Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 605a - ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 605a.2 - Electronic wagering systems

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
				  certificate holder may conduct electronic wagering at a gaming table or
				  electronic wagering terminal in accordance with this chapter. Electronic
				  wagering at a gaming table shall be conducted through the use of an electronic
				  wagering system. If an electronic wagering system is in use, wagers placed at
				  that gaming table or at each player's electronic wagering terminal, or only
				  those wagers that are specified in the rules of the game, shall be made using
				  the electronic wagering system at the table or at each player's electronic
				  wagering terminal.
(b) An
				  electronic wagering system must be a dedicated computer system. The computer or
				  server controlling the system shall be under dual key control, with one key
				  controlled by the finance department and the other key controlled by the table
				  games department or the slot operations department if the computer or server is
				  controlling a fully automated electronic gaming table or an electronic wagering
				  terminal.
(c) All aspects of an
				  electronic wagering system or electronic wagering terminal, including the
				  computer or server and any related hardware, software or related devices shall
				  be tested by the Bureau of Gaming Laboratory Operations and approved in
				  accordance with §
										461a.4 (relating to submission for
				  testing and approval) prior to use at any licensed facility in this
				  Commonwealth.
(d) An electronic
				  wagering system must:
(1) Credit funds to the
				  game account of a player when a player buys in to a game at a particular gaming
				  table or on an electronic wagering terminal and debit any remaining funds from
				  the game account when a player cashes out of the game.
(2) Permit a player to wager from a game
				  account, collect losing wagers from the game account and pay winning wagers by
				  crediting the amount of the winnings and corresponding wager to the game
				  account.
(3) In the game of Poker:
(i) Debit game accounts and increment pots
				  for wagers placed, and distribute winning pots by crediting the game accounts
				  of the winning players in the appropriate amounts.
(ii) Extract the rake from players or pots
				  according to the rake procedures established in accordance with §
												637a.17 (relating to Poker
				  revenue) and debit the game accounts of players in the appropriate
				  amounts.
(iii) Make each player's
				  balance or table stakes visible to all players in the game.
(4) Depict the transactions described in
				  paragraphs (1)-(3) through one or more electronic fund displays that are
				  visible to each player and the dealer or boxperson.
(5) Disclose to each player at all times the
				  current balance in the player's game account.
(6) Accurately report and audit the table
				  game or electronic wagering terminal win or loss or Poker revenue in accordance
				  with § 637a.17.
(7) Be capable
				  of generating reports setting forth, by gaming day, for each gaming table or
				  electronic wagering terminal using the electronic wagering system:
(i) The total amount deposited into game
				  accounts by all players.
(ii) The
				  total amount credited to the game accounts of all players in payment of
				  winnings.
(iii) The total amount
				  collected from all players as losing wagers.
(iv) For Poker, if applicable:
(A) The total amount collected from the
				  accounts of all players for collection of Poker rake time charges in accordance
				  with § 637a.17.
(B) The total
				  amount collected from Poker pots for collection of Poker rake in accordance
				  with § 637a.17.
(v)
				  The total amount withdrawn from game accounts by all players.
(vi) The table game or electronic wagering
				  terminal gross table game revenue.