23.16.2406    PRIZE AWARDS FOR LIVE KENO AND BINGO GAMES

(1) All live keno operators must provide a pay table listing prizes awarded on winning cards. All valid winning keno cards presented to the keno caller before the next game must be paid in full as per the pay table.

(2) All live bingo operators must provide a list of general game rules and normal prize payouts. This provision does not preclude bingo operators from conducting games not listed in their rules or adjusting payouts, as long as the games are legal under the provisions of the statutes and administrative rules and the changes are announced to the players before the game begins.

(a) All valid winning patterns on bingo cards must be paid in full as per the listed or announced prizes.

(b) In no case may:

(i) the prizes paid out exceed $800 per winning pattern;

(ii) the total prizes paid during a regular bingo session exceed $3,000;

(iii) the total prizes paid during a special bingo session exceed $5,000;

(iv) bingo games be extended in any manner so as to exceed the prize limitations; or

(v) identical cards be played so as to exceed prize limitations.

History: 23-5-115, MCA; IMP, 23-5-412, MCA; NEW, 1990 MAR p. 828, Eff. 4/27/90; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 1942, Eff. 10/18/91; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 2786, Eff. 11/25/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 2834, Eff. 10/28/94; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1509, Eff. 7/15/05; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 1681, Eff. 10/1/11.