Infinity Group, Inc. v. Manzagol

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

This case presents the sole issue of whether machines that electronically simulate the game of pull tabs are allowed by the Bingo and Raffle Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 60-2B-1 to - 14 (Repl.Pamp.1991). We hold that the Act allows for the operation of such machines by those organizations covered by the Act.

BACKGROUND

The purpose of the Act, which was passed in 1981, “is to make lawful and regulate the conducting of certain games of chance by certain nonprofit organizations.” Section 60-2B-2. A “game of chance” is defined by the Act as

that specific kind of game of chance commonly…