North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 99 - State Gaming Commission › Article 99-01.3 - Games of Chance › Chapter 99-01.3-16 - Manufacturers › Section 99-01.3-16-10 - Testing, approval, and recall

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A manufacturer
				of a pull tab dispensing device, fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with
				bingo card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site operating system
				with card-marking devices, or electronic pull tab device with operating system,
				and related equipment shall not sell or provide a device or system to a
				distributor unless a model of the device or system has been approved by the
				attorney general.
2. A manufacturer
				of a dispensing device shall provide a device model, a copy of its construction
				blueprint, wiring schematics, circuit analysis, technical and operation
				manuals, random number generator or player button sequencing concept source and
				object code computer programs, proprietary operating software source and object
				code computer programs, and other information requested by the attorney
				general. A manufacturer of a fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with bingo
				card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with
				card-marking devices, electronic pull tab device with operating system, and
				related equipment shall provide a fifty-fifty raffle system and sales unit,
				site system with bingo card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site
				operating system with card-marking devices, electronic pull tab device with
				operating system, technical and operations manual, proprietary operating
				software source and object code computer programs, random number generator, and
				other information requested by the attorney general. A manufacturer of a
				currency validator for pull tab dispensing devices and electronic pull tab
				devices or credit redemption device for pull tab dispensing devices shall
				provide a copy of the source and object code computer programs and other
				information requested by the attorney general. A manufacturer shall provide a
				copy of letters of approval and test reports of the dispensing device,
				fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with bingo card-marking devices,
				electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices,
				electronic pull tab device with operating system, and related equipment, or
				currency validator from other states, federal jurisdictions, or independent
				testing laboratories.
3. The
				attorney general may require a manufacturer of a dispensing device, fifty-fifty
				raffle system, site system with bingo card-marking devices, electronic quick
				shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices, electronic pull tab
				device with operating system, and related equipment, or currency validator to
				transport a working model, and the information required by subsection 2 to the
				attorney general or designee for analysis, testing, and evaluation. A
				manufacturer shall pay all the costs and provide special equipment for the
				testing. The attorney general may require a manufacturer to pay the estimated
				costs, in advance. After the analysis, testing, and evaluation is done, the
				designee shall provide the results to the attorney general. An overpayment of
				costs must be refunded to a manufacturer or the manufacturer shall pay any
				underpayment of costs. The attorney general shall provide the manufacturer with
				the results. Before approving a device's model, site system with bingo
				card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with
				card-marking devices, electronic pull tab device with operating system, and
				related equipment, the attorney general may require a trial period.
4. If a manufacturer of a dispensing device,
				fifty-fifty raffle system, site system with bingo card-marking devices,
				electronic quick shot bingo site operating system with card-marking devices,
				electronic pull tab device with operating system, and related equipment, knows
				or determines that a model of a device or system is defective or can be
				manipulated, the manufacturer shall immediately notify the attorney general and
				cease selling the device or system. The attorney general may require the
				manufacturer to recall or modify the device or system. Upon notification, a
				manufacturer shall initiate compliance with a recall or modification at the
				manufacturer's expense.
5. A
				fifty-fifty raffle system , electronic quick shot bingo site operating system
				with card-marking devices, electronic pull tab device with operating system,
				and related equipment must have the ability to allow for an independent
				integrity check of the device's software from an outside source and is required
				for all control programs that may affect the integrity of the game.
General Authority:
NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 53-06.1-01.1