Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart E - Slot Machine, Table Game and Associated Equipment Testing and Control; Accounting and Internal Controls › Chapter 461a - SLOT MACHINE, TABLE GAME DEVICE, INTERACTIVE GAME, SPORTS WAGERING DEVICE, VIDEO GAME TERMINAL, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TESTING AND CONTROLS › Section 461a.4 - Submission for testing and approval

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
				  A slot machine, table game, table game device, interactive game, sports
				  wagering device, video gaming terminal or all associated equipment identified
				  in subsection (c) (collectively referred to as --products-- or --equipment,
				  device or software--), or a modification thereto, may not be offered for sale,
				  lease or distribution for ultimate use by a licensee in this Commonwealth
				  unless a prototype identical in all mechanical, electrical, electronic and
				  other respects has been tested by the Bureau of Gaming Laboratory Operations
				  and approved by the Board-s Executive Director.
(b) When an applicant for, or holder of, a
				  license develops software or a system that is functionally equivalent to any of
				  the slot systems or table game systems enumerated in subsection (c),
				  interactive game systems, sports wagering systems or video gaming terminal
				  systems, that software or system shall be subject to the testing and approval
				  process of this subpart to the same extent as if the software or system were
				  developed by an applicant for, or holder of, a manufacturer license. Any
				  reference in this subpart to the responsibilities of a manufacturer applies to
				  an applicant for, or holder of, a license developing software or systems
				  subject to testing and approval under this subpart.
(c) For the purposes of this section, slot
				  machines, table games, table game devices, interactive games, sports wagering
				  devices, video gaming terminals and all associated equipment that shall be
				  submitted for testing and approval include:
(1) Slot machines, including bill validators
				  and printers.
(2) Slot monitoring
				  systems, to the extent the systems interface with slot machines and related
				  systems.
(3) Casino management
				  systems, to the extent the systems interface with slot machines and related
				  systems.
(4) Player tracking
				  systems, to the extent the systems interface with slot machines and related
				  systems.
(5) Progressive systems,
				  including wide area progressive systems.
(6) Gaming voucher systems.
(7) External bonusing systems.
(8) Cashless funds transfer
				  systems.
(9) Machines performing
				  gaming voucher, coupon or jackpot payout transactions.
(10) Coupon systems, to the extent the
				  systems interface with slot machines and related systems.
(11) Other related systems.
(12) Table game devices including:
(i) Electronic gaming tables as described in
				  §
												605a.4 (relating to electronic
				  gaming tables).
(ii) Fully
				  automated electronic gaming tables as described in §
												605a.5 (relating to fully
				  automated electronic gaming tables and electronic wagering
				  terminals).
(iii) Progressive table
				  game systems as described in §
												605a.7 (relating to progressive
				  table games).
(iv) Automated card
				  shuffling devices as described in §
												603a.17 (relating to dealing
				  shoes; automated card shuffling devices).
(v) Electronic dealing shoes as described in
				  § 603a.17.
(vi) Electronic
				  wagering systems as described in §
												605a.2 (relating to electronic
				  wagering systems).
(vii) Electronic
				  wagering terminals as described in § 605a.5.
(viii) Hybrid gaming tables as described in
				  §
												605a.9 (relating to hybrid gaming
				  tables).
(13)
				  Interactive games and interactive gaming platforms and systems.
(14) Sports wagering terminals and ticket
				  redemption terminals.
(15) Video
				  gaming terminals, including bill validators and ticket printers.
(16) Video gaming voucher redemption
				  terminals.
(17) Video gaming
				  terminal tracking and reporting systems.