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1 NORTH AMERICAN GAMING REGULATORS ASSOCIATION Standards on Pull-tabs Revised December 2005

2 HISTORY ► Adopted October 12, 1991 ► Collaborative Process  Purpose ► Product Integrity ► Uniformity ► Revised October 20, 1998 ► Revised December 12, 2005

3 The 2005 Revisions ► The Process  Proposed in 2004  Developed by NAGRA pull-tab standards committee in collaboration with industry  Adopted after membership vote 12-12-05 ► The Purpose  Modernize and simplify ► Definitions ► Restructuring of material  Update and include information for newer games ► Opacity ► Randomization ► Minimum Information ► Packaging ► Seal card, progressive/cumulative, and event games

4 DEFINITIONS ► 1991 ► Pull-tab ► Banded ticket ► Deal 2005 Pull-tab Banded Ticket Deal Event game Extended payout structure Flare Last sale game Manufacturer Non-repeating Numerical Game Payout Structure Person Progressive or Carryover game Seal Card Serial Number Winner Protection

5 Restructuring ► Eliminate commentary ► Create sections and subsections with common elements  Construction standards

6 Updates ► Opacity  Eliminate “500 watt with or without a focusing lens” ► Randomization  Eliminate “statistical” testing ► Minimum Information  Expand the ticket size categories from 2 to 3 ► 2.5 square inches or more (standard pull-tab) ► 1.6 square inches to 2.5 square inches (“tabbies” or “chips”) ► Less than 1.6 square inches (jar tickets)  Require manufacturer’s name, form and serial number to remain when all window tabs are removed ► Packaging  Heat sealed bags  Bar codes

7 Specific Standards ► Seal Cards  Requirements for the seal card  Specific language dealing with “peeking”

8 Specific Standards ► Progressive or carryover games  Identification of amount dedicated to the progressive jackpot  Tracking of games  Flare requirements

9 Specific Standards ► Event Games  Requirements for “hold” cards  Exempt from bingo prize limits

10 Rules of Play ► Delete suggestion of “check off system” ► Add “assistants” to those prohibited from playing ► Include seal cards and progressive cards as records required to be kept

11 Record Keeping ► Expands licensing of manufacturers to include those persons who:  Print, cut, fold and/or band, laminate, pack or otherwise fabricate…a deal of pull-tabs ► Mandates capturing of serial numbers by manufacturers for reporting purposes


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