(1) Manufacturers of pull tabs shall assemble, and package each pull-tab deal or series intended for sale in Missouri as follows:
(A) Each series of pull tabs shall contain a packing slip placed inside or attached to the box(es) or , container(s); or disk and
(B) The packing slip must contain the name of the manufacturer, serial number, person(s) who packed it and the date the deal or series was packaged.
(2) Winning pull tabs must be randomly distributed and mixed among all other pull tabs within a deal and or series so as to eliminate any pattern as between series, or portions of series, from which the location or approximate location of any of the winning tabs may be determined. The pull-tab deal or series must be assembled so that no placement of winners or losers exists that allows the possibility of prize manipulation or pick out.
(3) Manufacturers must mix pull tabs prior to placing them in their final packaging container(s). The mix shall insure that pull-tabs are separated from the original collated row position and dispersed amongst all rows in the final packaging container.
(4)(3) Pull-tab containers must be sealed by the manufacturer with a sticker or seal of the manufacturer and shrink wrapped. This seal and shrink wrap can only be removed by an authorized member of the bingo organization whose name shall appear on the organization’s worker list on file with the Missouri Gaming Commission. At no time can this seal or shrink wrap be removed by a supplier. Suppliers are prohibited from repackaging or bundling, etc., the pull tabs.
(5)(4) Any pull-tab protection shall be shipped in one single box, for all pull-tab deals containing more than one (1) box or unit container.
(6)(5) The commission shall have the authority to select any pull-tab deal or series, whether held by an operator, supplier, or manufacturer and to examine the quality and/or integrity of the pull-tab series in any manner including pulling all chances. Manufacturers shall be responsible for reimbursing suppliers or operators for unused games selected by the commission for quality control testing purposes.
(7)(6) Pull tabs shall be constructed and glued, sealed, or banded manufactured so that it is impossible to determine the covered or concealed numbers, symbol, set of symbols, or game protection on the pull tab until it has been dispensed to and opened by the player, by any method or device, including but not limited to, markings, variances in size, variances in paper fiber, color or printing variations or light.
(8)(7) All pull tabs will be constructed manufactured to ensure that, when offered for sale to the public, the pull tab is virtually opaque and free of security defects wherein winning or losing pull tabs cannot be determined prior to being opened through the use of high intensity lights, peeking, or any other method.
(9)(8) There shall be no consideration awarded for purchasing the last pull tab in a pull-tab deal. The prohibition against such practice, commonly referred to as a last sale feature shall include but not be limited to, pull-tab games that utilize coin boards and merchandise boards.
AUTHORITY: section 313.065, RSMo Supp. 1997.* Original rule filed Sept. 2, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Nov. 10, 1998, effective June 30, 1999.
*Original authority: 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.
Gaming Commision Response
(1) The Commission is unable to comment on this section until such time as we have viewed the electronic pull-tab. (3) The Commission would be opposed to this change. To ensure the integrity of bingo in the State of Missouri the players must have the ‘chance’ to win the pull-tab prize(s) at any time throughout the selling of that game. (6) The Commission would not be opposed to this change. (7) The Commission would not be opposed to this change if the word ‘virtually’ were also removed.