Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1800 - VIDEO GAMING (GENERAL) › Subpart S - INDEPENDENT TESTING LABORATORIES › Section 1800.1940 - Approval of Video Gaming Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Before being offered for play, all video
				gaming equipment must be approved by the Administrator.
b) All video gaming equipment must be tested
				by an independent outside testing laboratory before the Administrator will
				review the video gaming equipment.
c) Request for Approval
1) Any licensee seeking approval of any piece
				of video gaming equipment must initiate its request by submitting that piece of
				video gaming equipment to a licensed independent outside testing laboratory.
				The licensee must cooperate with the licensed outside testing laboratory in
				providing all equipment and information needed for certification by the
				Board.
2) Each licensed independent
				outside testing laboratory must notify the Administrator, upon receipt of any
				request to test video gaming equipment for approval in Illinois, in a format
				prescribed by the Administrator. The notification shall, at minimum:
A) Identify the licensee seeking approval of
				the video gaming equipment;
B)
				Describe the product for which approval is being sought;
C) Indicate the date on which the request was
				received; and
D) Include a unique
				identification code or signature, approved by the Administrator, for Critical
				Program Storage Media. For purposes of this subsection (c)(2)(D) and Section
				1800.1930(a)(2),
				"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.
i) Software
				in program storage media includes, but is not limited to:
* game accounting software;
* system software; and
* peripheral firmware devices.
ii) Critical Program Storage Media shall be
				verified utilizing an external third-party methodology approved by the
				Administrator.
iii) Critical
				Program Storage Media may be required, as determined by the Administrator, to
				have security seals attached.
3) The independent outside testing laboratory
				shall submit a written report in accordance with Section
				1800.1920(a)(2)
				after completing the testing.
4)
				The Administrator may request additional information from either the licensee
				or the licensed independent outside testing laboratory in making his or her
				determination under subsection (d)(2).
5) The Administrator may require additional
				testing. Whether the additional testing is performed by the original
				independent outside testing laboratory or another independent outside testing
				laboratory is to be determined by the manufacturer. Additional testing will be
				required when the Administrator determines that it is necessary to ensure the
				integrity or proper functioning of any of the items listed in Section
				1800.1930(a)
				because of the existence of one or more of the following:
A) Inconclusive initial test
				results;
B) A need to establish
				repeatability of test results; or
C) A need to determine compatibility with
				components other than those tested.