1.    All money received from games must be accounted for according to the gaming rules.

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Gaming activity for a quarter must be reported on a tax return form prescribed by the attorney general. Unless otherwise authorized by the attorney general, the purchase price of a merchandise prize must be paid from a gaming bank account by check. A cash prize paid by check must be paid from a gaming bank account. No check drawn from a gaming or trust bank account may be payable to “cash” or a fictitious payee. A cash prize that exceeds an amount set by rule must be accounted for by a receipt prescribed by the gaming rules.

2.    Allowable expenses may be deducted from adjusted gross proceeds. The allowable expense limit is sixty percent of the adjusted gross proceeds per quarter.

3.    Cash shorts incurred in games and interest and penalty are classified as expenses.

4.    For a site where bingo is conducted:

a.    If bingo is the primary game, the monthly rent must be reasonable.

b.    If bingo is not the primary game, but is conducted with twenty-one, paddlewheels, or pull tabs, no additional rent is allowed.

5.    For a site where bingo is not the primary game:

a.    If twenty-one or paddlewheels is conducted, the monthly rent may not exceed two hundred dollars multiplied by the necessary number of tables based on criteria prescribed by gaming rule. For each twenty-one table with a wager greater than five dollars, an additional amount up to one hundred dollars may be added to the monthly rent. If pull tabs is also conducted involving only a jar bar, the monthly rent for pull tabs may not exceed an additional one hundred seventy-five dollars. If pull tabs is conducted involving only a dispensing device or a jar bar and dispensing device, the monthly rent for pull tabs may not exceed an additional three hundred twenty-five dollars.

b.    If twenty-one and paddlewheels are not conducted but pull tabs is conducted involving either a jar bar or dispensing device, the monthly rent may not exceed four hundred dollars.

c.    If pull tabs is conducted using one or more electronic pull tab devices, the monthly rent may not exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars per machine for the first five machines in the same venue. For each additional machine in the same venue beyond five, the monthly rent may not exceed seventy-five dollars per machine up to a maximum of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars per month for all electronic pull tab devices in a single venue.