Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart L - Interactive Gaming › Chapter 801a - GENERAL INTERACTIVE GAMING PROVISIONS › Section 801a.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subpart,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Airport authority
-Any of the
					 following:
(i) The governing body of a
				  municipal authority organized and incorporated to oversee the operations of a
				  qualified airport under
				  53 Pa.C.S. §§
											5601-5623 (relating to Municipality
				  Authorities Act).
(ii) A city of
				  the first class that regulates the use and control of a qualified airport
				  located partially in a county of the first class and partially in a county
				  contiguous to a county of the first class.
Airport gaming area
-A location within a
					 qualified airport area approved by the airport authority and the Board for the
					 conduct of interactive gaming through the use of multiuse computing devices by
					 eligible passengers.
Associated equipment
-Any equipment or
					 mechanical, electromechanical or electronic contrivance, component or machine
					 used in connection with interactive gaming, including equipment which affects
					 the proper reporting and counting of gross interactive gaming revenue,
					 computerized systems for controlling and monitoring interactive games,
					 including interactive gaming devices necessary for the operation of interactive
					 games as approved by the Board.
Authorized interactive game
-An interactive
					 game approved by regulation of the Board to be suitable for interactive gaming
					 offered by an interactive gaming certificate holder or an interactive gaming
					 operator on behalf of an interactive gaming certificate holder in accordance
					 with sections 13B01-13B63 of the act (relating to interactive gaming). The term
					 includes an interactive game approved by regulation of the Board to be suitable
					 for interactive gaming through use of a multiuse computing device.
Bureau
-The Bureau of Investigations and
					 Enforcement of the Board.
Cash equivalent
-An asset that is readily
					 convertible to cash, including any of the following:
(i) Chips or tokens.
(ii) Travelers checks.
(iii) Foreign currency and coin.
(iv) Certified checks, cashier's checks and
				  money orders.
(v) Personal checks
				  or drafts.
(vi) A negotiable
				  instrument applied against credit extended by a certificate holder, an
				  interactive gaming certificate holder, an interactive gaming operator or a
				  financial institution.
(vii) A
				  prepaid access instrument.
(viii)
				  Any other instrument or representation of value that the Board deems a cash
				  equivalent.
Cheat
-
(i) To defraud or steal from any player,
				  interactive gaming certificate holder, interactive gaming operator or the
				  Commonwealth while operating or playing an authorized interactive game,
				  including causing, aiding, abetting or conspiring with another person to do
				  so.
(ii) The term also means to
				  alter or causing, aiding, abetting or conspiring with another person to alter
				  the elements of chance, method of selection or criteria which determine:
(A) The result of an authorized interactive
				  game.
(B) The amount or frequency
				  of payment in an authorized interactive game.
(C) The value of a wagering
				  instrument.
(D) The value of a
				  wagering credit.