") Bingo Game" means a bingo game of the specific type authorized by section 24-21-602(1)(b), C.R.S., in which a prize amount is carried over to the subsequent game in the progression if no bingo is achieved within a specified number of balls drawn and called. Progressive bingo games cannot be played with bingo strip cards.

1.17 "Remuneration" means a payment given to a member of an organization in return for that member's participation in the operation of charitable gaming.

1.17.1 "Remuneration" includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Cash;

(b) Reduced-price or free packs;

(c) Reduced dues based on the number of volunteer hours that the member works in the operation of charitable gaming;

(d) Meal vouchers;

(e) Reimbursement of travel expenses when other members who do not participate in the operation of charitable gaming are not reimbursed for travel;

(f) Non-competitive scholarships where the selection of the scholarship recipient is based on the amount of time volunteered in charitable gaming operations, whether by the recipient or a member of the organization related to the recipient; or

(g) Tips received from a player as a result of the member's participation in charitable gaming operations.

1.17.2 "Remuneration" does not include food offered to volunteers in accordance with section 24-21-617(6), C.R.S., when the retail value of the food does not exceed $10.00 per volunteer-duty shift.

1.18 "Renewal Application" means an application for bingo-raffle license renewal filed by a currently licensed qualified organization.

1.19 "Seal Pull tab" means a pull tab game that offers one or more prizes by means of a flare or a jackpot card that is part of a pull tab deal. The flare or jackpot card includes a section bearing a tab or tabs that must be torn or broken apart to reveal a winning combination or combinations.

1.20 "Stub" means the portion of a raffle ticket kept by the licensee.

1.21 "Ticket" means a slip of paper or any other object that is discrete from every other object sold, which evidences that the person to whom it is issued, or the current holder, is entitled to some right or privilege as indicated by the licensee.

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