Common Terms

Bar code	Bar codes are used by the Department of Revenue to track the distribution, sales, and reporting of tipboards throughout the state. It is the manufacturer’s responsibility to place a bar code on each tipboard flare.
Deal	A deal is an individual game of tipboards that is either a separate package or series of packages consisting of one game with the same serial number.
Flare	The flare is the posted display that: has a bar code and a Minnesota geographic boundary symbol imprinted or affixed; and is used to inform players of the information needed to play a particular deal of tipboards (prizes to be awarded, winning symbols, etc.).
Meat raffle	A tipboard game in which the prize awarded is a meat package. “Meat raffles” may also be conducted using a paddlewheel without a table or regular raffle tickets.
Seal	Tipboards, other than sports tipboards, always have a seal that is opened or uncovered to reveal the winning number or symbol.
Seal card	A seal card is a board or placard used in conjunction with a deal of tipboards and contains a seal or seals that, when opened or uncovered, reveal predesignated winning numbers, letters, or symbols.
Sports tipboard	A sports tipboard is a tipboard game where players purchase tickets, or spaces on a flare, or a combination of both. The tickets or spaces conceal numbers. If the player’s number(s) match or otherwise correspond with the number(s) in the score of a designated professional sporting event, the player wins. There are variations on how the games are structured. The winning numbers may only be based on professional sporting events between two teams that are members of the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLS, or MLB (no college or other amateur games are allowed).
Tipboard	"Tipboard" means a board, placard, or other device containing a seal that conceals the winning number or symbol, and that serves as the game flare for a tipboard game.
Tipboard ticket	A tipboard ticket is a single ticket that is folded or banded, a group of banded tickets, or a multi-ply card, the face of which is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view to conceal a number, symbol, or set of symbols, some of which have been designated in advance and at random as prize winners. For a sports tipboard, the tipboard ticket contains a set of numbers used to determine the winner based on the numerical outcome of a professional sporting event.