Putting a Game into Play

Tipboard tickets may only be sold and redeemed at times when the premises is open for the conduct of its regular business. 

The organization determines the hours that it will conduct gambling within the regular business hours.

• a bar code is attached to the flare;
• the game name and serial number match the invoice and the tickets; and
• the serial number and form number on the bar code matches the serial number and form number printed on the tickets.

• change the prizes printed on the tipboard by the manufacturer, except to post a progressive jackpot amount;
• use a tipboard that is altered or defaced, except for flares that contain a last sale sticker added by the distributor; or
• use a tipboard with missing tickets.

The flare for tipboard games must be posted at the point of sale.

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• Before a sports tipboard is put into play any of the following items that are not preprinted on the flare by the manufacturer must be printed on the flare in permanent ink by an organization employee or volunteer:
  — The names or a detailed description of the participating professional teams.
  — The date of the professional sporting event.
  — The organization employee or volunteer who entered the information on the flare must sign and date the flare and also record the time the flare was signed and dated.
• Only the seller may physically touch or write on the game flare.
• The flare must be prominently posted at the point of sale. If the tipboard includes a grid, the grid must be in a prominent location and visible to players at all times.

• one site to another;
• a bar operation to a booth operation at a leased premises; or
• a booth operation to a bar operation at a leased premises.