Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 45 - Missouri Gaming Commission › Chapter 30 - Bingo › Section 11 CSR 45-30.600 - Electronic Bingo Card Monitoring Devices

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment changes the requirements from
				  member to worker for downloading Electronic Bingo Card Monitoring Device
				  (EBCMD).
(1) "Electronic
				Bingo Card Monitoring Device (EBCMD)" means "bingo card monitoring device" as
				defined by section
				313.005(3), RSMo. The
				EBCMD shall be approved by the commission prior to the sale, installation, or
				use of the EBCMD by a licensed bingo organization or in a licensed bingo
				facility.
(2) "Electronic bingo
				card" means an electronic representative of a bingo card as defined in section
				313.005(2),
				RSMo.
(3) "EBCMD bingo sheet" means
				a disposable piece of paper containing one or more bingo cards which is a
				physical representation of the electronic bingo cards loaded into an EBCMD. All
				EBCMD bingo sheets printed from the EBCMD site system must be in a form
				approved by the commission.
(4)
				"Site system," means the computer hardware, software, and peripheral equipment,
				approved by the commission, that is used by a licensed organization at the site
				of its bingo occasion which provides bingo card monitoring devices to players,
				and which receipts the sale or rental of such cards and devices and generates
				reports relative to such sales or rentals.
(5) EBCMDs must be acquired by licensed
				suppliers from a licensed manufacturer and may only be rented or leased by
				licensed suppliers to licensed bingo operators. Bingo operators using the EBCMD
				site system shall procure and maintain a dedicated phone line or secure
				internet connection at the bingo hall for the commission and the licensed
				supplier and/or licensed manufacturer to remotely connect to the
				system.
(6) All aspects of an EBCMD
				unit and site system, including all hardware and software used therein, shall
				be subject to testing by the commission or an independent testing laboratory
				designated by the commission prior to the sale, installation, or use of the
				EBCMD network by a licensed bingo organization or in a licensed bingo facility
				and prior to any changes thereto following the initial installation, or at any
				other time the commission deems appropriate, the cost for which in all cases
				shall be borne by the licensed manufacturer. In addition, all aspects must be
				reviewed and approved by the commission and the licensed manufacturer will be
				required to provide the following before installation in a licensed bingo
				facility:
(A) A demonstration of the
				equipment and software to commission staff as deemed necessary by the
				commission;
(B) A computer system
				to be housed at the commission which will allow the commission uninterrupted
				access to remotely connect to the licensed bingo facilities using the licensed
				manufacturer's system to verify sales information and to verify that the
				approved version of software is being utilized;
(C) Training for the system, as deemed
				necessary by the commission; and
(D) Additional information as deemed
				necessary by the commission. Any changes or upgrades to the approved system or
				system hardware or software must meet the same review and approval standards as
				original equipment and the changes or upgrades must also be made to the system
				housed at the commission.