NDAC 99-01.3-16-09.1
Manufacturing specifications - Site system with bingo card-marking
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devices.
A site system with bingo card marking devices which display a facsimile of a bingo card and allows
a player to electronically mark the card in the conduct of bingo according to chapter 99-01.3-04, must
meet these specifications:
1.
A site system is computer hardware and software used at a site by an organization which
establishes server-based player accounts containing electronic card images or credits
accessed by a player with a bingo card-marking device or generates and downloads
electronic bingo card images to bingo card-marking devices, accounts for gross proceeds, and
provides accounting information on all activity for three years from the end of the quarter in
which the activity occurred. Server-based accounts must be assigned a minimum five digit
randomly selected account number, which cannot be reused during a business day.
Transaction numbers for server-based accounts must be a minimum six digit nonresettable
consecutive number, which do not reset at the end of each session. An account or bingo card-
marking device can only be used for the purchase and play of bingo cards. A site system
must:
a.
Record a nonresettable electronic consecutive six-digit receipt number for each
transaction;
b.
Issue a receipt for each transaction containing:
(1)
Name of a site and organization;
(2)
Date and time of the transaction;
(3)
Receipt number;
(4)
Selling price of each card or package, credits purchased, and rental fee of a device,
if applicable;
(5)
Unplayed credits cashed out;
(6)
Receipt total;
(7)
For server-based accounts, account number; and
(8)
For downloaded devices, serial number of the device issued to a player.
c.
Print a summary report for each session containing the date and time of the report, name
of site, date of the session, consecutive session number, total number of accounts
established, total number of transactions, total number and dollar value of voided
transactions, number of devices used, the number of and total value for each type of card
or package sold, discounts applied to each type of card or package sold, total dollar
value of credits sold, total dollar value of unused credits cashed out, total gross
proceeds, and, for each transaction, list:
(1)
For server-based accounts, transaction and account number;
(2)
For downloaded devices, nonresettable consecutive transaction number starting
with one for each device and device serial number;
(3)
Type of transaction (sale or void);
(4)
Time of transaction;
(5)
Receipt number;
(6)
For voided transactions, dollar value of the void; and
(7)
Selling price of each card or package, discounts applied to each card or package
sold, dollar value of credits sold, dollar value of unused credits cashed out, and
gross proceeds.
d.
The site system must be capable of producing and exporting through electronic means
(e.g. comma delimited, excel, etc.) all required reports.
e.
Must be remote-accessible by the manufacturer of the site system and devices and
attorney general for monitoring the system operation and accounting information in real
time; and
f.
Must be capable of printing an electronic card image of any card.
2.
A bingo card-marking device can be a portable hand-held unit, table top, or counter device. A
bingo card-marking device cannot be wired directly to a site system.
3.
A bingo card-marking device must be programmed for use at only the site where the site
system is located and only used to purchase and play bingo cards or play electronic quick
shot bingo.
4.
No bingo card-marking device can allow more than seventy-two single-faced cards per game.
A player may not choose or reject cards.
5.
A bingo card-marking device may require a player to manually enter each bingo number by
using an input function key or may use a radio frequency or Wi-Fi transmission to
automatically daub the bingo numbers called.
6.
A bingo card-marking device can display a player's best card or a winning card and alert the
player through an audio or video method, or both, that the player has a winning card.
7.
All server-based accounts must be closed at the end of each bingo session. An account
cannot be carried forward to another session.
8.
All downloaded devices, must:
a.
Have a unique serial number permanently encoded in the system;
b.
Be downloaded with new cards at the time of the sales transaction;
c.
Be deactivated and all stored cards erased when a device is exchanged or returned; and
d.
Automatically erase all stored cards at the end of the last game of a bingo session or
when the device is deactivated or turned off.