South Carolina Code 12-21-4007. Site system and electronic dabber specifications
(1) A site system must:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-21-4007
- Card: means a printed or nonprinted design on which there are arranged five horizontal rows and five vertical columns forming twenty-five squares. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Distributor: means a person who brings or sells bingo cards in this State and who is approved by the department. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Electronic dabber: means a hand-held electronic device that allows a player to store, display, and mark bingo card faces that have been downloaded or activated as authorized by the bingo ticket. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- game: means a specific game of chance, commonly known as bingo, in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers and symbols selected at random. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- House: means the nonprofit organization and promoter licensed with the department. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Nonprofit organization: means an entity which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, or fraternal purposes and which is exempt from federal income taxes pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19). See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Player: means one who participates in a game of bingo other than as an agent, promoter, or representative of the house. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Promoter: means an individual, corporation, partnership, or organization licensed as a professional solicitor by the Secretary of State who is hired by a nonprofit organization to manage, operate, or conduct the licensee's bingo game. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Session: means a consecutive series of games which must occur only between the hours of 12:00 p. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
- Site system: means a computer accounting system commonly referred to as a point of sale system used in conjunction with electronic dabbers. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
(a) record a nonresetable electronic consecutive six digit receipt number for each transaction;
(b) issue a player a receipt for each transaction containing the:
(i) name of a site or organization;
(ii) date and time of transaction;
(iii) number of electronic bingo card images downloaded or activated;
(iv) selling price of a card or package, gross proceeds, and receipt number; and
(v) serial number of device issued to a player;
(c) print a summary report for each session containing:
(i) the date and time of the report;
(ii) the name of site;
(iii) the date of the session;
(iv) the sequential session number;
(v) the number of transactions;
(vi) the number of voided transactions;
(vii) the number of electronic bingo card images downloaded or activated;
(viii) the number of devices used;
(ix) the total gross proceeds; and
(x) any other information required by the department.
(2) An electronic dabber:
(a) must be a portable hand-held unit and must not be wired directly to a site system;
(b) must be used in conjunction with a bingo ticket purchased from the house which entitles the player to mark his cards electronically rather than using paper cards and marking them manually;
(c) must have no more than one hundred eighty faces to be played on each game when used in a class "B" game and no more than three hundred faces to be played on each game when used in a class "AA" game;
(d) must require a player to manually enter each bingo number called;
(e) must display a player’s best card or a winning card and alert only that player through an audio or video method, or both, that the player has a winning card;
(f) must erase automatically all stored cards at the end of the last game of a session or when the device is turned off;
(g) must be downloaded or activated with new cards at the beginning of each session;
(h) must be used only for one unit for each player, at any time during the bingo session. A player may purchase additional cards to be marked manually, but not for use with an electronic dabber;
(i) must not be a video lottery machine, video gaming machine, or other device prohibited by § 12-21-2710;
(j) must not be used or be capable of being used to play a game other than bingo as authorized by this article; and
(k) must not be used or be capable of being used in an activity prohibited by § 16-19-40 or 16-19-50.
(B) The department’s representatives may examine and inspect any site system and related equipment, electronic dabber and related equipment, or other machine or device used in the conduct of bingo by the promoter, nonprofit organization, or player. The examination and inspection must include immediate access to the electronic dabber and unlimited inspection of all parts, equipment, and associated systems.
(C) A player may exchange a defective electronic dabber for another provided a disinterested player verifies that the electronic dabber is not functioning.
(D) The bingo ticket as defined in § 12-21-3920(3) must be perforated and allows both the player and the house to retain a copy. The ticket must be sold at face value. Only the number of faces printed on the bingo ticket may be downloaded or activated into the electronic dabber, no more or less, and at no time may bingo cards be sold for use with an electronic dabber and bingo ticket in matching face value or for any other purpose. The bingo tickets must be purchased on a bingo voucher only through a distributor licensed in this State. The bingo ticket must be torn in two along the perforation required in this subsection and the player must be given one part of the ticket and the house must retain the other part of the ticket for its books and records.
(E) After completion of each session the organization shall generate an activity report containing the number of electronic dabbers used in the session along with the house receipts for each bingo ticket sold. This report must be printed and maintained with the daily reports of the bingo session held.