Overview

Electronic linked bingo is played on a handheld and portable electronic device linked to participating sites throughout the state. This allows players to participate simultaneously for statewide progressive jackpots. Games are operated by licensed “linked bingo game providers.”  Although electronic linked bingo games play in similar ways to paper bingo games, there are some differences in the way the electronic games are conducted.

• New games may start continuously. 
• There are no paper bingo sheets to count, deface, or store. 
• A player pays cash to a seller who then loads cash credit on a handheld device. 
• The devices “communicate” with an on-site POS (point-of-sale) system using a secure wi-fi connection. 
• The player uses the cash credit on the device to purchase electronic bingo cards, limited to 36 faces per game. 
• The POS uses a single cash drawer for all electronic pull-tab and linked bingo games in play.
• Deposits for electronic gambling net receipts at a premises are required within four business days when the cumulative total net receipts reach $2,000, and after the close of business on the last day of each month. 
• Licensed organizations conduct electronic linked bingo on behalf of the linked bingo game provider and receive an allocated share of the linked bingo game provider’s overall net receipts.