Sale of Pull-Tab Cards by Bingo Licensees

PURPOSE: This rule establishes the period of time and place in which pull-tab cards may be sold by a licensed organization conducting bingo games. (1) A pull-tab card is any disposable card or ticket which GAMING COMMISSION accords a person an opportunity to win something of value by opening, pulling, detaching, or otherwise removing tabs from the card or ticket to reveal a set of numbers, letters, symbols, or configurations, or any combination thereof. The term pulltab card shall include any card known as a pickle ticket, pickle, break-open, event ticket, or pull-tab card. Such pull-tab cards shall award at least sixty percent (60%) of the gross revenues generated by the ultimate sale of the entire unit container or box to the final purchaser(s). (2) The price for a single pull-tab card may not exceed one dollar ($1). (3) Each pull-tab shall remain sealed until purchased. (4) The use of any pull-tab card that is not within the definitions of Chapter 313, RSMo is prohibited. (5) Pull-tabs, excluding event tickets, which are considered to be no longer marketable, may be disposed of in one (1) of the following manners: (A) Offer the remaining pull-tabs for sale at a discounted price, either individually or in bundles; (B) Offer the pull-tabs as a free promotion in accordance with regulation 11 CSR 45-30.025; (C) Combine the remaining pull-tabs with another pull-tab of the same face value; or (D) If enough prizes have been awarded to meet statutory requirements as outlined in section 313.057.11, RSMo, the game may be declared terminated by completing a form provided by the commission and by following the instructions for disposition outlined in the form. (6) Licensees possessing a Regular/Annual Bingo License or Special Bingo and Pull-Tab License must comply with the following: (A) On each occasion, pull-tab cards may be sold no more than three (3) hours prior to the start of the first game of bingo, except that no bingo pull-tab cards may be sold prior to 7:00 a.m.; (B) The sale of pull-tab cards must be discontinued immediately at the conclusion of the last bingo game of an occasion; and (C) Pull-tab cards shall only be sold during the time of a scheduled occasion and only on the stated premises as identified in the license application of the organization. (7) Licensees possessing a Special Abbreviated Pull-Tab License must comply with the following: (A) An organization may conduct no more than fifteen (15) occasions per calendar year at which only pull-tabs cards are sold; (B) Pull-tab cards may only be sold during a scheduled occasion and on the stated premises as identified in the license application of the organization; and (C) No bingo games may be conducted. AUTHORITY: section 313.057, 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. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 5, 1996, effective Aug. 28, 1996, expired Feb. 23, 1997. Amended: Filed Aug. 5, 1996, effective March 30, 1997. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 1998, effective March 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Feb. 1, 2002, effective Aug. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Dec. 1, 2004, effective July 30, 2005. Amended: Filed July 28, 2010, effective Jan. 30, 2011. Amended: Filed June 25, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016. *Original authority: 313.057, RSMo 1984, amended 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2010 and 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.