Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart L - Interactive Gaming › Chapter 802a - INTERACTIVE GAMING CERTIFICATES › Section 802a.2 - Interactive gaming certificate petition and standards

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A petitioner for an interactive gaming
				  certificate shall submit all of the following to the Board:
(1) The name, business address and contact
				  information of the slot machine licensee applying for an interactive gaming
				  certificate.
(2) The name, business
				  address and contact information of any affiliate or other person that will be a
				  party to an agreement with the interactive gaming certificate petitioner
				  related to the operation of interactive gaming or an interactive gaming system
				  on behalf of the interactive gaming certificate petitioner, including a person
				  applying for an interactive gaming license.
(3) The name, business address, job title and
				  a photograph of each principal and key employee of the interactive gaming
				  certificate petitioner who will be involved in the conduct of interactive
				  gaming, whether or not the principal or key employee is currently licensed by
				  the Board.
(4) The name, business
				  address, job title and a photograph of each principal and key employee of the
				  interactive gaming operator, if any, who will conduct interactive gaming or an
				  interactive gaming system on behalf of the inter-active gaming certificate
				  petitioner, whether or not the principal or key employee is currently licensed
				  by the Board.
(5) A statement
				  identifying which categories of interactive games the interactive gaming
				  certificate petitioner intends to offer:
(i)
				  Peer-to-peer interactive games.
(ii) Non-peer-to-peer interactive games which
				  simulate slot machines.
(iii)
				  Non-peer-to-peer interactive games which simulate table games.
(6) An itemized list of the
				  interactive games, including identifying the category of each interactive game
				  for which authorization is being sought.
(7) The estimated number of full-time and
				  part-time employment positions that will be created as a result of interactive
				  gaming and the jurisdictions in which the positions will be located, including
				  positions at the interactive gaming certificate petitioner's licensed facility
				  or at any interactive gaming restricted area if an interactive gaming
				  certificate is issued, and an updated hiring plan under section 1510(a) of the
				  act (relating to labor hiring preferences) which outlines the interactive
				  gaming certificate petitioners plan to promote the representation of diverse
				  groups and Commonwealth residents in the employment positions.
(8) A brief description of the economic
				  benefits expected to be realized by the Commonwealth if an interactive gaming
				  certificate is issued.
(9) The
				  details of any financing obtained or that will be obtained to fund an expansion
				  or modification of the interactive gaming certificate petitioners licensed
				  facility to accommodate interactive gaming and to otherwise fund the cost of
				  commencing interactive gaming.
(10)
				  Information and documentation concerning financial background and resources, as
				  the Board may require, to establish by clear and convincing evidence the
				  financial stability, integrity and responsibility of the interactive gaming
				  certificate petitioner, and information or documentation concerning any person
				  that will operate interactive gaming or an interactive gaming system on behalf
				  of the interactive gaming certificate petitioner as an interactive gaming
				  operator, as the Board may require. The interactive gaming agreement with a
				  person is subject to the review and approval of the Board.
(11) Information and documentation, as the
				  Board may require, to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the
				  interactive gaming certificate petitioner has sufficient business ability and
				  experience to conduct a successful interactive gaming operation. In making this
				  determination, the Board may consider the results of the interactive gaming
				  certificate petitioner's slot machine and table game operations, including
				  financial information, employment data and capital investment.
(12) Information and documentation, as the
				  Board may require, to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the
				  interactive gaming certificate petitioner has or will have the financial
				  ability to pay the interactive gaming authorization fee.
(13) Detailed site plans identifying the
				  proposed interactive gaming restricted area where interactive gaming operations
				  will be managed, administered or controlled as approved by the Board.
(14) A detailed description of all of the
				  following:
(i) The interactive gaming
				  certificate petitioner's initial system of internal and accounting controls
				  applicable to interactive gaming.
(ii) The interactive gaming certificate
				  petitioner's proposed standards to protect, with a reasonable degree of
				  certainty, the privacy and security of its registered players.
(iii) How the interactive gaming certificate
				  petitioner will facilitate compliance with the requirements in this chapter and
				  section 802(a)(10)(B) of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
				  (31 U.S.C.A. §
													5362(10)(B)), including all
				  of the following:
(A) Age, identity and
				  location verification requirements.
(B) Appropriate data security standards to
				  prevent unauthorized access by a person whose age, identity or location have
				  not been verified or cannot be verified in accordance with this subpart and
				  applicable regulations of the Board.
(C) Except as provided in sections
				  13B61-13B63 of the act (relating to miscellaneous provisions), the requirement
				  that all wagers made in the conduct of interactive gaming be initiated and
				  received or otherwise made exclusively in this Commonwealth.
(D) The interactive gaming certificate
				  petitioner's proposed age, identity and location verification standards
				  designed to block access to persons under 21 years of age and other persons
				  excluded or prohibited from participating in interactive gaming under this
				  chapter.
(E) The procedures the
				  interactive gaming certificate petitioner will use to register individuals as
				  registered players.
(F) The
				  procedures the interactive gaming certificate petitioner will use to establish
				  interactive gaming accounts for registered players.
(G) The interactive games and services the
				  interactive gaming certificate petitioner proposes to offer to registered
				  players.
(H) Documentation and
				  information relating to known proposed contractors of the interactive gaming
				  certificate petitioner and subcontractors of the contractors.
(15) The interactive
				  gaming devices and associated equipment and interactive gaming system that the
				  interactive gaming certificate petitioner plans to or will utilize to manage,
				  administer or control its interactive gaming operations.
(16) Compliance certification of the
				  interactive gaming certificate petitioner's proposed interactive gaming devices
				  and associated equipment, including interactive gaming software and hardware,
				  by a Board-approved gaming laboratory to ensure that the gaming software and
				  hardware comply with this subpart and regulations of the Board.
(17) A detailed description of accounting
				  systems, including accounting systems for all the following:
(i) Interactive gaming accounts.
(ii) Per hand charges, if
				  applicable.
(iii) Transparency and
				  reporting to the Board and the Department.
(iv) Distribution of revenue to the
				  Commonwealth and winnings to registered players.
(v) Ongoing auditing and internal control
				  compliance reviews.
(18)
				  Detailed information on security systems to protect the interactive gaming
				  skins or interactive gaming web site from internal and external breaches and
				  threats.
(19) Any other information
				  the Board may require.