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.8 - Gaming vouchers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A slot
				  machine licensee may utilize gaming vouchers and a gaming voucher system that
				  has been tested and approved by the Board under §
										461a.4 (relating to submission for
				  testing and approval).
(b) The
				  design specifications for a gaming voucher, the voucher verification
				  methodologies utilized and any limitation on the value of a gaming voucher must
				  be in compliance with technical standards on gaming vouchers under §
										461b.3 (relating to gaming
				  vouchers).
(c) The design
				  specifications for a gaming voucher system must be in compliance with technical
				  standards on gaming voucher systems under § 461b.3.
(d) Prior to issuing a gaming voucher, a slot
				  machine licensee shall establish a system of internal controls for the issuance
				  and redemption of gaming vouchers. The internal controls shall be submitted and
				  approved by the Board under §
										465a.2 (relating to internal
				  control systems and audit protocols) and address:
(1) Procedures for assigning an asset number
				  and identifying other redemption locations in the system, and enabling and
				  disabling voucher capabilities for slot machines, fully automated electronic
				  gaming tables, electronic wagering terminals and redemption
				  locations.
(2) Procedures for
				  issuance, modification and termination of a unique system account for each user
				  in accordance with technical standards under § 461b.3.
(3) Procedures used to configure and maintain
				  user passwords in accordance with technical standards under §
				  461b.3.
(4) Procedures for
				  restricting special rights and privileges, such as administrator and override
				  capabilities, in accordance with technical standards under §
				  461b.3.
(5) The duties and
				  responsibilities of the information technology, internal audit, slot operations
				  and finance departments, respectively, and the level of access for each
				  position with regard to the gaming voucher system.
(6) A description of physical controls on all
				  critical hardware such as locks and surveillance, including the location and
				  security protocols applicable to each piece of equipment.
(7) Procedures for the backup and timely
				  recovery of critical data in accordance with technical standards under §
				  461b.3.
(8) Logs used to document
				  and maintain the details of Board-approved hardware and software modifications
				  upon implementation.
(9) Procedures
				  for the payment of the value of unredeemed gaming vouchers, which individually
				  or in the aggregate equal $25 or more, to a patron whose identity can be
				  determined by the slot machine licensee using the slot machine licensee's
				  player tracking system.
(10)
				  Procedures for the retention, tracking and payment of the value of unredeemed
				  gaming vouchers to the State Treasurer as required by Article XIII.1 of The
				  Fiscal Code (72 P. S. §§
												1301.1-1301.28a) regarding the disposition of
				  abandoned and unclaimed property.