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Bingo is a game of chance in which players mark off randomly drawn numbers or letters on a card, with the winner being the first to cover a predetermined pattern of squares for that game and timely call out “Bingo.”
The standard recordkeeping forms are provided for convenience. An organization may design its own forms provided those forms comply with the requirements of Article 99-01.3 of the North Dakota Administrative Code.
Other general forms for the conduct of Bingo are: Record of Win, I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, Master Inventory Log-Ticket Rolls, Site Inventory Log-Ticket Rolls, Prize Register, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
Licensed gaming organizations planning to conduct gaming with electronic pull tab devices are required first to complete training provided by the Gaming division.
Other general forms for Electronic Pull Tab devices are: IOU, Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Banks, and Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
Electronic Quick Shot Bingo is a bingo game played on portable hand-held bingo devices utilizing electronic bingo card images.
Use of the standard recordkeeping forms provided by the Office of Attorney General is required.
Other general forms for the conduct of Electronic Quick Shot Bingo are: Record of Win, I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
A paddlewheel is a wheel marked with numbered sections. When spun, a pointer indicates the winning number.
Paddlewheel with a table is a game in which a prize is a predetermined variable multiple of the amount bet. No merchandise prize may be awarded.
Use of this office’s standard recordkeeping forms is required for paddlewheels with a table. Written approval must be obtained from this office before using another recordkeeping system.
Other general forms for the conduct of Paddlewheel with a Table are: I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Evaluation of Video Surveillance, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
This office’s standard recordkeeping forms are not required for Paddlewheel without the use of a table. If an organization is designing its own forms, refer to the paddlewheel chapter in the administrative rules for guidance.
Other general forms for the conduct of Paddlewheel without the use of a Table are: Master Game Inventory Log, Site Game Inventory Log, and Reconciliation of Inventories. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
Poker is a game conducted at a table with a deck of cards. Chips are bought and used for betting. A player bets on the cards he holds, and all the bets each deal are collected in the center of the table. There is a betting round after the players receive their starting cards and a betting round after each round of new cards. The pot is won either by a player who makes a bet nobody is willing to match, or by the player who has the hand of greatest value after all the betting is over.
A licensed charitable organization may conduct poker on two occasions per year. Poker activity must be conducted at an authorized site of the licensed organization. An organization may supply the dealer.
For nontournament activity, an organization shall charge each player a fee not to exceed two dollars per one-half hour of playing time, collected in advance. For a tournament, an organization shall charge each player an entry fee and the amount of prizes may not exceed ninety percent of the gross proceeds.
This office’s standard recordkeeping forms are not required for poker. If an organization designs its own forms, refer to the poker chapter in the administrative rules and the forms below for guidance.
Other general forms for the conduct of poker are: Record of Win, Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, and Prize Register. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
A Pull Tab is a folded or banded ticket, a card with break-open tabs, or a ticket with latex covering. A winning pull tab contains certain symbols or numbers and may contain multiple winning symbols or numbers. A pull tab game must be played with two or more deals commingled at any time.
Other general forms for the conduct of Pull Tab activity are: Record of Win, I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, Master Game Inventory Log, Site Inventory Log, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
The method of accounting for redeemed winning pull tabs each time a deal is added to a pull tab game conducted through a jar bar. All major and minor winners are retained together in the bag or box for the deal that was recorded as being closed. The cash bank for the game is recorded on a daily accounting record for each day of activity.
Other general forms for the conduct of Pull Tab using the “By Deal” method are: Record of Win, I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, Master Game Inventory Log, Site Inventory Log, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
Organizations may purchase pull tab dispensing devices from a licensed distributor. A licensed organization may operate a pull tab dispensing device when the organization’s employee is on duty and may have a bar employee redeem a winning pull tab even if the organization’s employee is not on duty.
Use of this office’s standard recordkeeping forms is required for pull tab dispensing device activity. Obtain written approval from this office before using another system.
Other general forms for the conduct of Pull Tab Dispensing Device are: Record of Win, I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, Master Game Inventory Log, Site Inventory Log, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
A Raffle is a game in which a prize is won by a player who bought a raffle ticket or square on a raffle board. A winning player is determined by drawing a ticket stub or number of a square on a raffle board from a receptacle or by an alternate fair method approved by the attorney general. A calendar raffle is a raffle in which a player’s ticket stub is entered in two or more drawings held on predetermined days over an extended period of time for predetermined prizes.
This office’s standard recordkeeping forms are not required for raffles. If an organization designs its own forms, refer to the raffle chapter in the administrative rules and the forms below for guidance.
For a raffle board, the numbered squares on the board must be sold for the same price at a site on the day of the drawing. An organization shall complete on the board the cost per square, prizes, and date of the raffle and ensure a raffle board includes a state gaming stamp affixed by a distributor. For each square sold, an employee shall legibly write the player’s full name in the square purchased by the player. Duplicate numbers corresponding to the numbered squares on a board must be placed into a receptacle for drawing. The conduct of a raffle is the drawing or alternate fair method of selection approved by the attorney general.
A fifty-fifty raffle system is the computer hardware, software, and related equipment used to sell fifty-fifty raffle tickets and account for sales.
Other general forms for the conduct of Raffle and Fifty-Fifty Raffle Systems activity are: Record of Win, I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, Master Game Inventory Log, Master Inventory Log-Ticket Rolls, Site Inventory Log, Site Inventory Log-Ticket Rolls, Prize Register, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
All raffle tickets, with the exception of double admission tickets, must contain:
If applicable, the ticket must also disclose whether sales are restricted to persons of a minimum age, whether prizes require a title transfer, and whether the winning player is or is not liable for sales or use tax on the prize.
For private raffles to raise funds for a specific benevolent purpose (such as helping to pay medical bills for a neighbor’s sick child), contact the local city or county where the raffle drawing will take place to apply for a local permit.
A Sports Pool is comprised of wagers paid by players for a line or square that will determine which player wins.
Sports pool activity is conducted when chances on the board are sold and the prize is awarded. If the state gaming stamp is affixed, sports pool activity must be conducted at a licensed site.
This office’s standard recordkeeping forms are not required for sports pool activity. If an organization designs its own forms, refer to the sports pool chapter in the administrative rules and the form below for guidance.
Other general forms are: Master Game Inventory Log, Site Game Inventory Log, Record of Win, and Reconciliation of Inventories. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
Twenty-One is a card game in which a player tries to obtain a higher total card count than a dealer without exceeding 21. An ace counts either one or eleven. A king, queen, and jack have a count of ten. Cards two through ten are counted at their face value. A maximum of seven players may play at a table. A player may play up to two betting spaces if an adjacent betting space is available. An outsider may not wager on a player’s hand and a player may not wager on another player’s hand.
The organization may set the minimum limit for the original wager at not more than $3 on one active table. If there is more than one active table at a site, the organization may set a higher minimum wager on additional tables. The maximum limit per wager may be set by the organization at not more than $25. Wagers in increments of $1 must be accepted between the posted minimum and the posted maximum limit. A player may not play more than two hands at the same time.
Use of this office’s standard recordkeeping forms is required to account for Twenty-One if video surveillance is required. Obtain written approval from this office before using another system. If video surveillance is not required, an organization may design its own forms.
Other general forms for the conduct of Twenty-One activity are: I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Evaluation of Video Surveillance Recording, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
When an organization conducts Twenty-One and paddlewheel with a table at a site, the organization may choose to combine the cash banks and casino chip banks when completing the daily accounting records. The activity continues to be summarized and reported on the gaming tax return separately for the two game types.
Use of this office’s standard recordkeeping forms is required to account for Twenty-One and paddlewheel combined activity. Obtain written approval from this office before using another system.
Other forms for the combined concept activity can be found above under Twenty-One forms and the Paddlewheel with a Table forms: Twenty-One Dealer Shift Report, Twenty-One Dealer Percent-of-hold, Twenty-One Review Record, Paddlewheel Operator Shift Report, Paddlewheel Percent-of-Hold, Paddlewheel Review Record and Digital Surveillance Review Log.
Other general forms for the combined concept activity are: I.O.U., Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, Reconciliation of Inventories, Evaluation of Video Surveillance Recording and Cash Reserve Bank-Daily Report. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
This office’s standard recordkeeping forms are not required for single games. If an organization designs its own forms, refer to the Pull Tab chapter in the administrative rules and the forms listed below for guidance.
The maximum price per chance is $2. A prize board, club special, punchboard, sealboard, and tip board are conducted as a single game which may have a cash or merchandise prize and one or more seal prizes. The value of a seal prize or last sale prize may exceed the value of the top tier prize.
Other general forms for the conduct of single games are: Master Game Inventory Log, Site Game Inventory Log, Record of Win, and Reconciliation of Inventories. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
A Calcutta is a sporting event in which players wager at an action on the competitors. The conduct of a Calcutta is the auction process. An auction pool is comprised of the wagers paid by players who offered the highest bids on the competitors. The winning competitor may be one competitor, a team of competitors, or ranked competitors. The payout of the cash prize to a winning player is based on a predetermined percentage of the auction pool, which may not exceed ninety percent. Only cash prizes may be awarded.
Other general forms for the conduct of Calcutta activity are: Master Game Inventory Log, Site Game Inventory Log, Record of Win, and Reconciliation of Inventories. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
A prize board is a board used with pull tabs to award cash or merchandise prizes. Coins of various values may be affixed to the board and, under each coin, a cash prize value preprinted on the board. A board must contain numbered lines and a seal covering a winning number.
A prize board dispensing device means a board used with pull tabs dispensed from a device to award cash or merchandise prizes. The maximum price per chance is $2. The value of a seal prize or a column sold out indicator may exceed the value of the top tier prize.
Other general forms for the conduct of Prize Boards are: Master Game Inventory Log, Site Game Inventory Log, I.O.U., Record of Win, Ideal Cash Bank Master Record, Cumulative Ideal Cash Bank Record, Reconciliation of Ideal Cash Banks, and Reconciliation of Inventories. These additional forms can be found under General Forms.
The following forms are used for more than one game type:
Who is required to have a Record Check?
An “employee” includes anyone employed by the organization, temporary agency staff providing gaming services, and volunteers. All employees must complete a record check within 21 days of hire and every 6 years thereafter.
For record check purposes, an employee includes any person who:
The following individuals do not need a record check:
How do I complete a Record Check?
Request for Record Check – Charitable Organizations must submit all background check requests directly to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). You can access this information online through their website: Requesting a Criminal History Record Check
The following items must be included with each background check request:
Background Check Results & Recordkeeping Requirements
If selected as your preferred method of contact during the application process, background check results will be returned via email. Organizations must coordinate with BCI to establish and maintain one designated email address for receiving these results.
Background check dates must be entered when inputting employee information in the Charitable Gaming Organization Portal. It is important that this information is accurate and complete. The Gaming Division will verify compliance using BCI records and the reported dates.
A charitable gaming organization that has a state gaming license must file a North Dakota gaming tax return online using the Charitable Gaming Organization Portal for each quarter the organization is licensed, even if there was no gaming activity during the quarter.
A request for extension of time for filing a tax return may be granted for good cause. A request for extension must be submitted online through the Charitable Gaming Organization Portal on or before the regular due date for filing the return.
A distributor is allowed to sell, lease, or provide gaming equipment to a licensed organization, distributor, or organization that has a permit.