New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL › Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 9 - INTERNAL CONTROL MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GAMING DEVICES UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT › Section 15.1.9.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Unless otherwise defined below, terms used in this rule have
				  the same meanings as set forth in the Gaming Control Act.
A.
"Act"
means the New Mexico
				Gaming Control Act.
B.
"Bill
				acceptor"
means the optional assembly on a gaming machine that accepts
				valid paper currency and causes the machine to either dispense change or issue
				game credits.
C.
"Coin-in
				meter"
means an electronic counter that measures total coins placed in
				the gaming machine for a specified period of time.
D.
"Coin room"
means a
				separate, secured room or area in which coins are inventoried.
E.
"Drop"
means the total
				amount of money and tokens removed from the drop box, or for cashless gaming
				machines, the amount of credits deducted during play.
F.
"Drop area"
means the
				restricted room or area of the licensed premises where the drop is permitted to
				be conducted; the drop area may be roped off or otherwise distinctly identified
				as a restricted area.
G.
"Drop box"
or
"drop bucket"
means a container in a locked
				part of the gaming machine or its cabinet that is used to collect the money and
				tokens retained by the gaming machine that are not used to make automatic
				payouts from the machine.
H.
"Hard count"
means the counting of coins generated by gaming
				operations.
I.
"Hard
				drop"
means the controlled, secured process of removing coins from
				gaming machines.
J.
"Hard
				meter"
means an internal accounting system that is displayed on
				mechanical meters on a gaming machine.
K.
"Hopper"
means the assembly
				inside the gaming machine that receives, holds and dispenses coins.
L.
"Gaming media"
means any
				associated equipment that contains software which can only be used in a gaming
				device, affects game outcome and is programmed by the gaming machine
				manufacturer. "
Gaming media
" includes, but is not limited to,
				EEPROM, EPROM, compact flash, flash RAM, CD/DVD ROM or hard drive.
M.
"Payout"
means a patron's
				winnings, including money, tokens, credit to a player's account, and the actual
				cost to the licensee of personal property, other than travel expenses, food,
				refreshments, lodging, or services, distributed to a gaming machine patron as a
				result of a legitimate wager; "payout" also includes cash paid directly to an
				independent administrator by a licensee for the purchase of annuities to pay a
				patron's winnings over several years.
N.
"Soft meter"
means the
				internal accounting system that can be displayed on the screen of an electronic
				gaming machine or in the coin window on a reel gaming machine.
O.
"This title"
means Title 15,
				Chapter 1 of the New Mexico Administrative Code.
P.
"Ticket printer"
means a
				device in place of a coin-out hopper on a gaming machine that prints and
				dispenses a cash ticket voucher that may be redeemed by a patron for cash or a
				specified prize.
Q.
"Weigh
				scale interface"
means a software interface that transfers drop figures
				by direct line or computer storage media.