A. The officers of a bingo licensee shall designate a bingo manager to be in charge and primarily responsible for the conduct of all games of bingo. The bingo manager shall supervise all bingo activities on the occasion for which the bingo manager is in charge. The bingo manager shall be familiar with the provisions of the state laws, the rules of the board and the provisions of the bingo license. The bingo manager shall be present on the premises continuously during the bingo games and for a period of at least thirty minutes after the last bingo game.
B. The bingo manager shall designate a game accountant to be primarily responsible for the proper preparation of the quarterly reports in accordance with the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act.
C. For a bingo game, the bingo manager shall designate a bingo caller to be responsible for drawing and announcing the bingo numbers.
D. The premises where any game of chance is being held, operated or conducted or where it is intended that any equipment be used shall at all times be open to inspection by the board and its agents and employees and by peace officers of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
E. No owner or co-owner of the premises or, if a corporation is the owner of the premises, any officer, director or stockholder owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock shall be designated as a bingo manager, a game accountant or a bingo caller.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 81, § 15; 2019, ch. 161, § 1.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, removed the provision's application to pull-tab games; in the section heading, after "bingo", deleted "and pull-tab"; in Section A, after "all games of bingo", deleted "and pull-tabs", after "supervise all", added "bingo", after "during the", added "bingo", and after "the last", added "bingo".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Article 2F - New Mexico Bingo and Raffle
Section 60-2F-1 - Short title.
Section 60-2F-3 - Gaming control board to administer act.
Section 60-2F-4 - Definitions.
Section 60-2F-5 - Application of act.
Section 60-2F-6 - Board; powers.
Section 60-2F-7 - Organizations eligible for bingo licenses.
Section 60-2F-8 - Classifications of licenses and permits.
Section 60-2F-9 - Disclosure of background information.
Section 60-2F-10 - Application for licenses or permits.
Section 60-2F-11 - Standards for granting a license or permit.
Section 60-2F-12 - Licenses and permits; specific requirements.
Section 60-2F-13 - Fees for licenses and permits; disposition of revenue.
Section 60-2F-14 - Forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license or permit.
Section 60-2F-15 - Persons permitted to conduct bingo games; premises.
Section 60-2F-15.1 - Persons permitted to conduct pull-tab games; premises.
Section 60-2F-16 - Display of license.
Section 60-2F-18 - Conduct of games of chance.
Section 60-2F-19 - Quarterly reports required; accounting requirements.
Section 60-2F-20 - Expenses; compensation.
Section 60-2F-21 - Tax imposition.
Section 60-2F-22 - Violation of act.
Section 60-2F-23 - Enforcement hearings.