Kansas Statutes 75-5184. Same; distribution of disposable bingo cards and instant bingo tickets; registration
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-5184
- Act: means the Kansas charitable gaming act. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
- Administrator: means the administrator of charitable gaming designated by the secretary pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
- Charitable gaming: means bingo, including call bingo, and instant bingo and charitable raffles. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
- Distributor: means any person or entity that sells or distributes instant bingo tickets, bingo cards or bingo faces. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
- Instant bingo: means a game: (1) In which each player pays a charge; (2) in which a prize or prizes are awarded to the winner or winners; (3) in which each player receives one or more disposable pull-tab or break-open tickets which accord a player an opportunity to win something of value by opening or detaching the paper covering from the back of the ticket to reveal a set of numbers, letters, symbols or configurations, or any combination thereof; (4) that is conducted by a licensee under this act; (5) that may be dispensed by an instant bingo vending machine; and (6) that does not utilize any dice, normal playing cards, instant ticket with a removable latex covering or slot machines. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Licensee: means any nonprofit organization holding a license to manage, operate or conduct games of bingo or charitable raffles pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Person: means any natural person, corporation, partnership, trust or association. See Kansas Statutes 75-5173
(a) No person or entity shall sell or distribute any bingo faces, bingo cards or instant bingo tickets to any licensee unless such person or entity has been issued a distributor registration certificate by the administrator. Application for registration shall be submitted to the administrator and shall be accompanied by a fee of $500 and shall be made upon forms prescribed by the administrator.
(b) Each distributor registration certificate shall expire at midnight on June 30 following its date of issuance. Application for renewal of a registration certificate shall be submitted to the administrator and shall be accompanied by a fee of $500 and shall be made upon forms prescribed by the administrator.
(c) The administrator shall establish, by rules and regulations adopted under the Kansas charitable gaming act, reasonable criteria for approval of applications for registration. The administrator shall refuse to register a distributor if any owner, manager or employee thereof, within five years prior to registration, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or illegal gambling violation in this or any other jurisdiction.
(d) All distributors shall maintain for a period of not less than three years full and complete records of all bingo cards, bingo faces and instant bingo tickets sold or distributed to licensees. Such records shall be made available for inspection by any authorized representative of the administrator.