Worker—Player

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth guidelines permitting a worker to also be a player during the same occasion but not during the same game. (1) Any eligible person approved by the commission to work bingo may participate in the conduct, management, or operation of bingo and play bingo during the same occasion but may not be both a player and a worker during the same game. An eligible person shall pay to participate in the playing of a bingo game or pull-tab cards in the same manner and at the same cost as any other player. If an eligible person works the first portion of the occasion and then purchases bingo paper or pull-tab cards and becomes a player, the person may not assist with the management, conduct, or operation of bingo or the sale of pull-tab cards for the remainder of the occasion. If an eligible person plays the first portion of the bingo occasion and then ceases playing and becomes a worker, the person may not participate as a player of bingo or pull-tab cards during the remainder of the occasion. An eligible person may only switch from player to worker or worker to player once during an occasion, and a switch will only be permitted during the first half of the bingo occasion. (2) The bingo worker designated as the bingo chairperson or member in charge who is responsible for the overall game activities of a bingo occasion cannot both work and play bingo or pull-tabs during that occasion. (3) Bingo workers are prohibited from purchasing bingo paper and/or pull-tabs and having another player play for them. (4) Bingo workers are prohibited from playing bingo cards for a player. AUTHORITY: section 313.040, RSMo Supp. 2013, and section 313.065, RSMo 2000.* Emergency rule filed June 21, 1994, effective July 1, 1994, expired Oct. 28, 1994. Emergency rule filed Oct. 19, 1994, effective Oct. 29, 1994, expired Feb. 25, 1995. Original rule filed July 11, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed Jan. 27, 2006, effective Sept. 30, 2006. Amended: Filed June 25, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016. *Original authority: 313.040, RSMo 1981, amended 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2010 and 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.