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§3A-402.


§3A-402.
   
   As used in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, Section 401 et seq. of this
   title:
   
   1. "Bingo" means a game in which each player receives a bingo face and
   covers the squares according to the numbers, letters, or combination
   of numbers and letters that have been announced by the caller. The
   numbers and letters called are on an object selected at random either
   manually or mechanically from a receptacle in which have been placed
   the objects bearing the numbers, letters, or combinations of numbers
   and letters corresponding to the system used for designating the bingo
   face squares. The winner of each bingo game is the player who first
   properly covers a predetermined and announced pattern of squares upon
   the bingo face being used by the player;
   
   2. "Bingo face" means a flat piece of paper which is marked off into
   any number of squares in any arrangement of rows, with each square
   being designated by number, letter or combination of numbers and
   letters and with one or more squares designated as a "free" space with
   the word "Oklahoma" and a facsimile outline of a map of Oklahoma in
   it, which cannot be reused after the game in which a player has used
   it is over;
   
   3. "Breakopen ticket card" means a single folded or banded ticket or a
   card, the face of which is initially covered or otherwise hidden from
   view to conceal a number, letter, symbol, or set of letters or
   symbols, a few of which numbers, letters or symbols out of every set
   of charity game tickets have been designated in advance at random as
   prize winners and which is used in a breakopen ticket game;
   
   4. "Breakopen ticket game" means a game wherein a player receives a
   breakopen ticket card. A breakopen ticket game shall meet the
   following criteria:
   
   a. the game shall be assembled so that no placement of winners or
   losers exists that allows the possibility of prize manipulation,
   
   b. the concealed numbers, letters, or symbols shall not be visible
   from the outside of the game using high intensity lamps. Protection
   shall be provided by the opaque paper stock employed, with the
   possible addition of colors and printed blockout patterns or by use of
   an aluminum foil laminate,
   
   c. a unique symbol or printed security device, such as a specific
   number keyed to particular winners or the name of the symbol or some
   of the symbol colors changed for a window, or other similar protection
   shall be placed in the winning windows of prize windows to ensure that
   the winner image is unique,
   
   d. it shall not be possible to detect or pick out winning from losing
   tickets through variations in printing graphics, color, or use of
   different printing plates,
   
   e. it shall not be possible to isolate winning or potential winning
   tickets from minor variations in size or cutting of the tickets
   comprising a particular packet, and
   
   f. each ticket in a game shall have a serial number. All tickets in a
   game shall have the same serial number appearing in a conspicuous
   place on the ticket;
   
   5. "Business entity" means a person, company, corporation, or
   partnership organized for profit;
   
   6. "Charity game" means a bingo game, U-PIK-EM bingo game, or
   breakopen ticket game conducted by an organization pursuant to the
   provisions of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act;
   
   7. "Charity game equipment" means any object uniquely designed for use
   in the conducting of a charity game including, but not limited to,
   bingo faces, U-PIK-EM bingo game sets, and breakopen ticket cards.
   Items used in conducting charity games which are not charity game
   equipment are ink markers, furniture and general furnishings of rooms
   where charity games are conducted;
   
   8. "Commission" or "ABLE Commission" means the Alcoholic Beverage Laws
   Enforcement Commission;
   
   9. "Day session" means the set time frame within which conducting of
   charity games is authorized beginning no earlier than 10:00 a.m. and
   ending no later than 5:00 p.m.;
   
   10. "Deal" means one series of breakopen ticket game cards which has a
   stated number of winner payouts and a stated amount of the payouts;
   
   11. "Distributor" means a person or business entity that sells,
   markets, or otherwise provides charity game equipment to an
   organization;
   
   12. "Doing business" means either conducting a charity game by an
   organization or providing goods or services to an organization by a
   business entity;
   
   13. "Employee" means a person who works for compensation in a licensed
   charity game establishment;
   
   14. "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child or sibling
   or spouse of a parent, child or sibling of a resident of a facility
   exempt from specific provisions of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act as
   provided in subsection C of Section 405 of this title;
   
   15. "Licensee" means any person, organization, or business entity
   which has received a license from the Commission;
   
   16. "Location" means the building, including the individual rooms and
   equipment in the rooms, grounds, and appurtenances, including adjacent
   premises if subject to the direct or indirect control of the
   organization while conducting a charity game, which are used in
   connection with or in furtherance of the conducting of a charity game;
   
   17. "Manager" means a person who:
   
   a. is an employee of an organization,
   
   b. has supervisory authority over other employees or over the conduct
   of charity games, and
   
   c. has been designated as such by the organization pursuant to the
   provisions of subsection D of Section 408 of this title;
   
   18. "Manufacturer" means a person or business entity that assembles
   from raw materials, supplies, or subparts to form a completed series
   of charity game equipment for use in charity games and that sells,
   markets, or otherwise provides such equipment to a distributor;
   
   19. "Night session" means the set time frame within which conducting
   of charity games is authorized beginning no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and
   ending no later than 12:00 p.m. midnight;
   
   20. "Organization" means a religious, charitable, labor, fraternal,
   educational, or other type of association or any branch, lodge,
   chapter, or auxiliary of such association which:
   
   a. operates without profit to its members,
   
   b. has been in existence and been operating as a nonprofit
   organization for not less than two (2) years prior to applying for an
   organization license,
   
   c. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs
   (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), or (19) of subsection (c) of
   Section 501 or paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 509 of the
   United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C.,
   Section 501(c) et seq. or Section 509(a)(1), and
   
   d. formulates bylaws which clearly identify and establish:
   
   (1) method of electing officers and their duties,
   
   (2) method by which members are elected, initiated or admitted,
   
   (3) the rights and privileges of each member,
   
   (4) that each member has one vote, and
   
   (5) that membership rights are personal to the member and not
   assignable;
   
   21. "Progressive game" means a game in which prizes are allowed to be
   carried over and increased from session to session;
   
   22. "U-PIK-EM bingo game" means a game played wherein a player writes
   the numbers on a U-PIK-EM bingo game set. The player retains one sheet
   of the set and deposits the second sheet in a receptacle in the
   control of the organization. The player then covers the numbers as the
   caller announces a number. The numbers called are on an object
   selected at random either manually or mechanically from a receptacle
   in which have been placed the objects bearing the numbers. The winner
   of each U-PIK-EM bingo game is the player who first covers all the
   numbers appearing on the retained sheet in accordance with the pattern
   as designated on the sheet; and
   
   23. "U-PIK-EM bingo game set" means two paper sheets of carbonless
   paper both bearing identical serial numbers on which a player writes
   numbers or letters, wherein one sheet is retained by the player and
   used for playing and one sheet is held by the organization and used
   for verifying winners.
   

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