"Bingo" means a game conducted in the following manner:
- (1) Each participant receives at least one (1) card, board, pad, or piece of paper marked off into twenty-five (25) squares that are arranged in five (5) vertical rows of five (5) squares each, with each row designated by a single letter, and each box containing a number, from one (1) to seventy-five (75), except the center box, which is always marked with the word "free".
- (2) As the caller of the game announces a letter and number combination, each player covers the square corresponding to the announced number, letter, or combination of numbers and letters.
- (3) The winner of each game is the player who is the first to properly cover a predetermined and announced pattern of squares upon the card used by the player.
As added by P.L.58-2019, SEC.4.