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349.12 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2021 10 Subd. 26. Manufacturer. "Manufacturer" means a person or entity who assembles from raw materials or subparts a completed piece of gambling equipment, and who sells or furnishes the equipment for resale or for use in the state. The term includes a person who converts, modifies, adds to, or removes parts or a portion from an item, device, or assembly to further its promotion, sale, or use as gambling equipment in this state. A person only adding or modifying promotional flares to advise the public of the prizes available, the rules of play, and the consideration required is not a manufacturer. Subd. 26a. Master flare. "Master flare" is the posted display, with registration stamp affixed or bar code imprinted or affixed, that is used in conjunction with sealed groupings of 100 or fewer sequentially numbered paddle ticket cards. Subd. 27. Net profit. "Net profit" means gross profit less reasonable sums actually expended for allowable expenses. Subd. 28. Organization. "Organization" means any fraternal, religious, veterans, or other nonprofit organization. Subd. 28a. Paddle ticket. "Paddle ticket" means a preprinted ticket that can be used to place wagers on the spin of a paddlewheel. Subd. 28b. Paddle ticket card. "Paddle ticket card" means a card to which detachable paddle tickets are attached. Subd. 28c. Paddle ticket card number. "Paddle ticket card number" means the unique serial number preprinted by the manufacturer on the stub of a paddle ticket card and the paddle tickets attached to the card. Subd. 29. Paddlewheel. "Paddlewheel' means a vertical wheel marked off into sections containing one or more numbers, and which, after being turned or spun, uses a pointer or marker to indicate winning chances, and may only be used to determine a winning number or numbers matching a winning paddle ticket purchased by a player. A paddlewheel may be an electronic device that simulates a paddlewheel. Subd. 30. Person. "Person" is an individual, organization, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trustee, or legal representative. Subd. 30a. Profit carryover. "Profit carryover" means cumulative net profit less cumulative lawful purpose expenditures. Subd. 31. Promotional ticket. A paper pull -tab ticket or paper tipboard ticket created and printed by a licensed manufacturer with the words "no purchase necessary" and "for promotional use only" and for which no consideration is given is a promotional ticket. Subd. 32. Pull -tab. "Pull -tab" means a single folded or banded paper ticket, multi -ply card with perforated break -open tabs, or a facsimile of a paper pull -tab ticket used in conjunction with an electronic pull -tab device, the face of which is initially covered to conceal one or more numbers or symbols, and where one or more of each set of tickets, cards, or facsimiles has been designated in advance as a winner. Subd. 32a. Pull -tab dispensing device. "Pull -tab dispensing device" means a mechanical device that dispenses paper pull -tabs and has no additional function as an amusement or gambling device. A pull -tab dispensing device may have as a component an auditory or visual enhancement to promote or provide information about a game being dispensed, provided the component does not affect the outcome of a game or display the results of a game or an individual ticket. Official Publication of the State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes