Each seller must login to the point-of-sale (POS) system using his or her unique login credentials. Personal identification codes and passwords may not be shared or used by others. Generic IDs such as “cashier” or “bar” are prohibited.
Sellers must verify that the player is 18 or older.
The player gives cash to the seller for the amount of credit the player would like loaded on the handheld device.
The seller documents the cash received in the POS station, loads the electronic device with the appropriate credits, and provides the player the electronic device.
For information on who may and may not participate in electronic pull-tabs and electronic linked bingo, see Who May and May Not Participate in Lawful Gambling.
1. A bartender sells and redeems electronic pull-tabs and electronic linked bingo games from behind the bar. The site also has a pull-tab booth where organization employees sell paper pull-tabs only. Can the bartender play paper pull-tabs purchased from the pull-tab booth on days when she is not working?
No. By selling and redeeming electronic pull-tabs and electronic linked bingo games at the site, the bartender is involved in the conduct of gambling at the site. She is ineligible to play paper/electronic pull-tabs, linked bingo, tipboards or paddlewheel at the site at any time, whether sold from the pull-tab booth or from behind the bar.
2. An organization member regularly performs the month-end physical inventory of gambling equipment at the organization’s wholly owned premises. The member is not compensated for performing this duty. This is the only gambling related conduct performed by the member. On the 20th of the month, the organization member won a $5,000 electronic linked bingo prize while playing electronic games at the site. Was this member eligible to play electronic games at the site and were they eligible to claim the $5,000 electronic linked bingo prize?
No. Organization members involved in the conduct of paper/electronic pull-tabs, linked bingo, tipboards or paddlewheels may not participate as a player of paper/electronic pull-tabs, linked bingo, tipboards or paddlewheels at the premises where they work. “Conduct” includes performing inventory counts of gambling equipment. The fact that the member had not performed these duties in the two weeks prior to their large bingo win does not make them eligible to play. They are still regularly involved in the conduct of gambling at the site.
3. An organization requires all of its members to participate in performing final audits of pull-tab games from all of its permitted premises. The organization members are not compensated for performing these duties. Could a member of this organization play electronic pull-tabs or electronic linked bingo at one of the organization’s permitted premises?
No. Organization members involved in the conduct of paper/electronic pull-tabs, linked bingo, tipboards or paddlewheels may not participate as a player of paper/electronic pull-tabs, linked bingo, tipboards or paddlewheels at the premises where they work. “Conduct” includes auditing games or making deposits.