Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 605a - ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 605a.5 - Fully automated electronic gaming tables and electronic wagering terminals

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Fully automated
				  electronic gaming tables and electronic wagering terminals must comply with the
				  comprehensive protocol specifications required under section 1324 of the act
				  (relating to protocol information) that are necessary to enable the fully
				  automated electronic gaming table or electronic wagering terminal to
				  communicate with the Department's central control computer system, for the
				  purpose of transmitting auditing program information, real time information
				  retrieval and game activation and disabling.
(b) A fully automated electronic gaming table
				  must have installed software or hardware that distinguishes the fully automated
				  electronic gaming table from a slot machine as defined by the act.
(c) A fully automated electronic gaming table
				  and an electronic wagering terminal must have the capability to accept currency
				  or gaming vouchers and to issue a gaming voucher to a player for any
				  winnings.
(d) A fully automated
				  electronic gaming table and an electronic wagering terminal must be equipped
				  with the following meters, where applicable:
(1)
Coin in.
A meter that
				  accumulates the total value of all wagers.
(2)
Coin out.
A meter that
				  accumulates the total value of all amounts directly paid by the fully automated
				  electronic gaming table or electronic wagering terminal as a result of winning
				  wagers. This meter may not record amounts awarded as the result of a
				  progressive payout.
(3)
Attendant paid jackpots.
A meter that accumulates the total
				  value of credits paid by an attendant resulting from a single winning outcome,
				  the amount of which is not capable of being paid by the fully automated
				  electronic gaming table or electronic gaming terminal. This meter may not
				  record amounts awarded as the result of a progressive payout.
(4)
Attendant paid cancelled
				  credits.
A meter that accumulates the total value of all amounts paid
				  by an attendant resulting from a player initiated cash-out that exceeds the
				  physical or configured capability of the fully automated electronic gaming
				  table or electronic wagering terminal.
(5)
Bill in.
A meter that
				  accumulates the total value of currency accepted. The fully automated
				  electronic gaming table or electronic wagering terminal must also have a
				  specific meter for each denomination.
(6)
Voucher
				  in-cashable/value.
A meter that accumulates the total value of
				  cashable gaming vouchers accepted by the fully automated electronic gaming
				  table or electronic wagering terminal.
(7)
Voucher
				  in-cashable/count.
A meter that accumulates the total number of
				  cashable gaming vouchers accepted by the fully automated electronic gaming
				  table or electronic wagering terminal.
(8)
Voucher
				  out-cashable/value.
A meter that accumulates the total value of
				  cashable gaming vouchers issued by the fully automated electronic gaming table
				  or electronic wagering terminal.
(9)
Voucher
				  out-cashable/count.
A meter that accumulates the total number of
				  cashable gaming vouchers accepted by the fully automated electronic gaming
				  table or electronic wagering terminal.
(10)
Fully automated electronic
				  gaming table paid progressive payout or electronic wagering terminal paid
				  progressive payout.
For fully automated electronic gaming tables or
				  electronic wagering terminals offering a progressive payout, a meter that
				  accumulates the total value of credits paid as a result of progressive awards
				  paid directly by the fully automated electronic gaming table or electronic
				  wagering terminal.
(11)
Attendant paid progressive payout.
For fully automated
				  electronic gaming tables or electronic wagering terminal offering a progressive
				  payout, a meter that accumulates the total value of credits paid by an
				  attendant as a result of progressive awards that are not capable of being paid
				  by the fully automated electronic gaming table or electronic wagering
				  terminal.
(12)
Additional
				  meters.
Other meters required by technical standards adopted by the
				  Board as published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
and posted on
				  the Board's web site.