25.03.060 Authorized Games

Bingo in all Forms: The Tribe hereby authorizes the licensing of and provides basic rules for the operation of the game commonly known as bingo including, but not limited to, all other forms of bingo and Class II poker

approved by the Commission and authorized by IGRA.

(a) No ceiling shall be imposed upon any tribally-operated or tribally-managed bingo game with regard to the cash value of any prize or the value of any merchandise that may awarded to any winner. A tribal high stakes bingo game is hereby authorized pursuant to rules approved by the Commission.

(b) The Commission shall approve a ceiling upon the cash value of any prize or the value of any merchandise that may be awarded to any winner.

The specific restrictions of a bingo operation include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Each operator shall charge all players a uniform amount for the bingo cards to be used in each such game.

(2) The rate to be charged each player for a bingo card shall be fixed by each operator and posted conspicuously on the premises of each gaming establishment. No person shall be allowed to play in any bingo game without first paying the uniform charge.

(3) Each person who pays to play in a bingo game shall be given a bingo card which shall be numbered and readily identifiable as belonging to the operator of the gaming establishment for use during a particular game.

(4) The prizes which may be won by a player in each bingo game shall be clearly made known to all players prior to the sale of any bingo card for such sale.

(5) An example of all winning patterns shall be provided to each player in any bingo game or otherwise displayed in a conspicuous place in the room in which such game is to be played.

(6) A bingo card shall only be sold and paid for within the two-hour period immediately before the day's gaming begins. Any other advanced sales of bingo packages shall require the advanced approval of the Commission. Unless other arrangements are approved in advance by the Commission, each sale of a bingo card shall take place upon the premises on which the game is to be played

(7) No license shall allow any manager or employee to play in a bingo game while on duty. No licensee shall allow any person who, without payment, assists in the operation of any bingo game conducted by the licensee, to play in any bingo game conducted by such licensee within 24 hours of the time such assistance was provided.

(8) Each bingo prize shall be won by a player who matches the letters and numbers on the bingo card with letters and numbers called by the competition with other paying players.

(9) Each numbered ball, or other device, used in or for the selection of numbers to be called in play hall be of the same weight as each such other ball or device used for such purpose in such game. Immediately following the calling of each number, the caller shall display to the players that portion of the ball or other device used to determine which number is chosen so that each player may know that the proper number has been called out.

(10) Any licensee who fails to return any money paid by a patron to play in a canceled bingo game, or who fails to provide the advertised prize, shall be subject to civil suit to collect only the amount owed plus court fees. No damage suits shall be authorized.

(d) The Commission hereby authorizes the licensing of and provides basic rules for the operation of games commonly known as pull-tabs or punchboards or tip jars.

(e) Any person who desires to sell pull-tabs, operate punchboards, or tip jars shall obtain a Class II tribal gaming license.

(f) Specific restrictions on a pull-tab, punchboard, or tip jar operation include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Each licensee is prohibited from printing, manufacturing, or constructing pull-tab equipment or materials.

(2) Unless all of the highest denominations of winners have been sold, or unless otherwise permitted by Commission regulation, a licensee engaged in the selling of chances from jars of pull-tab or punchboards shall not discard any remaining pull-tabs or punchboards once the contents of that jar of pull-tabs or punchboards are offered for sale to players.

(3) The maximum price per pull-tab or punchboard chance shall not exceed $25.00.

(4) Each pull-tab and punchboard shall be numbered and shall display the winning combinations. Winning combinations shall also be posted near the place where pull-tabs or punchboards are sold.

(5) The amount won by the holder of any winning pull-tab or punchboard shall be paid upon demand and shall only be paid out by the licensee at its licensed establishment.

(g) No Ceiling on Prizes for Tribally-Owned or Tribally Managed Gaming shall be imposed upon any pull-tab, punchboard or tip jar operation with regard to the cash value of any prize or the value of any merchandise that may be awarded to a winner.

(h) The Commission shall approve a ceiling upon the cash value of any prize or the value of any merchandise that may be awarded to any winner in any pull-tab, punchboard, or tip jar operation by a tribal social or charitable organization.

(i) No tribal social or charitable pull-tab, punchboard or tip jar operation shall award prizes whose cash value exceeds that allowed by state law.