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.3 - Testing and approval of games and gaming devices, generally

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) In accordance
				  with sections 1320, 13A41, 13B41 and 3701 of the act, slot machines, table
				  games, table game devices, interactive games, sports wagering devices, video
				  gaming terminals and all associated equipment operated in this Commonwealth
				  must be tested and approved in accordance with §
										461a.4(g)
				  (relating to submission for testing and approval) and Chapters 810a, 1112a and
				  1407a (relating to interactive gaming testing and controls; video gaming
				  terminal, redemption terminal and associated equipment testing and
				  certification; and sports wagering testing and controls).
(b) The general cost of establishment and
				  operation of the Board-s testing facility shall be paid by each manufacturer
				  licensee and gaming related gaming service provider on a quarterly basis based
				  upon each manufacturer-s or gaming related gaming service provider-s proportion
				  of the total number of products reviewed.
(c) The Board will require payment of all
				  costs for the testing and approval of slot machines, table games, table game
				  devices, interactive games, sports wagering devices, video gaming terminals and
				  all associated equipment submitted by manufacturers or gaming related gaming
				  service providers or installed at a licensed facility or offered on an approved
				  interactive gaming or interactive sports wagering web site or mobile
				  application, or offered at a licensed truck stop establishment, based on the
				  actual direct costs incurred by the Board.
(d) The Board will require a manufacturer
				  licensee or gaming related gaming service provider seeking approval of a slot
				  machine, table games, table game device, interactive game, sports wagering
				  device, video gaming terminal or all associated equipment to pay all costs of
				  transportation, inspection and testing.
(e) Testing of slot machines, table games,
				  table game devices, interactive games, sports wagering devices, video gaming
				  terminals and all associated equipment may also be conducted at registered
				  private testing and certifications facilities in accordance with sections
				  1320(b.1), 13A41(b.1), 13B02(a)(2) and 3701(e) of the act and Chapter 469a
				  (relating to private testing and certification facilities), and a report of the
				  testing shall be provided to the Board for abbreviated certification and
				  approval.
(f) The Bureau of Gaming
				  Laboratory Operations shall review the report from the registered private
				  testing and certification facility, and prior to installation or use of a slot
				  machine, table game, table game device, interactive game, sports wagering
				  device, video gaming terminal and all associated equipment at a licensed
				  facility, on an authorized interactive gaming or sports wagering web site or
				  mobile application, or at a licensed truck stop establishment shall report the
				  findings to the Board-s Executive Director for abbreviated certification and
				  approval in accordance with §
										461a.4.
The provisions of this § 461a.3 amended under
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						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202,
						1207,
						13A 02(1) and (2), 13A41,
						1317.2, 1319, 1319.1, 1320 and 1517.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												461a.20 (relating to server
						supported slot systems).