1. A lessor's employee who is not the lessor's spouse, lessor's common household member, management, management's spouse, or lessor's employee or agent who approved the lease, may conduct games at a site, including accessing a pull-tab dispensing device or electronic pull-tab device, as an organization employee:

a. On a day when the employee is not working for the alcoholic beverage establishment; or

b. On a day when the employee is working for the alcoholic beverage establishment but is working in an area where alcoholic beverages are not dispensed or consumed.

2. A game may not be operated directly as part of a lessor's business. However, a lessor may donate a gift certificate or cash or merchandise prize to an organization.

3. A lessor, lessor's spouse, lessor's common household member, management, management's spouse, officer, board of directors member, or lessor's employee or agent who approved the lease, may not:

a. Loan money or provide gaming equipment to an organization;

b. Interfere with or attempt to influence an organization's selection of games, determination of prizes, including a bingo jackpot prize, disbursement of net proceeds, or influence the selection of a distributor to purchase gaming equipment from;

c. Conduct games at any of the organization's sites and, except for officers and board of directors members who did not approve the lease, may not play any game at the lessor's site;

d. Require an organization's employee to assist, for or without compensation, in a lessor's business at the site. However, an organization's employee voluntarily may order drinks for customers; or

e. Count drop box cash.

4. A lessor who is an officer or board member of an organization may not participate in the organization's decisionmaking that is a conflict of interest with gaming, including topics such as gaming sites and distribution of net proceeds.

5. Only an organization or its employee that has received approval from the attorney general or follows guidelines prescribed by the attorney general may buy a gift certificate or merchandise as a gaming prize from a lessor, or buy merchandise, food, or alcoholic or nonalcoholic drinks from the lessor for the lessor's employees or patrons. An organization's employee may patronize a lessor in the normal course of a lessor's business.

6. An organization, employee, or alcoholic beverage establishment may not give a free or discounted game piece, chip, or play of a game except for discounts allowed for bingo and raffle activity, or free or discounted alcoholic drink to a person to play a game. A lessor may at its own expense advertise gaming on promotional drink tickets.

7. Any advertising by the lessor, organization, or both, of lawful charitable gaming conducted by a licensed organization must include the gaming organization's name. An abbreviation of the organization's name may be used. The name of the site may be used but must be inconsequential in comparison to the licensed gaming organization.

8. If the lessor violates this rule, the attorney general may suspend any or all games at the site for up to six months.

History: Effective May 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2000; July 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; July 1, 2010; April 1, 2016; July 1, 2018; July 1, 2026.

General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1

Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1, 53-06.1-06