Equipment

An organization shall use this equipment: 1. A device from which balls are withdrawn or a certified and approved random number generator. If a random number generator is not used, a set of either seventy-five or ninety balls bearing the letters and numbers corresponding to the bingo cards in play. The balls must be stored in a safe storage place when not in use and be available for inspection by a player before a session begins. The balls must be equal size, weight, shape, and balance and must be in a receptacle before each game begins. A flashboard is optional. 2. Hard cards and paper cards, including paper cards that have two numbers in a square or enable a player to select and print numbers on a blank card, may be used. A blank card may be used if: a. A card is a two-part carbonless card with a control number and five columns of numbers; b. A player shall legibly print in ink one number in each blank square. A middle square, if any, may be a free space. The numbers cannot be repeated on a card and they must correspond with the letters and numbers of the bingo balls; c. After a card is completed, a player shall provide an employee with the card before the start of the game. An employee shall ensure that the numbers are legible, validate the original and duplicate parts of a card, retain the original part, and return the duplicate part to the player; and d. An employee shall verify a winning player's card and match the card's original part to the duplicate part. A card must be voided if it is illegible or altered. 3. Before conducting a bingo session, an employee shall test the equipment and ensure it is working properly. 4. An organization may not separate a collated set of paper bingo cards except to apply subsection 10 of section 99-01.3-04-03 or cut up a paper bingo card that has two or more faces on it to separately sell the cards or faces.