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Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 139.00 - Continuing disclosure and reporting obligations of gaming licensees › Section 139.08 - Audit of Gaming Licensee Operations by Commission

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
In accordance with M.G.L. c. 23K, § 65 the commission
				shall audit on an annual basis, and at other times the commission, or the IEB,
				determines necessary the accounts, programs, activities, and functions of a
				gaming licensee and/or any aspect of the gaming establishment and compliance
				with any provision of the gaming licensee's system of internal controls
				approved in accordance with
				205 CMR
				138.02:
Licensee's System of Internal
				Controls
. To conduct the audit, authorized officers and employees of
				the commission shall be given access by the gaming licensee to such accounts at
				reasonable times and may require the production of books, documents, vouchers
				and other records relating to any matter within the scope of the audit and as
				otherwise provided in accordance with
				205 CMR 142.00:
Regulatory Monitoring and Inspections
; provided however, that
				a gaming licensee's tax returns will not be audited by the commission. All
				audits shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
				standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
				and the standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
				In any audit report of the accounts, funds, programs, activities and functions
				of a gaming licensee issued by the commission containing adverse or critical
				audit results, the commission may require a response, in writing, to the audit
				results. Such a response shall be forwarded to the commission within 15 days of
				notification by the commission. Where possible, efforts will be made not to
				audit areas that were the subject of, and satisfactorily addressed by, the
				annual audit required in accordance with
				205 CMR
				139.07.
Prior to submitting the requisite report required in accordance
				with M.G.L. c. 23K, § 65 to the clerks of the house of representatives and
				the senate, the gaming licensee shall be offered an opportunity to review the
				commission's report and make any requests allowed in accordance with
				205 CMR
				139.02. The commission may modify the
				information contained in the report to address the concern, but shall not
				adjust the findings of the audit.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 139.00 - Continuing disclosure and reporting obligations of gaming licensees › Section 139.09 - Capital Expenditure Plan

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(1) For purposes
			 of 205 CMR 139.09, net gaming revenue means gross gaming revenue as calculated
			 in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 140.02:
Computation of Gross Gaming
			 Revenue
, minus taxes remitted to the commonwealth in accordance with
			 205 CMR 140.03:
Remittance
.
(2)
			 Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 23K, § 21(a) (4), A gaming licensee shall annually
			 make, or cause to be made, capital expenditures to its gaming establishment in
			 a minimum aggregate amount equal to 3.5% of the net annual gaming revenues
			 derived from the gaming establishment; provided, however, that a gaming
			 licensee may make capital expenditures in an amount less than 3.5% per year as
			 part of a multi-year capital expenditure plan approved by the commission. If
			 the gaming licensee intends to make capital expenditures as part of a
			 multi-year capital plan, the plan shall be submitted to the commission for
			 approval at least three months prior to the end of the first fiscal year
			 included in the multi-year plan. A multi-year capital plan must, at a minimum,
			 provide for the establishment of, and annual contribution to, a capital reserve
			 account. Over the term of the plan, the total expenditures shall equal or
			 exceed 3.5% of the net annual gaming revenues derived from the gaming
			 establishment during the covered term of years unless good cause is
			 demonstrated to the contrary by licensee.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 140.00 - Gross gaming revenue tax remittance and reporting › Section 140.01 - Description of Tax and Assessment

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Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 23K, § 55, the following taxes and
				assessment shall be calculated and remitted to the commission on a daily
				basis:
(1) A category 1 licensee shall
			 pay a daily tax of 25% on gross gaming revenue computed in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 140.02.
(2) A category 2 licensee shall pay:
(a) A daily tax of 40% on gross gaming
			 revenue computed in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 140.02; and
(b) A daily assessment of 9% of its gross
			 gaming revenue computed in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 140.02 which shall be credited by the
			 commission to the Race Horse Development Fund.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 140.00 - Gross gaming revenue tax remittance and reporting › Section 140.02 - Computation of Gross Gaming Revenue

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(1) In
			 accordance with M.G.L. c. 23K, § 2, gross gaming revenue shall be the
			 total of all sums actually received by a gaming licensee from gaming operations
			 less the total of all sums paid out as winnings to patrons. Gross gaming
			 revenue shall be calculated as follows:
(a)
			 Gross gaming revenue shall include the gross gaming revenue from table games,
			 calculated in accordance with 205 CMR 140.02(2), plus the gross gaming revenue
			 from slot machines and other electronic gaming devices, calculated in
			 accordance with 205 CMR 140.02(3).
(b) Gross gaming revenue shall be calculated
			 by
gaming day
as the term is set forth in the gaming
			 licensee's approved system of internal controls in accordance with 205
			 CMR.
(c) Any amounts that a gaming
			 licensee is unable to collect pursuant to any credit issued to a patron to take
			 part in gaming activity in accordance with 205 CMR shall be deemed as amounts
			 actually received be a gaming licensee from gaming operations for purposes of
			 calculating gross gaming revenue.
(d) Gross gaming revenue shall not include
			 any amount received by a gaming licensee from simulcast wagering or from credit
			 extended or collected by the gaming licensee for purposes other than
			 gaming.
(e)
Treatment
			 of Promotional Gaming Credit
. For purposes of calculating gross
			 gaming revenue, the total of all sums actually received shall not include
			 amounts that the gaming licensee can demonstrate were:
1. issued by the gaming licensee as
			 promotional gaming credit as defined by M.G.L. c. 23K, § 2 to enable the
			 patron to wager at the gaming licensee's gaming establishment; and
2. received from a patron as a wager at a
			 slot machine or table game in the gaming licensee's gaming
			 establishment.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 140.00 - Gross gaming revenue tax remittance and reporting › Section 140.03 - Remittance

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(1) A gaming licensee shall make daily
			 deposits of the tax and assessment in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 140.01 by 5:00 P.M. the day following each
			 day of wagering, under such conditions, and in such depositories as shall be
			 prescribed by the commission. If the day following a day of wagering is a legal
			 holiday, the deposit shall be made on the next business day.
(2) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 23K, §§
			 55, 59, and 60 collected tax revenues and assessments will be deposited or made
			 payable to the Commonwealth of MA, Gaming Revenue Fund and Racehorse
			 Development Fund, as applicable. Collected taxes will be transferred to the
			 Gaming Revenue Fund. Collected assessments will be transferred to the Racehorse
			 Development Fund. Once funds are available in the Gaming Revenue Fund, the
			 Office of the Comptroller will perform operating transfers to the funds as
			 required under M.G.L. c. 23K, § 59. A daily remittance report in a format
			 prescribed by the commission setting forth the amount of gross gaming revenue
			 upon which the daily tax payment and assessment is based shall be filed with
			 the commission concurrently with the remittance to the Gaming Revenue Fund and
			 Racehorse Development Fund.
(3)
			 Gaming licensees shall estimate slot machine drop provided that such estimates
			 are calculated through a system of reading and recording slot machine meters,
			 which methodology has been submitted by the gaming licensee and approved by the
			 commission. Gaming licensees shall submit to the commission a daily slot
			 machine drop estimate, calculated in accordance with such approved methodology,
			 with each daily required tax deposit.
(4) In the absence of use of a central
			 monitoring system by the commission, a gaming licensee may use the estimated
			 slot machine drop outlined in 205 CMR 140.03(3) provided that the approved
			 methodology is utilized for purposes of all daily remittances.
(5) If a gaming licensee estimates slot drop
			 in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 140.03(3), a gaming licensee
			 shall perform a monthly reconciliation with respect to slot machine gross
			 gaming revenues actually received during the preceding
			 month.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 140.00 - Gross gaming revenue tax remittance and reporting › Section 140.04 - Reports and Reconciliation Regarding Gross Gaming Revenue Tax

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(1) On or before the
			 15th calendar day of each month, the gaming licensee
			 shall file a monthly gross gaming revenue report with the commission, in a
			 format acceptable to the commission, which shall reflect the amount of gross
			 gaming revenue actually derived on a daily basis during the preceding month,
			 the amount of daily tax deposits required for that month, the amount of gross
			 gaming revenue derived during the year to the end of the preceding month, and
			 the tax liability for the year calculated to the end of the preceding month. In
			 the event that the commission determines the total amount of gross gaming
			 revenue tax deposits made for the month to be less than the daily gaming
			 revenue tax liability for that month, the commission will invoice the gaming
			 licensee the amount due based on the true up from the daily deposits from the
			 succeeding month. In the event that the commission determines the total amount
			 of the deposit made by the gaming licensee for the month to be greater than the
			 gross gaming revenue tax liability due, the commission will refund the gaming
			 licensee the amount due based on the true up from the daily deposits from the
			 succeeding month. Nothing in
			 205
			 CMR 140.04(1)  shall limit
			 any authority of the commission to determine the insufficiency of any gross
			 revenue tax deposit or deposits, to require payments of penalties and interest,
			 or to allow or disallow any claim for refund due to overpayment as may be
			 determined by the commission pursuant to any audits performed for the
			 verification of gross gaming revenues.
(2) Each gaming licensee shall file with the
			 commission an annual report relative to its gross gaming revenues and the
			 taxation and assessments due and remitted in accordance with
			 205 CMR 140.00. The report
			 shall be filed no later than March 15th following
			 the tax year. The annual gaming revenue tax report shall be in a format
			 acceptable to the commission.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 140.00 - Gross gaming revenue tax remittance and reporting › Section 140.05 - Examination of Accounts and Records for Verification of Gross Gaming Revenues

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(1) The commission or its designee may
			 perform audits of the books and records of a gaming licensee, at such times and
			 intervals as it deems appropriate, in order to verify gross gaming
			 revenues.
(2) The gaming licensee
			 shall permit duly authorized representatives of the commission to examine the
			 gaming licensee's accounts and records for the purpose of verifying gross
			 gaming revenues. In the event that any records or documents deemed pertinent by
			 a commission examiner are in the possession of another person or entity, the
			 gaming licensee shall be responsible for making those records or documents
			 available to the commission examiner within the time period provided by the
			 commission.
(3) The gross gaming
			 revenue verification process may incorporate audit work performed by a gaming
			 licensee's internal audit department or its independent accountant or auditor
			 provided that:
(a) Such audit work is
			 conducted in accordance with minimum standard internal audit procedures which
			 have been submitted to and approved by the commission including, at a minimum,
			 a detailed description of the audit tests to be performed;
(b) The gaming licensee submits to the
			 commission by January 31st of each year a gross
			 gaming revenue audit plan specifying the scheduled audit dates for that
			 upcoming calendar year; and
(c) The
			 gaming licensee submits to the commission no later than March
			 15th of each year, copies of all internal audit
			 reports and any other reports directly relating to the reporting of gross
			 revenue for the preceding tax year.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.01 - Approval of Surveillance System

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(1) In
			 accordance with 205 CMR, all gaming licensees must submit a plan to the
			 commission for a system of effective closed circuit television ("CCTV")
			 surveillance of the gaming establishment. No gaming licensee may commence
			 gaming operations without the commission's approval of its CCTV surveillance
			 plan as part of its system of internal controls. The surveillance plan must
			 adequately address, at a minimum, all elements included in
			 205 CMR 141.00.
(2) Nothing in
			 205 CMR 141.00 shall be
			 construed so as to limit a gaming licensee's use of advanced technology or new
			 technology, provided that if the gaming licensee intends to utilize any new
			 technology not identified in its initial proposal submitted in accordance with
			 205 CMR, it shall submit for commission approval the changes to its system of
			 internal controls to incorporate the use of any such new technology in
			 accordance with 205 CMR.
(3) The
			 term commission in
			 205 CMR 141.00 shall include
			 staff assigned to the IEB and any other designated staff of the
			 commission.
(4) The term division
			 in
			 205 CMR 141.00 shall include
			 Assistant Attorneys General and State Police assigned to the Division of Gaming
			 Enforcement in accordance with M.G.L. c. 12, § 11M.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.02 - Commission Access to the Surveillance System

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A surveillance plan must provide for the commission and the
				division to be afforded access to the CCTV system and its transmissions
				including, at a minimum:
(1) Use of
			 and unfettered access, by way of keycard or other similar mechanism, to the
			 monitoring room in the gaming establishment and all materials
			 therein;
(2) Ability of commission
			 and the division, upon written approval from the director of the IEB, the
			 commander of the gaming enforcement unit of the State Police, or chief of the
			 division to direct employees of the gaming establishment to vacate the
			 monitoring room in the event that such presence would, in the determination of
			 the commission or the division, compromise the integrity of an investigation
			 and there are no alternative means available to pursue the
			 information;
(3) Monitors located
			 within the commission office in the gaming establishment which are capable of
			 accessing all video and audio and still photography available to the gaming
			 licensee, with the ability for the commission to independently control any
			 camera;
(4) Ability of the
			 commission and the division, or its designated staff, to access the CCTV system
			 and its transmissions, that have been encrypted to ensure security, remotely
			 outside of the gaming establishment;
(5) Recording(s) or photographs(s) to be made
			 by the gaming licensee at the direction of the commission or the division;
			 and
(6) Integration of a priority
			 system preventing staff of the gaming establishment from controlling a segment
			 of the system when being utilized by the commission, the division, or its
			 staff.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.03 - CCTV Equipment

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A surveillance plan must provide for the utilization of a CCTV
				surveillance system which includes, at a minimum, the following equipment and
				specifications:
(1) Light sensitive
			 cameras, with lenses of sufficient magnification to allow for the reading of
			 information on gaming chips, playing cards, dice, tiles, slot machine reel
			 symbols, slot machine credit meters, and employee credentials and with 360 E
			 pan, tilt and zoom ("PTZ") capabilities to effectively and clandestinely
			 monitor in detail and from various vantage points;
(2) Equipment and supplies as may be required
			 by the Commission, taking into consideration current developments in electronic
			 and computer technology, for the effective performance of the activities to be
			 conducted therein including, without limitation:
(a) A communication system capable of
			 monitoring all gaming establishment security department activities;
			 and
(b) If computerized monitoring
			 systems are used by the gaming licensee in its gaming operations, view-only
			 terminals which allow access to all information concerning cage, slot, and
			 table games operations;
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.04 - Areas to Be Monitored and Recorded

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(1) A
			 surveillance plan must provide, at a minimum, for the effective monitoring of
			 the following areas of the gaming establishment in detail and from various
			 vantage points:
(a) The gaming area
			 including, but not limited to, effective and clandestine observation of:
1. Slot machine play;
2. Table game play including:
a. One or more fixed or PTZ cameras focused
			 over each gambling table, covering the entire table layout, provided that each
			 table is viewable by at least three PTZ cameras;
b. A sufficient number of cameras to monitor
			 players and dealers at each gambling table that are:
i. Dedicated to each table; and
ii. Able to determine the card, tile, dice
			 and chip values for winning hands.
3. Each simulcast window that is open for
			 business;
4. Operations conducted
			 in cashier cages, and the offices ancillary thereto, to include coverage
			 sufficient to observe the face of each patron transacting business at each cage
			 and satellite cage window from the direction of the cashier; and to include a
			 fixed camera over each money drawer;
5. All processes conducted in count rooms,
			 within which there must be audio capability;
6. Movement and storage of cash, gaming
			 chips, and all other representatives of value, cards, dice, tiles, and any
			 other equipment used in table games, drop boxes, slot drop boxes and within the
			 gaming establishment;
7. All
			 entrances and exits to and within the gaming area; and
9. The operation of gaming voucher redemption
			 machines and gaming voucher systems and electronic transfer credit
			 systems.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.06 - Notice to the Commission of Changes

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A surveillance plan must provide for notification to the
				commission prior to the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) CCTV equipment is replaced; including any
			 change/upgrade to system hardware, firmware or software, including identifying
			 the reason for the change;
(2) Slot
			 machine (in accordance with
			 205
			 CMR 144.03:
Installation and Approval
			 for Use of an Electronic Gaming Device
) or table game (in accordance
			 with
			 205
			 CMR 138.66(3)(b) ) locations
			 are modified (so as to enable the commission to review the new locations for
			 adequate coverage);
(3)
Equipment Failure Occurs
. Notice of such shall be
			 immediately made to the IEB, upon discovery by the gaming licensee, and include
			 the time and cause of the malfunction, if known, the time that the security
			 department was apprised of the malfunction by the surveillance department, and
			 any communications with the security department by the surveillance department
			 relating to the malfunction; or
(4)
			 Camera relocation occurs.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.07 - Recording Transmission Outside of the Gaming Establishment

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A surveillance plan must provide limitations on CCTV
				transmissions that, at a minimum, do not allow transmissions outside the gaming
				establishment with the exception of:
(1) Wide-area progressive slot machine
			 systems monitoring;
(2) Remote
			 access to the system exclusively by the commission and the division at an
			 off-site commission office or division office via an encrypted transmission;
			 and
(3) Such transmissions as may
			 be permitted outside the gaming establishment by written order of the
			 commission;
(4) Transmission of
			 signal to the man-trap to allow department to view who is trying to gain
			 entry.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.08 - Independence of the Surveillance Department

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A surveillance plan must provide for the independence of
				surveillance department employees assigned to monitor the activities of the
				gaming establishment. 205 CMR 141.08 shall include, at a minimum, that those
				employees shall be independent of all other departments. 205 CMR 141.08 must
				include the period of time that must lapse before:
(a) Any surveillance department employee who
			 monitored the activities of the gaming establishment may become employed in any
			 department that said employee had monitored; and
(b) Any non-surveillance employee who works
			 in the gaming establishment of the gaming licensee can become employed in the
			 surveillance department. Upon petition to the IEB and for good cause shown, the
			 gaming licensee may request a relaxation of the time periods herein for
			 individual cases.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 141.00 - Notice to the Commission of Changes › Section 141.09 - Access to the Monitoring Room

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A surveillance plan must provide for limited access to the
				monitoring room which, at a minimum, shall include:
(1) That the entrances to the monitoring room
			 not be visible from the gaming area or any other public area;
(2) Identification by position of each
			 employee allowed access to the monitoring room or any other designated area
			 capable of receiving CCTV transmission. Any person who enters any monitoring
			 room or such designated area, who is not a surveillance department employee,
			 shall sign the Monitoring Room Entry Log upon entering the restricted area. The
			 Monitoring Room Entry Log shall be:
(a) Kept
			 in the CCTV monitoring room;
(b)
			 Maintained in a book with bound numbered pages that cannot be readily removed
			 or via an electronic equivalent;
(c) Signed by each person whose presence is
			 not expressly authorized in accordance with 205 CMR 141.09(2), with each entry
			 containing, at a minimum, the following information:
1. The date and time of entering into the
			 monitoring room or designated area;
2. The entering person's name and his or her
			 department or affiliation;
3. The
			 reason for entering the monitoring room or designated area;
4. The name of the person authorizing the
			 person's entry into the monitoring room or designated area; and
5. The date and time of exiting the
			 monitoring room or designated area.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 142.00 - Regulatory Monitoring And Inspections › Section 142.01 - Scope of Commission's Authority to Conduct Administrative Monitoring and Inspections

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(1) The commission
			 may monitor and conduct inspections as set forth in
			 205 CMR
			 142.02 in order to effectuate the purposes of
			 M.G.L. c. 23K.
(2) The term
			 commission in
			 205 CMR 142.00 shall include
			 staff assigned to the IEB and any other designated staff of the
			 commission.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.03 - On-line Monitoring and Control Systems (MCS) and Validation System

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(1) A gaming licensee and gaming device
			 vendor shall comply with and the Commission adopts and incorporates by
			 reference
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC Standard GLI-13:
			 On-line Monitoring and Control Systems (MCS) and Validation Systems in
			 Casinos
, version 2.1, released September 6, 2011, subject to the
			 following amendments:
(a) Delete section
			 1.1.
(b) Delete section
			 1.3.
(c) Delete section
			 1.5.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.04 - Cashless Systems

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(1) A gaming
			 licensee and gaming device vendor shall comply with and the Commission adopts
			 and incorporates by reference
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC
			 Standard GLI-16: Cashless Systems in Casinos
, version 2.1, released
			 September 6, 2011, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.2.
(b) Delete section 1.4.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.05 - Bonusing Systems

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(1) A gaming
			 licensee and gaming device vendor shall comply with and the Commission adopts
			 and incorporates by reference
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC
			 Standard GLI-17: Bonusing Systems in Casinos
, version 1.3, released
			 September 6, 2011, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.2.
(b) Delete section 1.4.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.06 - Promotional Systems

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(1) A gaming
			 licensee and gaming device vendor shall comply with and the Commission adopts
			 and incorporates by reference
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC
			 Standard GLI-18: Promotional Systems in Casinos
, version 2.1, released
			 September 6, 2011, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.2.
(b) Delete section 1.4.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.07 - Kiosks

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(1) A gaming licensee and gaming device
			 vendor, and a Sports Wagering Operator and Sports Wagering Vendor, shall comply
			 with and the Commission adopts and incorporates by reference Gaming
			 Laboratories International, LLC Standard GLI-20: Kiosks, version 2.0, released
			 May 14, 2019, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.1.1 and replace with the
			 following: "The following sets forth the technical standards for Kiosks as
			 identified in
			 205
			 CMR 144.01(2)."
(b) Delete section 1.1.2.
(c) Delete section 1.2
(d) Delete section 1.3.3 and replace with the
			 following: "This GLI technical standard is adopted in whole subject to the
			 modifications described in
			 205
			 CMR 143.07. The standard and modifications
			 should at all times be read in conjunction with 205 CMR and the standards
			 referenced in section 1.4.1 so as to create a harmonious regulatory
			 framework."
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.08 - Client-server Systems

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(1) A gaming
			 licensee and gaming device vendor shall comply with and the Commission adopts
			 and incorporates by reference
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC
			 Standard GLI-21: Client-server Systems
, version 2.2, released
			 September 6, 2011, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.1.
(b) Delete section 1.2.
(c) Delete section 1.4.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.09 - Electronic Table Game Systems

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(1) A
			 gaming licensee and gaming device vendor shall comply with and the Commission
			 adopts and incorporates by reference
Gaming Laboratories International,
			 LLC Standard GLI-24: Electronic Table Game Systems,
version 1.3,
			 released September 6, 2011, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.1.
(b) Delete section 1.3.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.12 - Network Security

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As part of its internal controls submission in accordance with
				205 CMR 138.01, a
				gaming licensee shall annually submit an infrastructure and data security plan
				to the Commission for review and approval. The plan should employ best
				practices
(i.e.,
NIST SP 800-53 or ISO/IEC 27001) for
				protecting infrastructure and data.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.13 - Player User Interface Systems

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(1) A gaming
			 licensee and gaming device vendor shall comply with and the Commission adopts
			 and incorporates by reference
Gaming Laboratories International, LLC
			 Standard GLI-28: Player User Interface Systems,
version 1.0, released
			 February 14, 2011, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Delete section 1.1.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 143.00 - Gaming Devices And Electronic Gaming Equipment › Section 143.16 - Communications Protocols

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A slot machine or other electronic gaming device in operation
				in a gaming establishment may operate any industry standard open communication
				protocol approved by the Commission, provided that the system is fully
				compatible with the Commission's central monitoring system and all required
				gaming devices, and is capable of providing all data required by the
				Commission. A gaming licensee shall not operate any slot machine or other
				electronic gaming device in a gaming establishment, unless the slot
				machine:
(a) is able to
			 bi-directionally communicate with the Commission's central monitoring
			 system;
(b) transmits, on a per bet
			 basis, data relative to amounts wagered, amounts won, cash in, cash out, and
			 similar financial information necessary for tax collection and
			 auditing;
(c) allows remote
			 verification of gaming device software using a Commission approved verification
			 tool;
(d) allows remotely
			 activating and disabling slot machines; and
(e) transmits data relative to any restarts,
			 shutdowns, resets, game changes, door open, and other maintenance
			 events.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 144.00 - Approval of slot machines and electronic gaming equipment and testing laboratories › Section 144.01 - Delivery and Installation of Slot Machines, Electronic Gaming Devices, and Software

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(1) No new or
			 modified electronic gaming device listed in 205 CMR 144.01(2) shall be:
(a) delivered to a gaming licensee or anyone
			 permitted to possess such a device in accordance with
			 205
			 CMR 145.01(1), by a gaming
			 vendor unless a prototype of the gaming device has been certified in accordance
			 with
			 205 CMR
			 144.04 and notice provided in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 144.02; or
(b) installed, modified, operated, or moved
			 by a gaming licensee in a gaming establishment unless notice has been provided
			 and approval received in accordance with
			 205
			 CMR 144.03.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 144.00 - Approval of slot machines and electronic gaming equipment and testing laboratories › Section 144.02 - Delivery of Electronic Gaming Devices to a Gaming Licensee

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(1) In order for an electronic gaming device
			 to be approved for use in a gaming establishment, a gaming vendor, at its own
			 expense, must submit the electronic gaming device for scientific testing and
			 technical evaluation in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 144.04 by a commission certified independent
			 testing laboratory certified pursuant to
			 205 CMR
			 144.06 to determine compliance with M.G.L. c.
			 23K and
			 205 CMR 143.00:
Gaming Devices and Electronic Gaming Equipment
. The gaming
			 vendor must provide the certified independent testing laboratory with all
			 documentation and other materials necessary to conduct testing and evaluate
			 compliance. The gaming vendor shall provide notice of submission of a new
			 prototype for testing to the commission's gaming technology laboratory
			 contemporaneously with submission to the independent testing
			 laboratory.
(2) Upon certification
			 of a prototype of an electronic gaming device by a certified independent
			 testing laboratory, a gaming vendor may deliver the electronic gaming device to
			 the gaming licensee, or any other person authorized to possess such a device in
			 accordance with
			 205
			 CMR 145.01(1), after
			 providing notice to the commission, as directed, in accordance with
			 205
			 CMR 145.02(2). Upon receipt
			 of the notice, the commission may deny entry of any electronic gaming device it
			 determines may not be compatible with the commission's central monitoring
			 system or for any reason necessary to protect the integrity of gaming in the
			 Commonwealth.
Provided, prior to delivery of any such electronic gaming
				device into the Commonwealth the gaming vendor and electronic gaming device
				shall be in compliance with
				15 U.S.C.
				1173.
(3) Upon submission of the electronic gaming
			 device prototype for testing to a certified independent testing laboratory in
			 accordance with 205 CMR 144.02(1) and
			 144.04,
			 the commission's gaming technology lab may require that the gaming vendor
			 provide to the commission's gaming technology lab, at the gaming vendor's
			 expense, a functioning prototype of the electronic gaming device as well as all
			 software, documentation and other materials necessary to conduct testing and
			 evaluate compliance. The commission's gaming technology lab may conduct any
			 testing of the electronic gaming device it desires and require any further
			 subsequent action.
(4) The gaming
			 vendor and gaming licensee shall promptly notify the commission if it becomes
			 aware of any negative action taken in another jurisdiction relative to a gaming
			 device that has been delivered to a gaming licensee, or if it becomes aware of
			 an issue that may negatively impact the reporting of revenue, game outcome, or
			 the integrity of such a device.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 144.00 - Approval of slot machines and electronic gaming equipment and testing laboratories › Section 144.03 - Installation and Approval for Use of an Electronic Gaming Device

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(1)
(a) No
			 electronic gaming device shall be installed or operated in a gaming
			 establishment, nor shall a previously approved electronic gaming device be
			 modified or moved from a previously approved location, unless a gaming licensee
			 first submits a request for approval to the commission, as directed, at least
			 five days prior to the anticipated installation, operation, modification, or
			 movement date and such request is approved. The commission, or its designee,
			 may approve such request on shorter notice in exceptional circumstances. The
			 request for approval shall be in the form prescribed by the commission. Devices
			 identified in 205 CMR 144.0 l(2)(o) shall be exempt from this approval
			 procedure, but shall remain subject to inspection by the commission.
(b) For purposes of 205 CMR 144.03, modified
			 or modification means a change or alteration to an electronic gaming device's
			 software and/or hardware previously approved by the commission for installation
			 or operation in Massachusetts
(e.g.
change to control
			 programs, change to the theoretical payout percentage, change of denomination,
			 or a change to the hash signature).
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 144.00 - Approval of slot machines and electronic gaming equipment and testing laboratories › Section 144.04 - Required Testing by Independent Testing Laboratories

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(1) Any testing by a commission certified
			 independent testing laboratory for the purposes of certifying an electronic
			 gaming device shall be conducted in compliance with M.G.L. c. 23K and
			 205 CMR
			 143.00:
Gaming Devices and Electronic Gaming
			 Equipment
and 144.00.
(2)
			 The independent testing laboratory shall issue a report of the testing results
			 to the gaming vendor and to the commission pursuant to
			 205
			 CMR 145.02(2). Such report
			 shall contain:
(a) the part and version
			 numbers of the electronic gaming device tested;
(b) attachments containing documents
			 sufficient to describe the functionality and operation of all material
			 components of the electronic gaming device;
(c) a statement as to whether each of the
			 components within the electronic gaming device, each interaction between
			 components, and the device as a whole is compliant with the latest version of
			 M.G.L. c. 23K and
			 205 CMR
			 143.00:
Gaming Devices and Electronic Gaming
			 Equipment
as of the start date of testing;
(d) the date the electronic gaming device was
			 submitted for testing;
(e) the
			 start and end dates of the electronic gaming device testing;
(f) the location of the facility used to
			 perform the testing; and
(g) a
			 statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that all information provided in
			 the report is accurate and complete.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 144.00 - Approval of slot machines and electronic gaming equipment and testing laboratories › Section 144.05 - Fees for Testing Permitting, and Registration of Gaming Devices

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(1) The commission may assess a fee to a
			 gaming vendor representing the cost associated with the testing of any
			 electronic gaming device by the commission's gaming technology lab in
			 accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 144.02(3), at hourly rates
			 to be posted by the Commission.
(2)
			 A gaming vendor requesting that a commission certified independent testing
			 laboratory conduct testing shall pay all costs of the testing directly to the
			 independent testing laboratory.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 145.00 - Possession of Slot Machines › Section 145.01 - Possession of Slot Machines and Other Electronic Gaming Devices

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(1) The following persons and any employee or
			 agent acting on their behalf may, subject to any terms and conditions imposed
			 by the commission, possess slot machines in the commonwealth for the purposes
			 provided in
			 205
			 CMR 145.00, and such possession is not restricted by
			 M.G.L. c. 271, § 5A, provided that the machines are kept only in such
			 locations as may be specifically authorized in writing by the commission and
			 that any machines located outside of a gaming establishment not be used for
			 gaming activity:
(a) A holder of:
1. A gaming license at the gaming
			 establishment;
2. A gaming vendor
			 license, for the purpose of distributing, repairing, servicing, displaying, or
			 operating a showroom for slot machines in accordance with M.G.L. c. 23K, §
			 25(e);
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 145.00 - Possession of Slot Machines › Section 145.02 - Transportation of Slot Machines and Other Electronic Gaming Devices

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(1) Pursuant to St. 2011, c. 194,
			 §§ 101 and 102, the commonwealth declared and proclaimed that it
			 shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also
			 designated as
			 15
			 U.S.C. 1171 through
			 1178
			 for any gambling device authorized for use and transport under M.G.L. c. 3K and
			 205 CMR 144.00:
Approval of Slot Machines and Electronic Gaming Equipment and Testing
			 Laboratories
and
			 205
			 CMR 145.00. All shipments of gambling devices into the
			 commonwealth, including slot machines, the registering, recording and labeling
			 of which has been duly had by the manufacturer or dealer thereof in accordance
			 with sections 3 and 4 of "An act to prohibit transportation of gambling devices
			 in interstate and foreign commerce", 15 U.S.C. §§ 1171 through 1177,
			 shall be deemed legal shipments thereof into the commonwealth.
(2) Any person moving a slot machine or other
			 electronic gaming device (except those identified in 205 CMR 144.0l(2)(o) ):
(a) into the Commonwealth;
(b) from one authorized location to another
			 authorized location within the Commonwealth unless both locations are operated
			 and controlled by the same gaming licensee; or
(c) out of the Commonwealth. shall first
			 notify the commission at least one day in advance of the movement in writing
			 that provides the following information:
1.
			 The full name and address of the person shipping or moving the machine or
			 device;
2. The full name and
			 address of the person who owns the machine or device, including the name of any
			 new owner in the event ownership is being changed in conjunction with the
			 shipment or movement;
3. The method
			 of shipment or movement and the name of the carrier or carriers;
4. The full name and address of the person to
			 whom the machine or device is being sent and the destination of the machine or
			 device if different from such address;
5. The quantity of machines or devices being
			 shipped or moved and the manufacturer's serial number of each
			 machine;
6. The expected date and
			 time of delivery to or removal from any authorized location in the
			 Commonwealth;
7. A copy of the
			 certification report issued by the independent testing laboratory in accordance
			 with
			 205 CMR
			 144.04(2); and
8. The reason for transporting the machine or
			 device.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 146.00 - Gaming Equipment › Section 146.01 - Gaming Chips and Plaques (General Rules)

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(1) No
			 gaming chip shall be utilized by a gaming licensee in a gaming establishment
			 until:
(a) The design specifications of the
			 proposed gaming chip, prior to the manufacture of the gaming chip, are
			 submitted to and approved by the Bureau, which submission shall include a
			 detailed schematic depicting the actual size and, as appropriate, location of
			 the following:
1. Each "face" of the gaming
			 chip, which is the flat surface across which the diameter of the chip can be
			 measured including any indentations or impressions;
2. The "edge" of the gaming chip, which is
			 the surface of the chip across which its thickness can be measured in a
			 perpendicular line from one face to the other; and
3. Any colors, words, designs, graphics or
			 security measures contained on or within the gaming chip;
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 146.00 - Gaming Equipment › Section 146.02 - Receipt of Gaming Chips or Plaques from Manufacturer or Distributor; Inventory, Security, Storage and Destruction of Chips and Plaques

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(1) When gaming chips or plaques are received
			 from the manufacturer or distributor, they shall be opened and inspected by at
			 least three employees, one of whom shall be from the accounting or auditing
			 department of the gaming licensee, one of whom who shall be from the games
			 department, and one from any mandatory department other than the surveillance
			 department of the gaming licensee.
(2) Each gaming licensee shall report to the
			 Bureau promptly after an inspection performed pursuant to 205 CMR 146.02(1) if
			 the inspection discloses any discrepancy between the invoice accompanying the
			 chips and plaques and the actual chips or plaques received or any defects found
			 in such chips or plaques.
(3) After
			 inspecting the gaming chips or plaques received, the gaming licensee shall
			 cause to be recorded in a chip inventory ledger (manual or electronic) the
			 assigned alphabetical designation, the denomination of the value chips and
			 gaming plaques received, the number of each denomination of value chip and
			 gaming plaque received, the number and description of all non-value chips
			 received, the date of such receipt, and the signatures of the employees who
			 inspected such chips and plaques. If the chips or plaques are required to have
			 a unique serial number, the numeric number shall also be recorded. If the
			 gaming chips or plaques are not put into active use, the ledger shall also
			 identify the storage location.
(4)
			 Any gaming chips or plaques not in active use shall be stored in:
(a) An approved vault;
(b) The cashiers' cage; or
(c) A comparable secure area, approved by the
			 Bureau, which is adjacent to and accessible exclusively from the gaming
			 floor.