New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 17 / September 9, 2025
This
is an amendment to 15.4.6 NMAC Section 10, effective 9/9/2025.
15.4.6.10 PULL-TAB EQUIPMENT:
A. No
licensee shall permit the display or operation of any pull-tabs which may have
in any manner been marked, defaced, tampered with or otherwise placed in a
condition, or operated in a manner which may deceive the public.
B. Electronic
and video pull-tab machines are prohibited.
C. Pull-tab
dispensers shall be maintained in good repair and sound working condition.
D. All
pull-tabs in a deal shall be sold at the same price.
E. A
deal shall not exceed 25,000 tickets.
F. The seller or lessor of pull-tab
dispensers shall report to the board the sale or lease of the device prior to
the delivery or placement of the device on a licensed premise.
G. Deals intended for use in a
pull-tab dispenser comprised of multiple rolls shall have all rolls
indistinguishable from every roll in the deal.
H. The bingo
operator licensee shall keep a dispenser access entry log inside the main
cabinet access area of each pull-tab dispenser.
Every person who gains entry into any internal
space of a dispenser shall sign the access entry log, indicate the date and
time of entry and list all areas inspected, repaired or serviced. The bingo operator licensee shall retain the dispenser
log for a period of three years and shall make the dispenser log available to
the board or its authorized agents upon request.
I. A pull-tab
dispenser leased by more than one licensee shall not be used by another
licensee unless and until the licensee has removed its pull-tab deals from play
prior to use by the next licensee.
J. The keys to pull-tab
dispensers must be on the premises and in the possession and control of the
bingo licensee.
K. The board or its
agents may examine and inspect any individual pull-tab dispenser and shall have
immediate access to the dispenser and unlimited inspection of all parts of the
dispenser.
L. All pull-tabs in
any one column or sleeve of the dispenser must be of the same deal.
M. No licensee may
display, use or otherwise furnish a dispenser which has in any manner been
marked, defaced, tampered with, or which otherwise may deceive the public or
affect a person’s chances of winning.
N. No person shall initiate transport of any pull-tab
equipment other than a licensed manufacturer or distributor. Equipment is shipped or transported into the
state when the starting point for shipping or transporting begins:
(1) outside the state and terminates in
the state;
(2) in state and terminates in the state;
and
(3) between distributors / manufacturers
and bingo operator licensees.
O. Notice for transport of pull-tab equipment shall be made
on transport request tracking (TRT) forms approved by the board for
transportation of the type of equipment to be transported.
P. A manufacturer or distributor licensee shipping or transporting
one or more pieces of equipment into the state shall notify the board’s
operations division of the shipment prior to the time the shipment is made so
the board’s operations division can assign a control number to the transport request
tracking (TRT) form and notify the manufacturer or distributor licensee
shipping the device(s) of the assigned control number within three business
days of receipt of the completed TRT form prior to shipping.
Q. The transport request tracking (TRT) form, shall at a minimum
include the following information:
(1) the full name, address, and license
number of the person making the shipment;
(2) the method of shipment and the name of
the carrier, if any;
(3) the full name, address, and license
number of the person to whom the equipment is being sent and the destination of
the shipment, if different from the address;
(4) the number of pieces of equipment in
the shipment;
(5) the serial number of each piece of
equipment;
(6) the model number and description of
each piece of equipment;
(7) the expected arrival date of the
equipment at its destination within the state; and
(8) such other information as required by
the board.
R. Transport request tracking (TRT) forms shall be filled out
completely and legibly, signed by the person completing the form and
notarized. The completed forms shall be
transmitted to the board’s operations division by emailing a copy of the form
to the operations division.
S. The board’s operations division shall assign a control
number to the transport request tracking (TRT) form and notify the manufacturer
or distributor licensee shipping the equipment of the assigned control number
within three business days of receipt of the completed TRT form.
T. The manufacturer or distributor shipping the equipment to
a licensee, may ship it to the receiving licensee upon
receipt of the control number by the board.
The shipping licensee shall note the assigned control number on the transport
request tracking (TRT) form for the equipment and shall include the original
TRT form in the shipment. The original
TRT form shall have the control number on it and accompany the equipment coming
into or being moved around New Mexico.
U. A licensee receiving shipment of equipment shall notify
the board’s enforcement division of the receipt of the shipment. Following notification an agent of the
board’s enforcement division shall inspect the shipment, and the transport request
tracking (TRT) form included with the shipment to ensure that the TRT form
accurately identifies the equipment included in the shipment.
V. A licensee receiving a shipment of pull-tab equipment
shall not remove the packaging in which it was shipped until an agent of the
board has inspected the shipment and released it to the receiving
licensee. Equipment transported into the
state shall not be made available for play until an agent of the board has
inspected it and released it for play.
W. Any and all removable media requires a separate transport request tracking (TRT) form. For purpose of conduct of the pull-tab deal,
the network connection to a manufacturer central system shall be used to
facilitate point of sale system, manufacturer central system or ticket in
ticket out functions.
[15.4.6.10
NMAC - Rp, 15.4.6.10 NMAC, 2/23/2021; A, 9/9/2025]