Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 8 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR GAMING DEVICES AND ON-LINE SLOT SYSTEMS › Rule 13-8-1.1 - General Terms

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) "Alterable
			 Media" is any form of storage device that allows the modification of the
			 programs or data on the device during the normal operation of the gaming
			 device. This does not include devices typically considered to be alterable but
			 through either software or hardware means approved by the Executive Director,
			 have been rendered unalterable.
(b)
			 "Cashable credits" means the monetary units displayed on a credit meter that
			 are redeemable for cash.
(c)
			 "Complete Voucher": A complete voucher contains all of the required information
			 and is of a quality that can be redeemed through the use of a barcode
			 reader.
(d) "Conventional ROM
			 Device" is a device incapable of being altered while installed in a gaming
			 device and may contain executable programs or data that are directly addressed
			 by a processor.
(e) "Credit meter"
			 means a slot machine indicator that displays the number of denominational
			 credits or monetary value available to a patron for wagering.
(f) "Debit instrument" means a card, code or
			 other device with which a person may initiate an electronic funds transfer or a
			 wagering account transfer. The term includes, without limitation, a Prepaid
			 Access Instrument.
(g) "Duplicate
			 Voucher": A duplicate voucher is any reprinted complete or incomplete
			 voucher.
(h) "Electronic funds
			 transfer" means a transfer of funds from an independent financial institution
			 to a gaming device through a cashless wagering system.
(i) "Executive Director" means the Executive
			 Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission and includes any duly authorized
			 agent of the Executive Director.
(j) "Inappropriate coin-in" is a legal coin
			 or token of the correct denomination which has been accepted by a gaming device
			 after the device has already accepted its maximum number of coins or when the
			 device is in a state which normally rejects additional coins.
(k) "Incomplete Voucher": An incomplete
			 voucher contains, at a minimum, the voucher validation number printed across
			 the printed leading edge, but is not of a quality that can be redeemed through
			 the use of a barcode reader.
(l)
			 "Leakage Current" is any electrical current which flows when a conductive path
			 is provided between exposed portions of a gaming device and the environmental
			 electrical ground when the gaming device is isolated from the normal AC power
			 ground.
(m) "Non-cashable credits"
			 means the monetary units displayed on a credit meter that have no cash
			 redemption value.
(n) "On-line slot
			 system" means, as used in these standards, an on-line slot metering system, a
			 cashless wagering system, or both.
(o) "Prepaid Access Instrument" means a card,
			 code, electronic serial number, mobile identification number, personal
			 identification number or similar device that allows patron access to funds that
			 have been paid in advance and can be retrieved or transferred at some point in
			 the future through such a device. A Prepaid Access Instrument must be
			 distributed by a licensed gaming operator or its affiliates and only Prepaid
			 Access Instruments distributed by the licensee or its affiliates may be used to
			 fund a wagering account at that licensee's location or the location of its
			 affiliates. The Prepaid Access Instrument may only be used in conjunction with
			 an approved wagering account and may not be funded by payroll direct deposit.
(p) "Promotional account" means an
			 electronic ledger used in a cashless wagering system to record transactions
			 involving a patron or patrons that are not otherwise recorded in a wagering
			 account.
(q) "Print Failure": A
			 print failure is a condition following the failed attempt to print a complete
			 or incomplete voucher.
(r)
			 "Presentation Error": A presentation error is a condition where a complete or
			 incomplete voucher has been printed, however, the voucher is not presented to
			 the patron for removal.
(s) "Random
			 Access Memory" (RAM) is the electronic component used for computer workspace
			 and storage of volatile information in a gaming device. The term does not
			 include memory which is used exclusively for bit-mapped video
			 displays.
(t) "Random Number
			 Generator" is a hardware, software, or combination hardware and software device
			 for generating number values that exhibit characteristics of
			 randomness.
(u) "Read Only Memory"
			 (ROM) is the electronic component used for storage of non-volatile information
			 in a gaming device. The term includes Programmable ROM and Erasable
			 Programmable ROM.
(v) "Replacement
			 Voucher": A replacement voucher is any voucher that is printed following a
			 failed attempt to print a complete or incomplete voucher.
(w) "Slot machine coupon" means a printed
			 wagering instrument that has a fixed dollar wagering value that can only be
			 used to acquire non-cashable credits.
(x) "Slot machine payout receipt" means an
			 instrument that is redeemable for cash and is either issued by a gaming device
			 or as a result of a communication from a gaming device to associated equipment
			 that cannot be accepted by gaming devices for wagering purposes.
(y) "Slot machine wagering voucher" means a
			 printed wagering instrument that has a fixed dollar wagering value that can
			 only be used to acquire an equivalent value of cashable credits or
			 cash.
(z) "Tilt condition" is a
			 programmed error state for a gaming device. A tilt condition has occurred when
			 the device detects an internal error, malfunction, or attempted cheating, and
			 it disallows further play until the error is resolved.
(aa) "Wagering account" means an electronic
			 ledger for a cashless wagering system patron deposit account wherein only the
			 following types of transactions are recorded:
1. Deposits and withdrawals of cash or cash
			 equivalents at a designated area of accountability;
2. Deposits initiated with a debit
			 instrument;
3. Wagering account
			 transfers to and from gaming devices;
4. Wagering account adjustments;
			 and
5. Other transactions approved
			 by the Executive Director.
i. "Wagering
			 account transfer" means a transfer of funds between a cashless wagering system
			 wagering account and a gaming device.
ii. "Wagering instrument" means, as used in
			 these standards, a representative of value, other than a chip or token, that is
			 issued by a licensee and approved by the Commission for use in a cashless
			 wagering system and includes slot machine coupons and slot machine wagering
			 vouchers.