Nebraska Statutes 9-204.01. Bingo card, defined
Bingo card shall mean:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 9-204.01
- Bingo: shall mean that form of gambling in which:
(a) The winning numbers are determined by random selection from a pool of seventy-five or ninety numbered designators. See Nebraska Statutes 9-204
- Bingo card monitoring device: shall mean a technological aid which allows a bingo player to automatically or manually enter bingo numbers as they are announced at a bingo occasion and which enters or otherwise conceals those numbers on bingo cards which are electronically stored in and displayed on the device. See Nebraska Statutes 9-204.04
- Department: shall mean the Department of Revenue. See Nebraska Statutes 9-208
- Manufacturer: shall mean any person who assembles, produces, makes, or prints any bingo equipment. See Nebraska Statutes 9-214.01
(1) In the case of seventy-five-number bingo, a disposable paper bingo card, a facsimile of a bingo card electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device, or a reusable hard bingo card or shutter card, which has letters and numbers preprinted or predetermined by a manufacturer and which:
(a) Contains five columns with five squares in each column;
(b) Identifies the five columns from left to right by the letters B-I-N-G-O; and
(c) Contains in each square, except for the center square identified as “free”, one number from a pool of seventy-five numbers; or
(2) In the case of ninety-number bingo, a disposable paper bingo card or facsimile of a bingo card electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device which has numbers preprinted or predetermined by a manufacturer and which:
(a) Contains six faces with each face containing twenty-seven squares arranged in nine columns of three squares each; and
(b) Contains in fifteen squares of each face a number from one to ninety which is not repeated on the same card.
The department may approve variations to the card formats described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section if such variations result in a bingo game which is conducted in a manner that is consistent with section 9-204.