Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 45 - Missouri Gaming Commission › Chapter 5 - Conduct of Gaming › Section 11 CSR 45-5.190 - Minimum Standards for Electronic Gaming Devices

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment replaces the term "riverboat"
				  with "excursion gambling boat" for consistency with the statutes and other
				  regulations in 11 CSR 45.
(1)
				Electronic gaming devices shall not be programmed to pay out less than eighty
				percent (80%) of all wagers, including bonus games, within the first ten (10)
				million handle pulls and thereafter. The minimum payout percentage requirement
				shall be met regardless of the amount wagered per game.
(2) Electronic gaming devices that may be
				affected by player skill must meet the minimum payout percentage requirement
				even when the skill of the player provides the lowest possible return to the
				player from the skill portion of the game.
(3) The probability of obtaining the maximum
				payout on any electronic gaming device shall not be less than one (1) in fifty
				(50) million.
(4) Electronic gaming
				devices shall-
(A) Be subject to testing prior
				to implementation within the state and at any time thereafter by the commission
				or an independent testing laboratory designated by the commission, and subject
				to review and approval by the commission for adherence to the regulatory and
				technical standards adopted or approved by the commission;
(B) Be controlled by a microprocessor or the
				equivalent in such a manner that the game outcome is completely controlled by
				the microprocessor or equivalent device as approved by the
				commission;
(C) Utilize a
				communication protocol that is compatible with and interfaces with the
				communication protocol used by all online computerized data monitoring, data
				management, and ticket validation systems approved by the commission for use at
				licensed gaming establishments. Electronic gaming devices and any peripheral
				equipment or devices, including the equipment's or device's operating systems
				and software, shall, prior to approval for use within the state, be tested for
				interoperability by a commission-approved independent testing laboratory to
				ensure compliance with this subsection. Once approved, no modifications shall
				be made to said gaming devices, peripheral equipment, systems, or software that
				would cause them to be non-compliant with this subsection;
(D) Have a logic area in a separate locked
				internal enclosure within the device which houses electronic components that
				have the potential to significantly influence the operation of the gaming
				device. Electronic components required to be housed within the logic area
				include computer processor units (CPUs) and all critical program storage
				media;
(E) After January 1, 2006,
				clearly and accurately display, via Attendant Menu, the identification number
				and version, as applicable, of all software and firmware contained within the
				electronic gaming device and its top box which are involved in game
				communication or the operation and calculation of game play, game display, or
				game result determination;
(F) Be
				able to recover to the state the gaming devices were in immediately prior to
				the occurrence of a program interruption or power loss and continue a game with
				no data loss. Upon program resumption, the following procedures must be
				performed:
1. Any communications to an
				external device shall not begin until the program resumption routine, including
				self-tests, is completed successfully;
2. Gaming device control programs test
				themselves for possible corruption due to failure of the program storage media;
				and
3. The integrity of all
				critical memory is checked;
(G) Have game data recall capable of
				providing all information required to fully reconstruct at least the last five
				(5) games, retrievable upon the operation of an external key-switch or other
				secure method not available to the player. The five (5)-game recall shall
				reflect bonus rounds in their entirety. For games that may have infinite free
				games, there shall be a minimum of fifty (50) games recallable;
(H) Have a random selection process that must
				not produce detectable patterns of game elements or detectable dependency upon
				any previous game outcome, the amount wagered, or upon the style or method of
				play; however, the commission may allow a game with a game feature or play
				mechanic with a detectable dependency if a white paper for the game feature or
				play mechanic is submitted to and approved by the commission prior to testing
				by an independent testing laboratory (ITL). The commission reserves the right
				to require the removal of the program if it determines, in its sole discretion,
				that removal is in the best interest of the state of Missouri;
(I) Clearly and accurately display applicable
				rules of play and the award that will be paid to the player when the player
				obtains a specific win, including mystery awards. The displays shall clearly
				indicate whether awards are designated in denominational units, currency,
				credits or some other unit. All pay-table information must be able to be
				accessed by a player prior to the player committing to a wager. Pay glass and
				its corresponding artwork for mechanical displays must be submitted to an
				independent testing laboratory designated by the commission for review and
				approval prior to implementation within the state;
(J) Display an accurate representation of
				each game outcome. After selection of the game outcome, the electronic gaming
				device must not make a variable secondary decision which affects the result
				shown to the player;
(K) Have a
				complete set of nonvolatile meters including coin in, coin out, bills in,
				tickets in, tickets out, coupons in, cashable electronic promotion in (CEP In),
				cashable electronic promotion out (CEP Out), non-cashable electronic promotion
				in (NCEP In), non-cashable electronic promotion out (NCEP Out), attendant paid
				external bonus payout, machine paid external bonus payout, wagering account
				transfer in (WAT In), wagering account transfer out (WAT Out), number of games
				played, attendant paid progressive, machine paid progressive, attendant paid
				cancel credits, and attendant paid jackpots, or their equivalent as approved by
				the commission;