Sec. 692.102. - Definitions.

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Actual business expenses means those variable expenses that have a direct bearing on and are necessary to the conduct of a bingo game and related activities, the allocation of which shall be in accordance with generally acceptable accounting practices. (b) Authorized organization means a non-profit organization other than a charitable organization that is entitled under the provisions of F.S. § 849.093(3) to conduct bingo. (c) Bingo or bingo game means a game in which: (1) Each participant must pay a charge and receives one or more bingo cards; (2) The players cover squares as the operator announces a number, a letter or a combination of numbers and letters selected by chance from a receptacle containing objects bearing numbers, letters or combinations of numbers and letters corresponding to the system used for designating the squares on the bingo cards; and (3) A prize is awarded to the winner, who is the player or players first properly covering a predetermined and announced pattern of squares on the bingo card being used by the player or players. (d) Bingo card means the flat, usually rectangular, piece of paper or thin pasteboard marked off into a set of 25 squares arranged in five vertical rows of five squares each, each square being designated by a number, a letter or a combination of numbers and letters. More than one set of numbers may be printed on a single sheet of paper. (e) Charitable organization has the same definition as is given in Section 694.101(a) and also includes veterans' organizations and their auxiliaries. (f) Conviction or convicted includes also an adjudication of guilt on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or the forfeiture of a bond, when a person has been charged with a misdemeanor involving theft or illegal gambling or with a felony. (g) Entire or net proceeds means all moneys collected in exchange for the purpose of bingo cards, admissions and related sales, less only actual business expenses. (h) Lease includes a lease, sublease, assignment, rental or agreement to use any premises for the conduct of bingo, other than premises owned by the licensed organization and used by it to conduct bingo for its own benefit. (i) Lessor means a person who or organization which leases, subleases, assigns or rents any premises to be used for the conduct of bingo, or agrees to the use of the premises for the conduct of bingo. (j) Licensed organization means a charitable or authorized organization that has been issued a license under this Chapter. (k) Operator means the charitable organization or authorized organization which conducts a bingo game or a series of bingo games, including but not limited to the following activities: (1) Supply, distribution and collection of bingo cards. (2) Acceptance or collection of money from players for the purpose of participating in a bingo game or a series of bingo games. (3) Distribution of prizes to players. (4) Selecting or announcing numbers, letters or combinations of numbers and letters involved in playing the game of bingo. (l) Owner means the charitable organization or authorized organization which holds legal title to the premises on which a bingo game or a series of bingo games is played. (m) Player means a person who has paid some amount of money to the operator for one or more bingo cards and who has some expectation of receiving a prize if one or more of his bingo cards contains a sufficient number of numbers, letters or combinations of letters and numbers which are the same as those announced by the operator during a bingo game. (n) Premises means an indoor or outdoor area used for the conduct of bingo. (o) Principal officers means the president, vice-president or treasurer, or the organizational officers performing similar duties. (p) Prize means cash or anything of value awarded to a player of a bingo game or players in a series of bingo games. (q) Representative means the person designated by a licensed organization to be responsible for the conduct of bingo games. (Ord. 78-1324-661, § 1; Ord. 82-86-25, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1) Note— Former § 405.102.