In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Beneficial ownership" means record ownership and:
(i) stock or other ownership in one or more entities in a chain of parent and subsidiary or affiliated entities, any one of which participates in the capital or profits of a licensee, regardless of the percentage of ownership involved;
(ii) any interest that entitles a person to benefits substantially equivalent to ownership by reason of any contract, lease, understanding, relationship, agreement, or other arrangement, even though the person is not the record owner; and
(iii) unless there are special circumstances, securities held by an individual's spouse or relatives, including children, living in the home.
(2) "Bingo" means that specific game of chance played with cards having randomly-numbered squares ranging from 1 to 75 in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers on the cards conforming to a predetermined pattern of numbers. The cards shall have five vertical rows headed respectively by the letters B.I.N.G.O., with each row having five randomly numbered squares, except that one or more squares may be labeled "free". The term "bingo" includes instant bingo.
(3) "Bingo equipment and supplies" means all equipment and devices commonly used in the direct operation of bingo or instant bingo, including the receptacle, object, rack, verification board, and cards.
(4) "Commercial bingo" means bingo for which any type of consideration is paid or collected in order to play the game, but the term does not include bingo conducted by charitable and nonprofit organizations permitted to conduct bingo under State or County law.
(5) "Commission" means the Amusement License Commission established by § 11-2-104.
(6) "Gross receipts" means the total revenue received from bingo games and admission charges, excluding the cost of prizes or winnings distributed, but without regard to other expenses.
(7) "Instant bingo" means a specific game of chance played by the random selection of one or more individually prepackaged cards, with winners determined by preprinted letters, numbers, or symbols.
(8) "Licensee" means the holder of a commercial bingo license, but the term does not include the holder of a manufacturer's or distributor's license or a linked bingo game provider.
(9) "License holder" means a licensee, a holder of a manufacturer's and distributor's license, or a linked bingo game provider.
(10) "Linked bingo game" means a bingo game simultaneously played at two or more locations at which licensees are authorized to conduct commercial bingo games.
(11) "Linked bingo game provider" means a person who provides equipment or management services to be used in the conduct of a linked bingo game.
(12) "Managerial employee" means a director, officer, and any other employee having managerial control over a licensee's commercial bingo business, the general manager, the chief financial officer, the chief bookkeeper, and any individual placed in direct control of commercial bingo games during a session.
(13) "Manufacturer and distributor" means any person who manufactures, sells, leases, or otherwise provides or distributes bingo equipment or supplies to licensees.
(14) "Objects" means a set of 75 balls or other precision shapes identical in size and shape on which are printed numbers and letters, with numbers 1 through 15 marked with the letter "B", numbers 16 through 30 marked with the letter "I", numbers 31 through 45 marked with the letter "N", numbers 46 through 60 marked with the letter "G", and numbers 61 through 75 marked with the letter "O".
(15) "Owner" means an individual proprietor or a general or limited partner, and the term includes a person with a beneficial ownership interest in a licensee and a shareholder of a corporate licensee having 10% or more interest, including beneficial ownership, in the licensee.
(16) "Progressive game" means a bingo game in which a prize amount is carried over to a subsequent game if no winner is declared after a specified number of draws or calls are completed.
(17) "Proposed transferee" means a proposed purchaser, lessee, assignee, or person acquiring ownership or control of a license or of a licensee.
(18) "Rack" means the container in which the objects are placed after being drawn and announced.
(19) "Receptacle" means the container from which the objects are drawn or ejected.
(20) "Session" means a series of bingo games conducted by a licensee during a single 24-hour period.
(1985 Code, Art. 16, §§ 2-301, 2-307, 2-310) (Bill No. 96-91; Bill No. 4-00; Bill No. 9-05)