Progressive Games

PURPOSE: This rule establishes the guidelines for the conduct of progressive bingo games by organizations/operators. (1) A progressive game is one in which the established prize amount shall be increased from one occasion to the next scheduled occasion if no player completes the required winning pattern within the specified number of bingo balls drawn as posted by the game operator. If after ten (10) occasions the progressive prize has not been awarded, the game operator must increase the number of balls drawn to complete the winning pattern by at least one (1) above the highest number required in the previous ten (10) occasions at each subsequent occasion until the progressive prize is awarded. (2) Only two (2) progressive games may be conducted per occasion. (3) A prize for a progressive game may start at an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and must be increased by no more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) at each subsequent occasion. (4) If a progressive prize is not awarded at a bingo occasion, the progressive game shall be continued at each subsequent occasion until the progressive prize is awarded. In the event no player completes the required winning pattern within the specified number of bingo balls drawn at the occasion, one (1) stated consolation prize shall be offered and awarded. The consolation prize is exempt from section 313.040(4), RSMo; however, the consolation prize must be less than the value of the progressive prize amount and only one (1) consolation prize shall be offered and awarded per progressive game per occasion. (5) All progressive bingo games shall be fully described and posted in the house rules prior to the start of the occasion and shall comply with all other statutory and regulatory requirements. This description shall include dates and times when the progressive games shall be played, including any progressive game conducted in conjunction with a Special Bingo and Pull-Tab License, if any. Each game operator shall submit a progressive game activity report for each progressive game with its quarterly report as defined in 11 CSR 45-30.210. The report shall indicate the date, progressive prize offered, consolation prize offered, number of balls needed to win the progressive prize, and the prize amount awarded. (6) Each operator’s/licensee’s progressive game set of rules shall remain in effect until the game ends and the progressive prize winner is determined. (7) A holder of a Regular/Annual Bingo License may conduct its progressive game during a special bingo and pull-tab licensed event, if approval is granted by the commission prior to the licensed event. The special bingo and pull-tab event must be open to the public. No other special bingo and pull-tab licensee may conduct a progressive bingo game at its event. (8) An operator may not cease bingo operations unless the progressive bingo game(s) in play is completed and the progressive prize is awarded, unless prior approval has been received from the commission. (9) Game operators who conduct progressive games shall maintain cash reserves in their bingo checking account in an amount equal to or greater than any progressive game prize offered. (10) Progressive games may be played on electronic bingo card monitoring devices. (11) A hot ball progressive game is a bingo game in which a certain number of bingo balls are drawn from the receptacle prior to the start of the game. These balls are considered “hot balls.” If a bingo player achieves the winning pattern and the last number called is a “hot ball,” then the progressive prize is awarded. If after ten (10) occasions the progressive prize has not been awarded, the game operator shall increase the number of hot balls drawn to complete the winning pattern each subsequent occasion until the progressive prize is awarded. AUTHORITY: sections 313.013 and 313.065, RSMo 2000, and section 313.040, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 5, 1996, effective Aug. 28, 1996, expired Feb. 23, 1997. Original rule filed Aug. 5, 1996, effective March 30, 1997. Amended: Filed May 6, 1999, effective Dec. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Oct. 29, 1999, effective May 30, 2000. Amended: Filed Dec. 1, 2004, effective June 30, 2005. Amended: Filed June 25, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016. *Original authority: 313.013, RSMo 1996; 313.040, RSMo 1981, amended 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2010; and 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.