Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 7 - ACCOUNTING RECORDS › Chapter 12 - MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS › Rule 13-7-12.4 - Approval Of Gaming Devices; and the Operation of New Inter- Casino Linked Systems; Applications And Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) A
				manufacturer or distributor shall not distribute a gaming device in this state
				and a licensee shall not offer a gaming device for play unless it has been
				approved by the Commission or is offered for play pursuant to a field test
				ordered by the Executive Director.
(b) An operator of an inter-casino linked
				system shall not install and operate a new inter-casino linked system in this
				state and a licensee shall not offer any gaming device or game for play that is
				part of such a system unless operation of the inter-casino linked system and
				all gaming devices or games that are part of or connected to the inter-casino
				linked system have been approved by the Executive Director or are offered for
				play pursuant to a field test ordered by the Executive Director.
(c) Applications for approval of a new gaming
				device or to operate a new inter-casino linked system must be made and
				processed in such manner and using such forms as the Executive Director may
				prescribe. Only licensed manufacturers may apply for approval of a new gaming
				device. Only operators may apply for approval to operate a new inter-casino
				linked system. Each application must include, in addition to such other items
				or information as the Executive Director may require:
1. A complete, comprehensive, and technically
				accurate description and explanation in both technical and lay language of the
				manner in which the device or inter-casino linked system operates, signed under
				penalty of perjury;
2. A statement
				under penalty of perjury in such form as required by the Executive Director,
				that to the best of the manufacturer's knowledge, the gaming device meets the
				standards of Regulations Part 3, Chapter 12 and Part 8, or, in the case of an
				inter-casino linked system, that to the best of the operator's knowledge, the
				system meets the standards of Regulations Part 3, Chapter 12 and Part
				8;
3. In the case of a gaming
				device, a copy of all executable software, including data and graphic
				information, and a copy of all source code for programs that cannot be
				reasonably demonstrated to have any use other than in a gaming device,
				submitted on electronically readable, unalterable media;
4. In the case of a gaming device, a copy of
				all graphical images displayed on the gaming device including, but not limited
				to, reel strips, rules, instructions and paytables; and
5. In the case of an inter-casino linked
				system:
i. An operator's manual;
ii. An internal control system;
iii. A hold harmless agreement;
iv. A graphical representation in such form
				as required by the Executive Director of the system theme and all related
				signage; and
v. Information
				sufficient to calculate a theoretical payoff schedule amount including, but not
				limited to, the base and reset amounts, the total contribution percentage and a
				breakdown of that percentage including contribution rates to all progressive
				payoff schedules and all reset funds, the odds of winning the progressive
				payoff schedule and the amount of the wager required to win the progressive
				payoff schedule.