Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 8 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR GAMING DEVICES AND ON-LINE SLOT SYSTEMS › Chapter 2 - INTEGRITY OF DEVICES › Rule 13-8-2.9 - Control program requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) All must employ
				a mechanism approved by the Executive Director to verify control programs code
				and data. The mechanism used must detect at least 99.99 percent of all possible
				media failures. If these programs and data are to operate out of volatile RAM,
				the program that loads the RAM must reside on and operate from a Conventional
				ROM Device.
(b) All gaming devices
				having control programs or data stored on memory devices other than
				Conventional ROM Devices must:
1. Employ a
				mechanism approved by the Executive Director which verifies that all control
				program components, including data and graphic information, are authentic
				copies of the approved components. The Executive Director may require tests to
				verify that components used by licensees are approved components. The
				verification mechanism must have an error rate of less than 1 in 10 to the 38th
				power and must prevent the execution of any control program component if any
				component is determined to be invalid. Any program component of the
				verification or initialization mechanism must be stored on a Conventional ROM
				Device that must be capable of being authenticated using a method approved by
				the Executive Director.
2. Employ a
				mechanism approved by the Executive Director which tests unused or unallocated
				areas of any alterable media for unintended programs or data and tests the
				structure of the storage media for integrity. The mechanism must prevent
				further play of the gaming device if unexpected data or structural
				inconsistencies are found;
3.
				Provide a mechanism for keeping a record, in a form approved by the Executive
				Director, anytime a control program component is added, removed, or altered on
				any alterable media. The record must contain the date and time of the action,
				identification of the component affected, the reason for the modification and
				any pertinent validation information;
4. Provide, at a minimum, a two-stage
				mechanism for validating all program components on demand via a communication
				port and protocol approved by the Executive Director. The first stage of this
				mechanism must verify all control components. The second stage must be capable
				of completely authenticating all program components, including graphics and
				data components in a maximum of 20 minutes. The mechanism for extracting the
				authentication information must be stored on a Conventional ROM Device that
				must be capable of being authenticated by a method approved by the Executive
				Director.
5. If approved before
				August 1, 2004, receive a waiver from the Executive Director for any
				modification to the device if the full implementation of this section cannot be
				met. The Executive Director may waiver portions of this section if the
				manufacturer can demonstrate to the Executive Directors satisfaction that the
				imposition of the full standard would hinder the design of the device or pose a
				hardship due to limitations in the approved Platform.