Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 25 - LIMITED MOBILE GAMING › Rule 1 - General Provisions › Section 1-3 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-33-4; IC 4-35-4
Affected: IC 4-33; IC 4-35
Sec. 3.
The definitions in 68 IAC 1 and the following definitions
				  apply throughout this article:
(1)
				"Authorized gaming area" means the area approved and authorized by the
				commission to conduct limited mobile gaming.
(2) "Authorized independent gaming
				laboratory" has the meaning set forth in
				68 IAC
				2-6-1.
(3)
				"Cashless wagering system" or "CWS" means a host system whereby a player
				maintains an electronic account on the casino's host database that allows the
				play of MGDs through the use of a login and personal identification number
				(PIN).
(4) "Client terminal" means
				a device that is used to interact with a gaming system for the purpose of
				conducting server-based gaming activity. In the context of LMGS, the MGD
				functions as the client terminal.
(5) "Critical components" means hardware and
				software required to conduct limited mobile gaming. Critical components do not
				include the MGD acting as a display only.
(6) "Data library" has the meaning set forth
				in
				68 IAC
				2-6.5-1 and specifically refers to the software on the
				gaming server.
(7) "Dormant
				account" means a limited mobile gaming player account that has had no patron
				activity for a period of one (1) year.
(8) "Gaming server" means the server that
				contains game software and control programs. In the context of LMGS, the
				limited mobile gaming server functions as the gaming server.
(9) "Geo-fence" means a virtual space
				controlled through a short-range communications protocol such as Wi-Fi. This
				space corresponds to a physical area or gaming area within the
				casino.
(10) "GLI Standard #26"
				means the Gaming Laboratories International's Standard 26 - Wireless System
				Standards.
(11) "IT" means
				information technology.
(12)
				"Limited mobile gaming" means the placing of wagers through a wireless
				server-based gaming system using a computer network through which the casino
				licensee may offer authorized games to patrons who have established a limited
				mobile gaming player account with the casino licensee and who are physically
				present within the defined property boundaries as approved by the commission
				pursuant to IC
				4-33-9-17
				and IC
				4-35-7-1.5.
(13) "Limited mobile gaming player account"
				means an account established by a casino licensee that a patron may use for the
				deposit and withdrawal of funds used for limited mobile gaming.
(14) "Limited mobile gaming system" or "LMGS"
				has the meaning set forth in IC
				4-33-2-13.3
				and IC
				4-35-2-7.5.
(15) "Media access control address" or "MAC
				address" means a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for
				communications on the physical network segment. For Wi-Fi, MAC addresses are
				used as a network address.
(16)
				"Mobile gaming device" or "MGD" has the meaning set forth in IC
				4-33-2-13.5
				and IC
				4-35-2-7.7.
(17) "Peer-to-peer gaming" means gaming in
				which patrons compete against one another.
(18) "Server-based gaming" means gaming
				activity conducted via a client terminal where the outcome of a game is
				determined by a random number generator maintained on a server.
(19) "Server-based gaming system" or "SBGS"
				means hardware, software, and communications that make up a system utilized for
				the purpose of offering electronic versions of authorized casino games where
				material aspects of game functionality occur at the server level.
(20) "System administrator" means the IT
				department personnel responsible for the administration of the LMGS.
(21) "Technology provider" means the vendor,
				supplier, or manufacturer of one (1) or more components of an LMGS.
(22) "Verification" means a method used by a
				gaming system or device to verify the validity of software of critical
				components.
(23) "Wi-Fi" means
				wireless fidelity which serves as the communication backbone for a wireless
				network.