Mo. Code Regs. tit. 11 § 45-5.190
Current through Register Vol. 49, No.12, June 17, 2024
Section 11 CSR 45-5.190 - Minimum Standards for Electronic Gaming DevicesPURPOSE: This amendment replaces the term "riverboat" with "excursion gambling boat" for consistency with the statutes and other regulations in 11 CSR 45.
(1) Electronic gaming devices shall not be programmed to pay out less than eighty percent (80%) of all wagers, including bonus games, within the first ten (10) million handle pulls and thereafter. The minimum payout percentage requirement shall be met regardless of the amount wagered per game.(2) Electronic gaming devices that may be affected by player skill must meet the minimum payout percentage requirement even when the skill of the player provides the lowest possible return to the player from the skill portion of the game.(3) The probability of obtaining the maximum payout on any electronic gaming device shall not be less than one (1) in fifty (50) million.(4) Electronic gaming devices shall-(A) Be subject to testing prior to implementation within the state and at any time thereafter by the commission or an independent testing laboratory designated by the commission, and subject to review and approval by the commission for adherence to the regulatory and technical standards adopted or approved by the commission;(B) Be controlled by a microprocessor or the equivalent in such a manner that the game outcome is completely controlled by the microprocessor or equivalent device as approved by the commission;(C) Utilize a communication protocol that is compatible with and interfaces with the communication protocol used by all online computerized data monitoring, data management, and ticket validation systems approved by the commission for use at licensed gaming establishments. Electronic gaming devices and any peripheral equipment or devices, including the equipment's or device's operating systems and software, shall, prior to approval for use within the state, be tested for interoperability by a commission-approved independent testing laboratory to ensure compliance with this subsection. Once approved, no modifications shall be made to said gaming devices, peripheral equipment, systems, or software that would cause them to be non-compliant with this subsection;(D) Have a logic area in a separate locked internal enclosure within the device which houses electronic components that have the potential to significantly influence the operation of the gaming device. Electronic components required to be housed within the logic area include computer processor units (CPUs) and all critical program storage media;(E) After January 1, 2006, clearly and accurately display, via Attendant Menu, the identification number and version, as applicable, of all software and firmware contained within the electronic gaming device and its top box which are involved in game communication or the operation and calculation of game play, game display, or game result determination;(F) Be able to recover to the state the gaming devices were in immediately prior to the occurrence of a program interruption or power loss and continue a game with no data loss. Upon program resumption, the following procedures must be performed:1. Any communications to an external device shall not begin until the program resumption routine, including self-tests, is completed successfully;2. Gaming device control programs test themselves for possible corruption due to failure of the program storage media; and3. The integrity of all critical memory is checked;(G) Have game data recall capable of providing all information required to fully reconstruct at least the last five (5) games, retrievable upon the operation of an external key-switch or other secure method not available to the player. The five (5)-game recall shall reflect bonus rounds in their entirety. For games that may have infinite free games, there shall be a minimum of fifty (50) games recallable;(H) Have a random selection process that must not produce detectable patterns of game elements or detectable dependency upon any previous game outcome, the amount wagered, or upon the style or method of play; however, the commission may allow a game with a game feature or play mechanic with a detectable dependency if a white paper for the game feature or play mechanic is submitted to and approved by the commission prior to testing by an independent testing laboratory (ITL). The commission reserves the right to require the removal of the program if it determines, in its sole discretion, that removal is in the best interest of the state of Missouri;(I) Clearly and accurately display applicable rules of play and the award that will be paid to the player when the player obtains a specific win, including mystery awards. The displays shall clearly indicate whether awards are designated in denominational units, currency, credits or some other unit. All pay-table information must be able to be accessed by a player prior to the player committing to a wager. Pay glass and its corresponding artwork for mechanical displays must be submitted to an independent testing laboratory designated by the commission for review and approval prior to implementation within the state;(J) Display an accurate representation of each game outcome. After selection of the game outcome, the electronic gaming device must not make a variable secondary decision which affects the result shown to the player;(K) Have a complete set of nonvolatile meters including coin in, coin out, bills in, tickets in, tickets out, coupons in, cashable electronic promotion in (CEP In), cashable electronic promotion out (CEP Out), non-cashable electronic promotion in (NCEP In), non-cashable electronic promotion out (NCEP Out), attendant paid external bonus payout, machine paid external bonus payout, wagering account transfer in (WAT In), wagering account transfer out (WAT Out), number of games played, attendant paid progressive, machine paid progressive, attendant paid cancel credits, and attendant paid jackpots, or their equivalent as approved by the commission;(5) When an electronic gaming device is unable to automatically provide payment of jackpots requiring the payment to be made by the excursion gambling boat, jackpot payout tickets must be prepared either by the computerized slot monitoring system or manually by casino personnel containing the following information: AUTHORITY: sections 313.004 and 313.805, RSMo 2000 and 313.800, RSMo Supp. 2006.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Sept. 20, 1993, expired Jan. 17, 1994. Emergency rule filed Jan. 5, 1994, effective Jan. 18, 1994, expired Jan. 30, 1994. Original rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed June 25, 1996, effective Feb. 28, 1997. Amended: Filed May 13, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed March 31, 2005, effective Oct. 30, 2005. Amended: Filed Aug. 30, 2006, effective March 30, 2007. Amended by Missouri Register August 15, 2014/Volume 39, Number 16, effective 9/30/2014Amended by Missouri Register November 1, 2019/Volume 44, Number 21, effective 12/31/2019Amended by Missouri Register August 1, 2022/Volume 47, Number 15, effective 9/30/2022Amended by Missouri Register January 2, 2024/volume 49, Number 01, effective 2/29/2024.*Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994; 313.800, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2005; and 313.805, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2000.