6-8.13 Equipment Used for Remote Caller Bingo.
a. Any equipment used for remote caller bingo that requires licensing or Commission approval shall be approved in advance of its use by any organization for a remote caller bingo game.
b. No electronics or video displays shall be used in connection with remote caller bingo games except in accordance with the following:
1. Audio or video technology used to link the facilities including cable, Internet, satellite, broadband, or telephone technology, or any other means of electronic transmission that ensures the secure, accurate, and simultaneous transmission of the announcement of numbers or symbols in the game from the location at which the game is called by a natural person to the remote location or locations at which players may participate in the game; or
2. A card-minder device permitted pursuant to this section.
c. The drawing of each ball bearing a number or symbol by the natural person calling the game shall be visible to all players as the ball is drawn, including through a simultaneous live video feed at remote locations at which players may participate in the game.
d. Except as provided in this section, remote caller bingo games shall be played using traditional paper or other tangible bingo cards and dauber. All pre-printed remote caller bingo cards shall bear the legend, “for sale or use only in a bingo game authorized under California law and pursuant to local ordinance.” Only a covered or marked tangible card possessed by a remote caller bingo player and presented to a licensee’s attendant may be used to claim a prize.
e. This subsection shall not be construed to authorize any remote caller bingo equipment prohibited by Penal Code Section 326.5(p), the provisions of this chapter, Penal Code Section 326.5 generally, or any other applicable Federal, State or local law or regulation. (Ord. #2011-152)