Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart N - Video Gaming › Chapter 1112a - VIDEO GAMING TERMINAL, REDEMPTION TERMINAL AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TESTING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 1112a.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter
					 and subsequent chapters, have the following meanings, unless the context
					 clearly indicates otherwise:
Asset number
-A unique number assigned to a
					 video gaming terminal by a terminal operator for the purpose of tracking the
					 video gaming terminal, while owned or leased by the terminal operator.
Bill validator
-An electronic device
					 designed to interface with a video gaming 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 video gaming terminal.
Conversion
-A change or alteration to a
					 video gaming terminal that does not affect the manner or mode of play or
					 operation of the video gaming terminal.
Currency cassette
-A container that holds
					 banknotes that are available for dispensing.
Finance department
-The department that is
					 responsible for the management of the financial and accounting activities
					 relating to video gaming terminals being utilized in a licensed
					 establishment.
Gaming day
-The period of time from 6 a.m.
					 to 5:59 a.m. the following calendar day, corresponding to the beginning and
					 ending times of gaming activities for the purpose of accounting reports and
					 determination of gross terminal revenue.
Gaming voucher
-An instrument that upon
					 insertion into a bill validator entitles the patron inserting the gaming
					 voucher to cashable credits on a video gaming terminal corresponding to the
					 value printed on the gaming voucher.
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 video gaming terminals and automated gaming voucher redemption
					 terminals.
Machine displayed payout percentage
-The
					 selectable payout percentage that is set by the terminal operator during the
					 initial configuration or a subsequent reconfiguration of a video gaming
					 terminal and is displayed in the video gaming terminal's service menu during
					 normal operation.
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
-
(i) A change or alteration in a video gaming
				  terminal or associated equipment that affects the manner or mode of play or
				  operation of the video gaming terminal or associated equipment.
(ii) The term includes a change to control or
				  graphics programs and to the theoretical hold percentage.
(iii) In the case of video gaming terminals,
				  the term does not include:
(A) A
				  conversion.
(B) Replacement of one
				  approved component with an identical component.