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.10 - Automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machines

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A slot machine licensee may utilize an
				  automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machine that has been tested and
				  approved by the Board under §
										461a.4 (relating to submission for
				  testing and approval).
(b)
				  Automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machines may be located on or
				  proximate to the gaming floor of a licensed facility and must be subject to
				  surveillance coverage under §
										465a.9 (relating to surveillance
				  system; surveillance department control; surveillance department restriction).
				  Each automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machine must have a label
				  on the top of the automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machine and on
				  the front of the automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machine that
				  displays the asset number of the automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption
				  machine. The labels must have white lettering on a black background or other
				  color combination approved by the Bureau of Gaming Operations and may not be
				  easily removed. The label on the top of the automated gaming voucher and coupon
				  redemption machine must be at least 1.5 inches by 5.5 inches and the label on
				  the front of the automated gaming voucher and coupon redemption machine must be
				  at least 1 inch by 2.5 inches or other sizes approved by the Bureau of Gaming
				  Operations.
(c) An automated gaming
				  voucher and coupon redemption machine must have the capability of establishing
				  the validity of a gaming voucher or coupon by comparing the instrument's unique
				  serial number, automatically generated by the respective gaming voucher or
				  coupon system in accordance with this subpart and technical standards adopted
				  by the Board and published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
and
				  posted on the Board's website with electronic records within the gaming voucher
				  system or coupon system.
(d) The
				  methods utilized to comply with the requirements of subsection (c) shall be
				  submitted to and approved by the Board under §
										461a.4 in the context of the
				  testing of a gaming voucher system or coupon system.
(e) An automated gaming voucher and coupon
				  redemption machine may function as a bill breaker changing bills of one
				  denomination into bills of a smaller denomination.
(f) An automated gaming voucher and coupon
				  redemption machine must contain a lockable gaming voucher, coupon and currency
				  storage box which retains any gaming vouchers, coupons or currency accepted by
				  the machine. The gaming voucher, coupon and currency storage box located inside
				  the machine must also have imprinted, affixed or impressed thereon the asset
				  identification number of the corresponding machine.
(g) An automated gaming voucher and coupon
				  redemption machine must have, at a minimum, the following:
(1) One lock securing the compartment housing
				  the storage box and one lock securing the storage box within the compartment,
				  the keys to which must be different from each other.
(2) One lock securing the compartment housing
				  the currency cassettes.
(3) One
				  lock securing the contents of the storage box, the key to which must be
				  different from the keys referenced in paragraphs (1) and (2).