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Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-402

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Definitions

Official statutory text

As used in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, Section 401 et seq.

of this title:

1. "Bingo" means a game in which each player receives a bingo

face and covers the squares according to the numbers, letters, or

combination of numbers and letters that have been announced by the

caller. The numbers and letters called are on an object selected at

random either manually or mechanically from a receptacle in which

have been placed the objects bearing the numbers, letters, or

combinations of numbers and letters corresponding to the system used

for designating the bingo face squares. The winner of each bingo

game is the player who first properly covers a predetermined and

announced pattern of squares upon the bingo face being used by the

player;

2. "Bingo face" means a flat piece of paper which is marked off

into any number of squares in any arrangement of rows, with each

square being designated by number, letter or combination of numbers

and letters and with one or more squares designated as a "free"

space with the word "Oklahoma" and a facsimile outline of a map of

Oklahoma in it, which cannot be reused after the game in which a

player has used it is over;

3. "Breakopen ticket card" means a single folded or banded

ticket or a card, the face of which is initially covered or

otherwise hidden from view to conceal a number, letter, symbol, or

set of letters or symbols, a few of which numbers, letters or

symbols out of every set of charity game tickets have been

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designated in advance at random as prize winners and which is used

in a breakopen ticket game;

4. "Breakopen ticket game" means a game wherein a player

receives a breakopen ticket card. A breakopen ticket game shall

meet the following criteria:

a. the game shall be assembled so that no placement of

winners or losers exists that allows the possibility

of prize manipulation,

b. the concealed numbers, letters, or symbols shall not

be visible from the outside of the game using high

intensity lamps. Protection shall be provided by the

opaque paper stock employed, with the possible

addition of colors and printed blockout patterns or by

use of an aluminum foil laminate,

c. a unique symbol or printed security device, such as a

specific number keyed to particular winners or the

name of the symbol or some of the symbol colors

changed for a window, or other similar protection

shall be placed in the winning windows of prize

windows to ensure that the winner image is unique,

d. it shall not be possible to detect or pick out winning

from losing tickets through variations in printing

graphics, color, or use of different printing plates,

e. it shall not be possible to isolate winning or

potential winning tickets from minor variations in

size or cutting of the tickets comprising a particular

packet, and

f. each ticket in a game shall have a serial number. All

tickets in a game shall have the same serial number

appearing in a conspicuous place on the ticket;

5. "Business entity" means a person, company, corporation, or

partnership organized for profit;

6. "Charity game" means a bingo game, U-PIK-EM bingo game, or

breakopen ticket game conducted by an organization pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act;

7. "Charity game equipment" means any object uniquely designed

for use in the conducting of a charity game including, but not

limited to, bingo faces, U-PIK-EM bingo game sets, and breakopen

ticket cards. Items used in conducting charity games which are not

charity game equipment are ink markers, furniture and general

furnishings of rooms where charity games are conducted;

8. "Commission" or "ABLE Commission" means the Alcoholic

Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission;

9. "Day session" means the set time frame within which

conducting of charity games is authorized beginning no earlier than

10:00 a.m. and ending no later than 5:00 p.m.;
ch are not

charity game equipment are ink markers, furniture and general

furnishings of rooms where charity games are conducted;

8. "Commission" or "ABLE Commission" means the Alcoholic

Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission;

9. "Day session" means the set time frame within which

conducting of charity games is authorized beginning no earlier than

10:00 a.m. and ending no later than 5:00 p.m.;

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10. "Deal" means one series of breakopen ticket game cards

which has a stated number of winner payouts and a stated amount of

the payouts;

11. "Distributor" means a person or business entity that sells,

markets, or otherwise provides charity game equipment to an

organization;

12. "Doing business" means either conducting a charity game by

an organization or providing goods or services to an organization by

a business entity;

13. "Employee" means a person who works for compensation in a

licensed charity game establishment;

14. "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child or

sibling or spouse of a parent, child or sibling of a resident of a

facility exempt from specific provisions of the Oklahoma Charity

Games Act as provided in subsection C of Section 405 of this title;

15. "Licensee" means any person, organization, or business

entity which has received a license from the Commission;

16. "Location" means the building, including the individual

rooms and equipment in the rooms, grounds, and appurtenances,

including adjacent premises if subject to the direct or indirect

control of the organization while conducting a charity game, which

are used in connection with or in furtherance of the conducting of a

charity game;

17. "Manager" means a person who:

a. is an employee of an organization,

b. has supervisory authority over other employees or over

the conduct of charity games, and

c. has been designated as such by the organization

pursuant to the provisions of subsection D of Section

408 of this title;

18. "Manufacturer" means a person or business entity that

assembles from raw materials, supplies, or subparts to form a

completed series of charity game equipment for use in charity games

and that sells, markets, or otherwise provides such equipment to a

distributor;

19. "Night session" means the set time frame within which

conducting of charity games is authorized beginning no earlier than

5:00 p.m. and ending no later than 12:00 p.m. midnight;

20. "Organization" means a religious, charitable, labor,

fraternal, educational, or other type of association or any branch,

lodge, chapter, or auxiliary of such association which:

a. operates without profit to its members,

b. has been in existence and been operating as a

nonprofit organization for not less than two (2) years

prior to applying for an organization license,

c. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of

paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), or

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(19) of subsection (c) of Section 501 or paragraph (1)

of subsection (a) of Section 509 of the United States

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C.,

Section 501(c) et seq. or Section 509(a)(1), and

d. formulates bylaws which clearly identify and

establish:

(1) method of electing officers and their duties,

(2) method by which members are elected, initiated or

admitted,

(3) the rights and privileges of each member,

(4) that each member has one vote, and
ction 509 of the United States

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C.,

Section 501(c) et seq. or Section 509(a)(1), and

d. formulates bylaws which clearly identify and

establish:

(1) method of electing officers and their duties,

(2) method by which members are elected, initiated or

admitted,

(3) the rights and privileges of each member,

(4) that each member has one vote, and

(5) that membership rights are personal to the member

and not assignable;

21. "Progressive game" means a game in which prizes are allowed

to be carried over and increased from session to session;

22. "U-PIK-EM bingo game" means a game played wherein a player

writes the numbers on a U-PIK-EM bingo game set. The player retains

one sheet of the set and deposits the second sheet in a receptacle

in the control of the organization. The player then covers the

numbers as the caller announces a number. The numbers called are on

an object selected at random either manually or mechanically from a

receptacle in which have been placed the objects bearing the

numbers. The winner of each U-PIK-EM bingo game is the player who

first covers all the numbers appearing on the retained sheet in

accordance with the pattern as designated on the sheet; and

23. "U-PIK-EM bingo game set" means two paper sheets of

carbonless paper both bearing identical serial numbers on which a

player writes numbers or letters, wherein one sheet is retained by

the player and used for playing and one sheet is held by the

organization and used for verifying winners.

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