The term "pull tab" means the gaming pieces used in a defined population game of chance.
These gaming pieces are constructed of paper, cardboard, or other materials capable of being imprinted with concealed numbers or symbols, some of which have been predesignated as winners by the manufacturer and which are randomly placed within the population of all pull tabs comprising a specific deal.
Pull tabs are known in various jurisdictions as "charitable gaming tickets," "break-opens," "hard cards," "banded tickets," "jar tickets," "pickle cards," "lucky seven cards," "Nevada club tickets," "instant bingo tickets," and other such names .
They represent a niche market, and are played mostly in bars and taverns.
The games have significant restrictions of the claiming of prizes, and prizes must often be claimed from the retailer who sold the ticket on the day it was sold.
They do however, tend to offer high prize returns (similar to scratch games) and can be very inexpensive (as little as $0.25 in the US).
Break-opens are offered mostly in the US, Canada and Europe.
SOURCE: North American Gaming Regulators Association and The Whole World Lottery Guide.

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Five Face Criminal Charges in Connection with Manipulating Pull-Tab Games
ST. PAUL, Minn. (December 12, 2009) – According to local media reports a bartender, a janitor and three other men face criminal charges accusing them of playing pull-tabs after hours at a South St. Paul bar, allegedly cherry-picking the games most likely to win based upon the bartender’s inside knowledge.............Subscribers

Should Pull-Tabs be Expanded? Video Pull-Tabs Could Boost Charity Revenues
IOWA (February 10, 2009) -- District 27A Rep. Robin Brown introduced legislation last week to legalize video pull-tabs for charitable gambling organizations..........Subscribers

Lottery Says Illegal Pull-Tabs Cost State Millions
MADISON, Wisconsin, USA (November 20, 2008) - Illegal pull-tab games are costing the Wisconsin Lottery millions in revenue, but prosecutors rarely go after their operators, according to an audit released Thursday..........Subscribers

Pollard Banknote Awarded Pull Tab Contract by the Iowa Lottery
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, USA (November 3, 2008) -- American Games, an affiliate of Pollard Banknote, has been awarded a two-year contract by the Iowa Lottery for the production of pull tab tickets. Commencing January 1, 2009, the contract gives the Lottery the option of exercising three one-year extensions. American Games expects the contract's revenues to total over $3.2 million (US), all extensions included.........Subscribers

Pull-Tabs Not Paying Off For Minnesota Charities
DULUTH, Minnesota (October 12, 2008) -- Charitable groups across Minnesota are continue to report disappointing sales numbers on pull tabs..........Subscribers

Pull-Tab Supplier Faces License Revocation
KENTUCKY, USA (July 23, 2008) -- The Department of Charitable Gaming (DCG) has taken the first steps toward revoking the license of a company that sells gaming supplies.............Subscribers

Idaho Lottery Awards International Gamco, Inc. With Pull-Tab Contract
BOISE, Idaho, USA (July 23, 2008) -- The Idaho Lottery announced today that it has awarded its pull-tab services contract to International Gamco, Inc. (“Gamco”). Under the five-year agreement, Gamco will assume all aspects of the Idaho Lottery’s pull-tab product line, including.............Subscribers

Legislators Reopen Pull Tabs Debate Lawmakers May Act To Close Loophole Allowing Unlimited Tavern Prize Drawings
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, USA (March 10, 2008) -- The legislature may not be done with pull tabs. The bill passed last week to legalize pull-tab gambling in taverns also legalized winner-take-all raffle drawings there.................Subscribers

Pull-Tab Bill Headed To Governor
INDIANAPOLIS, (March 5, 2008) --  According to a local published report, the House gave a final legislative nod Tuesday to a bill that would allow taverns to offer pull tabs and other low-stakes gambling..................Subscribers

Senate Votes To Allow Pull Tabs in Bars and Taverns
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, USA (February 28, 2008) - The state Senate has voted to allow pull tabs in bars and taverns................Subscribers

Pull-Tab Bill Clears Panel, Goes To Senate
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, USA (February 22, 2008) -- The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 8-3 on Thursday to pass a bill authorizing small-stakes paper gambling in bars and taverns across the state.............Subscribers

Pull Tabs Complicate Slots Issue
MARYLAND, USA (February 15, 2008) -- Senator Roy Dyson has filed a bill calling on the state attorney general to seek a court ruling in St. Mary’s on whether for-profit or nonprofit organizations may operate 'instant bingo' gaming devices..............Subscribers

Pull-Tab Bill Moves to the State Senate Next Week
INDIANA, USA (January 31, 2008) -- A bill being discussed in the state legislature could legalize gambling pull-tabs in Indiana..........Subscribers

Bill Allowing Bars to Offer Pull Tabs Advances
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (January 24, 2008) - An Indiana House committee has passed a bill to allow bars and taverns to offer pull tabs and other low-stakes gambling..............Subscribers

Pull-tab Sales Declining Statewide
MINNESOTA, USA (October 12, 2007) -- Pull-tab sales by nonprofit organizations are declining statewide, and according to an article................Subscribers

Lottery Tickets Available For First Time in UK Pubs
UNITED KINGDOM (September 28, 2007) -- Lottery King has launched its pull tab lottery tickets for the first time in UK Pubs........Subscribers

Pull-Tabs Post Largest-Ever Single-Quarter Sales Numbers
AUSTIN, Texas, USA (May 26, 2006) -- Pull-tabs posted the highest sales ever for a single quarter during the period from January through the end of March this year........Read the full story at: Vol 35 No 9

Sales of Pull-Tabs Red-Hot Across Texas in 2005, Post Largest-Ever Receipts
AUSTIN, Texas, USA (March 9, 2006) -- Sales of pull-tabs, the instant tickets of charitable bingo, sizzled during 2005, bringing in a record.........Read the full story at: Vol.34 No.11

Premier Manufacturer of Pull-Tab Tickets Installs New KBA Rapida 105 Six-Color
WILLISTON, VT, USA (February 16, 2006) -- KBA North America, a leading supplier of sheet-fed offset and digital presses based in Williston, VT, has announced that ........Subscribers

Pull Tabs Continue to Create Sales for Charities and Non-Profits in Charitable Bingo
AUSTIN, Texas, USA (October 28, 2005) -- In the autumn of 2002, new pull-tab games, called event pull-tab games, went on sale at bingo halls across the state and became a major success for non-profits that conduct charitable bingo games.......Read the full story at: Vol.33 No.6