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.1 - 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:
Asset number
-A unique number assigned to a
					 slot machine, fully automated electronic gaming table, electronic wagering
					 terminal or piece of associated equipment by a slot machine licensee for the
					 purpose of tracking the slot machine, fully automated electronic gaming table,
					 electronic wagering terminal or piece of associated equipment while owned by
					 the slot machine licensee.
Automated jackpot payout machine
-The
					 collective hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary
					 equipment used to facilitate the payment of a jackpot that is not totally and
					 automatically paid directly from a slot machine, fully automated electronic
					 gaming table or electronic wagering terminal.
Bill validator
-An electronic device
					 designed to interface with a slot machine, fully automated electronic gaming
					 table or electronic wagering terminal for the purpose of accepting and
					 validating any combination of United States currency, gaming vouchers, coupons
					 or other instruments authorized by the Board for incrementing credits on a slot
					 machine, fully automated electronic gaming table or electronic wagering
					 terminal.
Bonus award
-An award of cash or credits to
					 a randomly selected player that is not generated by the slot machine.
Cash equivalents
-Instruments with a value
					 equal to United States currency or coin including value chips and plaques,
					 Counter Checks, personal checks, certified checks, cashier's checks, travelers'
					 checks, money orders, gaming vouchers or other representations of value that
					 the Board deems a cash equivalent.
Cashless funds transfer system
-The
					 collective hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary
					 equipment used to facilitate the electronic transfer of cashable or noncashable
					 credits to a patron at a slot machine.
Casino management system
-The collective
					 hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary equipment
					 used to collect, monitor, interpret, analyze, report and audit data with regard
					 to activity at slot machines, fully automated electronic gaming tables or
					 electronic wagering terminals, inclusive of slot machine level accounting
					 transactions, player tracking and productivity analysis.
Common carrier
-An entity that transports
					 persons or goods, and offers its services to the general public.
Conversion
-A change or alteration to a
					 slot machine that does not affect the manner or mode of play or operation of
					 the slot machine.
Count team
-The group of employees of a
					 slot machine licensee who are responsible for counting the contents of slot
					 cash storage boxes and table game drop boxes.
Coupon
-An instrument issued by a slot
					 machine licensee under which cashable or noncashable slot machine credits are
					 provided directly or indirectly to a patron with or without regard to the
					 identity of the patron or the patron's level of gaming activity.
Coupon system
-The collective hardware,
					 software, communications technology and other ancillary equipment used to
					 facilitate the issuance of coupons, the acceptance of a coupon by a slot
					 machine or its redemption at an automated coupon redemption machine, cashiers'
					 cage or other locations.
Currency cassette
-A container that holds
					 banknotes that are available for dispensing.
Double-up
-An optional wager on a slot
					 machine in which the player has a mathematically equal probability of winning
					 or losing the wager.
Drop team
-The group of employees of a slot
					 machine licensee who are responsible for collecting and transporting slot cash
					 storage boxes and table game drop boxes.
Educational institution
-A facility that
					 teaches and certifies students in slot machine design, operation, repair or
					 servicing.
External bonusing system
-The collective
					 hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary equipment
					 used in conjunction with slot machines to deliver randomly selected player
					 incentives (bonus awards) to active slot machine players and to effect the
					 accurate metering of the bonus award event on the slot machine.
Fill
-The distribution of gaming chips,
					 coins and plaques to a gaming table to replenish the table inventory.
Finance department
-The department that is
					 responsible for the management of the financial and accounting activities
					 relating to slot machines and table games being utilized in a licensed
					 facility.
Gaming day
-A period of time not to exceed
					 24 hours corresponding to the beginning and ending times of gaming activities
					 for the purpose of accounting reports and determination of gross terminal and
					 gross table game revenue.
Gaming voucher
-An instrument that upon
					 insertion into a bill validator entitles the patron inserting the gaming
					 voucher to cashable or noncashable credits on a slot machine and cashable
					 credits on an electronic gaming table corresponding to the value printed on the
					 gaming voucher. A gaming voucher that contains noncashable credits may be used
					 only for the purpose of slot machine gaming.
Gaming voucher system
-The collective
					 hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary equipment
					 used to facilitate the issuance of gaming vouchers and the redemption of gaming
					 vouchers by slot machines, fully automated electronic gaming tables, electronic
					 wagering terminals, automated gaming voucher redemption machines, the cashiers'
					 cage or in other locations.
Hand pay
-The payment of credits that are
					 not totally and automatically paid directly from a slot machine, fully
					 automated electronic gaming table or electronic wagering terminal.
Machine displayed payout percentage
-The
					 selectable payout percentage that is set by the slot machine licensee during
					 the initial configuration or a subsequent reconfiguration of a slot machine and
					 is displayed in the slot machine's service menu during normal operation.
Manufacturer's par sheet
-A document
					 supplied by the manufacturer that shows payable information including, but not
					 limited to, theoretical payout percentage, winning combinations, awards and
					 reel strips.
Merchandise jackpot
-A slot machine jackpot
					 in the form of:
(i) A cash payout and
				  a payout of merchandise or a thing of value.
(ii) An option to choose between a cash
				  payout and a payout of merchandise or a thing of value.
Minimum payout percentage
-The lowest
					 aggregate awards expected to be paid out over one cycle of the game divided by
					 the total number of combinations in the cycle of the game.
Modification
-A change or alteration in a
					 slot machine, fully automated electronic gaming table, electronic wagering
					 terminal or associated equipment that affects the manner or mode of play or
					 operation of the slot machine or associated equipment.
(i) The term includes a change to control or
				  graphics programs and to the theoretical hold percentage.
(ii) In the case of slot machines, the term
				  does not include:
(A) A conversion.
(B) Replacement of one approved component
				  with an identical component.