Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-80 - Equipment required for pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse races

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Wagering on
				historical horse races shall be offered on terminals that include a cabinet in
				which the electronics and other operating components are located. All terminals
				and other equipment shall be subject to inspection by the commission.
B. The terminal shall:
1. Protect against electrostatic interference
				by being grounded so that static discharge energy shall not permanently damage
				or inhibit the normal operation of the electronics or other components within
				the wagering terminal. In the event that a temporary disruption of the normal
				operation of a wagering terminal occurs as a result of an electrostatic
				discharge, the wagering terminal shall have the capacity to recover and
				complete any interrupted wager without loss or corruption of any control or
				critical data information. Each terminal shall be tested to a maximum discharge
				severity level of 27 kV air discharge;
2. Not be adversely affected, other than
				during resets, by surges or dips of up to 20% of the supply voltage. If a
				wagering terminal is designed such that a surge or dip of up to 20% of the
				supply voltage causes a reset, the terminal shall also be designed so that a
				surge or dip shall not result in damage to the equipment or loss or corruption
				of data. Upon reset, the game shall return to its previous state or return to a
				game completion state, provided the game history and all credit and accounting
				meters comprehend a completed game;
3. Have an on/off switch that controls the
				electrical current installed in a readily accessible location within the
				interior of the terminal so that power cannot be disconnected from outside of
				the terminal using the on/off switch. The on/off positions of the switch shall
				be labeled;
4. Be designed so that
				power and data cables into and out of the terminal can be routed so that they
				are not accessible to the general public. Security-related wires and cables
				that are routed into a logic area shall be securely fastened within the
				interior of the terminal;
5. Have
				an identification badge affixed to the exterior of the terminal by the
				manufacturer that is not removable without leaving evidence of tampering. This
				badge shall include the following information:
a. The name of the manufacturer;
b. A unique serial number;
c. The terminal model number; and
d. The date of manufacture;
6. Have an external tower light
				located conspicuously on the top of the terminal that automatically illuminates
				when a patron has won an amount that the terminal cannot automatically pay or
				when an error condition has occurred;
7. Be constructed of materials that are
				designed to allow only authorized access to the inside of the terminal. The
				terminal and its locks, doors, and associated hinges shall be capable of
				withstanding determined and unauthorized efforts to gain access to the inside
				of the terminal and shall be designed to leave evidence of tampering if such an
				entry is made;
8. Have seals
				between the terminal and the doors of a locked area that are designed to resist
				the use of tools or other objects used to breach the locked area by physical
				force;
9. Have external doors that
				shall be locked and monitored by door access sensors. When the external doors
				are opened, the door access sensors shall (i) cause game wagering activity to
				cease, (ii) disable all currency acceptance, (iii) enter an error condition,
				(iv) illuminate the tower light at a minimum, and (v) record the error
				condition. The requirements of this subsection do not apply to the drop box
				door;
10. Have external doors
				designed so that it shall not be possible to insert a device into the terminal
				that will disable a "door open" sensor without leaving evidence of tampering
				when the door of the terminal is shut;
11. Have a sensor system that shall provide
				notification that an external door is open when the door is moved from its
				fully closed and locked position, provided power is supplied to the
				device;
12. Have a logic area,
				which is a separately locked cabinet area with its own monitored, locked door
				or other monitored, locked covering that houses electronic components that have
				the potential to significantly influence the operation of the terminal. There
				may be more than one such logic area in a terminal. The electronic components
				housed in the logic area shall include:
a. A
				central processing unit and any program storage device that contains software
				that may affect the integrity of wagering, including the game accounting,
				system communication, and peripheral firmware devices involved in or that
				significantly influence the operation and calculation of game play, game
				display, game result determination, or game accounting, revenue, or
				security;
b. Communication
				controller electronics and components housing the communication program storage
				device; and
c. The nonvolatile
				memory backup device, which if located in the logic area, shall be kept within
				a locked logic area; and
13. Have a currency storage area that is
				separately keyed and fitted with sensors that indicate "door open/close" or
				"stacker receptacle removed," provided power is supplied to the device. Access
				to the currency storage area shall be secured by two locks before the currency
				can be removed. The locks shall be located on the relevant outer door and on at
				least one other door.