An Act To Establish the Gambling Control Board To License and Regulate Slot Machines at Commercial Harness Racing Tracks Amend the amendment on page by paragraphs K and L (page 8, lines 4 to inserting their place the following: striking out all of in amendment) and K. Maintain the ability to activate and deactivate the operation of slot machines via the central site monitoring system under authority of board staff or persons contracted by the board; L. Ensure that the slot machine operator does not have access to any system that is capable of programming slot machines; , Further amend the amendment on page 8 by inserting after paragraph T the following: Further amend the bill in Part A in section 4 by inserting after that part designated "§1003." the following: §1004. Central site monitoring system 1. General1y. In order to facilitate the auditing and security programs reguired by section 1003, subsection 2 and in addition to the reguirements of section 1003, subsection 2, paragraphs J to Q, all slot machines must communicate Page l-LR2664(20) SENATE AMENDMENT
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Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_C_S515 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT "C" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H. P • 
1342, L.D. 1820, Bill, "An Act To Establish the Gambling Control 
Board To License and Regulate Slot Machines at Commercial Harness 
Racing Tracks" 
Amend 
the 
amendment 
on 
page 
by 
paragraphs K and L (page 8, lines 4 to 
inserting their place the following: 
striking out all of 
in amendment) 
and 
'K. 
Maintain the ability to activate and deactivate the 
operation of slot machines via the central site monitoring 
system under authority of board staff or persons contracted 
by the board; 
L. 
Ensure that the slot machine operator does not have 
access to any system that is capable of programming slot 
machines; , 
Further amend the amendment on page 8 by inserting after 
paragraph T the following: 
'Further amend the bill in Part A in section 4 by inserting 
after that part designated "§1003." the following: 
'§1004. 
Central site monitoring system 
1. 
General1y. 
In order to facilitate the auditing and 
security programs reguired by section 1003, subsection 2 and in 
addition to the reguirements of section 1003, 
subsection 2, 
paragraphs 
J 
to 
Q, 
all 
slot 
machines 
must 
communicate 
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electronically with the central site monitoring system reguired 
pursuant to section 1003, subsection 2, paragraph J. 
The board 
shall select a central site monitoring system. 
The central site 
monitoring system, 
in addition to other functions 
the board 
determines necessary, must: 
A. 
Be a fully operational slot machine control system that 
has the capability of supporting all slot machines licensed 
for operation in the State and is capable of being upgraded 
to 
maintain 
a 
fully 
operational 
and 
proper 
reporting 
capability; 
B. 
y§g 
a 
wiggly 
a~~gpt~g ggming 
ingy§try 
prgtg~Ql to 
fa~ilitat~ 
§lgt 
ma~hing 
manyfa~turgr§' 
ability 
tg 
~gmmyni~atg with thg ~~ntral /iiit~ mgnitoring §y§t~m: 
C. 
Have 
thg 
capability 
to 
sypport 
prggre/iisive 
slot 
machings, both in-hgy§e and wigg-arga, as apprgved by the 
board. 
For pyrposes of this paragraph, 
"progre/iisiyg /iilot 
machine" means a slgt machine or series of slgt machine/ii in 
wbich tbe payback gmoynt to an inMvidyal player increases 
as tbat player continyes tg play the /iilot maching gr /iilot 
machings; 
D. 
Allow thg /iilgt machine gperator tg in/iitall inggpendgnt 
playgr tracking /iiY/iitgms to inclyge ca/iihlgss technology as 
approved by thg board; 
E. 
Bg incapable of altering thg /iitatistica1 awards of slot 
maching/ii, as gesignated by the /iilgt maching manufactyrer ang 
approvgd by thg board; 
F. 
Provige rggungancy tg en/iiyre that each cgmpgngnt of the 
network is capablg of gperating indepengently if angther 
compongnt of the netwgrk fails 
ang 
tQ 
en/iiure that all 
tran/iiactional gata i/ii captyrgd ang sgcyrgd: ang 
G. 
Havg 
thg ability to megt the repgrting and control 
reguirgmgnt/ii 
set 
fgrth 
in 
sgctign 
1003, 
subsectign 
2, 
paragraphs A tg T. 
2. 
Third-party contractor. 
If tbg boarg contract/ii with a 
3rg party tg gperate thg cgntral /iiite monitoring sy§tgm, thg 3rg 
party must meet, as dgtermingg by the boarg, 
thg /iiyitability 
rgguiremgnt dgscribed in section 1016, sub/iigctign 2. 
3. 
Initial acgy.isition of central site monitoring system. 
Thg 
board 
shall 
select 
the 
central 
site mgnitgring 
system 
pre/iienting 
the 
lowest overall 
cost alternative, 
taking 
into 
consideration tbg capital cgsts, operating costs and impact on 
grgss slot maching revenue§, that is capablg of satisfying the 
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requirements of this section and section 1003, as determined by 
the board.' 
Further amend the bill in Part A in section 4 by renumbering 
any nonconsecutive section number to read consecutively.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the Gambling Control Board to use a 
central site monitoring system that, in addition to having other 
features determined necessary by the board, has the ability to 
support all slot machines licensed for operation in the State, 
including progressive slot machines, 
uses 
a 
widely 
accepted 
gaming 
industry 
protocol 
to 
fac.ilitate 
slot 
machine 
manufacturers' 
ability to 
communicate 
with the central site 
monitoring system, allows the slot machine operator to install 
independent player tracking systems and has backup components. 
In selecting the central site monitoring system, the board is 
required to select the system with the lowest overall cost that 
meets these requirements. 
If the board contracts with a 
3rd 
party to operate the central site monitoring system, that 3rd 
party must meet the 
same suitability requirements 
as others 
seeking to obtain a license for gambling-related activities. 
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SPONSORED BY: 
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(Senator MAYO) 
COUNTY: 
Sagadahoc 
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