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 466b - TECHNICAL STANDARDS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 466b.1 - Slot computer systems

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Definitions
. The following words and terms, when used in this
				  chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Computer access or logical access
-The
					 ability of a person or process to obtain information from, or execute an action
					 in, a slot computer system in accordance with privileges established by a slot
					 machine licensee. The privileges shall be specified by an approved level of
					 computer access.
Firewall
-
(i) Dedicated computer hardware, software and
				  the related security policy that protects a slot computer system, its software
				  and data from access by other computer systems and users not specifically
				  authorized to access the slot computer system, its software or data through
				  procedures such as monitoring and analyzing all data packets on a real-time
				  basis and automatically rejecting all unauthorized communications.
(ii) The term includes, without limitation,
				  logging and reporting, automatic alarms and a user interface for controlling
				  the firewall.
Level of computer access
-
(i) The particular privileges granted to a
				  person in a slot computer system by a slot machine licensee, such as read,
				  modify and execute.
(ii) The
				  privileges shall vary by slot computer system program, process, library or
				  directory, according to the following:
(A)
				  Position title and job code, for an employee of the slot machine
				  licensee.
(B) Responsibilities and
				  functions authorized to be performed, for any person not employed by the slot
				  machine licensee.
Slot computer system
-All aspects of a
					 computer system which the act, this part or any technical standards adopted by
					 the Board either require or permit to be utilized by a slot machine licensee in
					 the conduct of, or monitoring of, slot machine operations including hardware,
					 software and network interfaces used in connection with the operation of a slot
					 monitoring system, casino management system, player tracking system, external
					 bonusing system, cashless funds transfer system and gaming voucher system. A
					 slot computer system may not be construed to include the following:
(i) A slot machine or bill
				  validator.
(ii) A wide area
				  progressive slot system.
(iii) A
				  computer system that does not constitute a slot computer system and is
				  connected to a slot computer system in accordance with subsection (f) and
				  through a firewall which has the ability to:
(A) Maintain a list of each device, person or
				  process authorized to obtain computer access to the slot computer
				  system.
(B) Generate daily
				  monitoring logs to inform the slot machine licensee of any unsuccessful
				  attempts by a device, person or process to obtain computer access to the slot
				  computer system.
(C) Authenticate
				  the identity of each device, person and process from which communication is
				  recorded before granting computer access to the slot computer system to the
				  device, person or process.
(iv) Other computer systems or applications
				  that the Board determines are not slot computer systems.