Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 12 - MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS › Rule 13-3-12.4 - 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 intercasino 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 IV and VIII, or, in the case of an inter-casino linked
				system, that to the best of the operators knowledge, the system meets the
				standards of Regulations IV and VIII;
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 operators
				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. (Adopted:
				09/25/1991; Amended: 09/15/2004.)