Illinois Administrative Code › Title 86 - REVENUE › Part 3000 - RIVERBOAT AND CASINO GAMBLING › Subpart B - LICENSES › Section 3000.288 - Minimum Duties of Independent Outside Testing Laboratories

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) As a condition of licensure, a licensed
				independent outside testing laboratory is obligated to do the following:
1) Provide support contacts to the Board who
				are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
2) Provide written reports regarding casino
				testing and test results submitted, which include, at a minimum:
A) All testing performed;
B) A description of the products
				tested;
C) The unique
				identification code or signature, as approved by the Administrator, assigned to
				the product;
D) A secure hash using
				a cryptographic function designated by the Administrator;
E) A list of pay tables or other settings on
				the tested product, if applicable;
F) A description of the modifications between
				the tested product and previous versions of the tested product, if applicable;
				and
G) A list of components with
				which the product was verified to be compatible.
3) Provide the Board and its staff with
				real-time online access to all casino testing services, reports and documents
				via secure communication protocol and allow the Board to view updated reports
				of all pending, approved and obsolete video gaming terminals and any terminals
				for which the Administrator's approval has been revoked (see 11 Ill. Adm. Code
				1800.940(d) ).
4) Disclose all
				locations of any laboratory or factory at which independent outside testing
				services may be conducted. Upon request of the Board, the licensed independent
				outside testing laboratory shall reimburse the Board for all travel costs, in
				accordance with CMS travel regulations (80 Ill. Adm. Code 1800), incurred by up
				to two Board employees to inspect each laboratory or facility
				annually.
5) Assign a unique
				identification code or signature, as approved by the Administrator, and a
				secure hash using a cryptographic function designated by the Administrator to
				all Critical Program Storage Media upon testing. For purposes of this
				subsection (a)(5), "Critical Program Storage Media" means any program storage
				media containing software that is involved in, or that significantly
				influences, the operation and calculation of game play, game display, game
				result determination, game accounting, revenue or security.
A) Software in program storage media
				includes, but is not limited to:
i) game
				accounting software;
ii) system
				software; and
iii) peripheral
				firmware devices.
B)
				Critical Program Storage Media shall be verified utilizing an external
				third-party methodology approved by the Administrator.
C) Critical Program Storage Media may be
				required, as determined by the Administrator, to have security seals
				attached.
6) Conduct its
				operations in a manner that does not reflect adversely on the security or
				integrity of gaming in the State of Illinois.
7) Conduct its operations in a manner that
				deals fairly with other licensees of the Board.
8) Conduct its operations in accordance with
				Section
				3000.110.