N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69E-1.28N

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024
Section 13:69E-1.28N - Bill acceptors and stackers
(a) All devices designed for accepting currency, coupons, or vouchers shall be able to communicate with slot machines and other approved gaming equipment on a bi-directional basis.
(b) The bill acceptor's software must be able to detect the insertion of currency, coupons or vouchers and ensure that the inserted items are either:
1. Validated; or
2. Rejected.
(c) Each bill acceptor shall be equipped with a stacker utilized to securely store validated currency, coupons, and vouchers.
(d) Each stacker shall be designed to prevent unauthorized removal of the currency; coupons, and vouchers stored within, and shall utilize a secure locking mechanism in accordance with Division rules.
(e) Wires, cables and harnesses connecting the bill acceptor to a gaming device shall be housed inside the gaming device's cabinet.
(f) Bill acceptors shall ensure the gaming device receives the exact value of the validated and stacked currency, coupons, or gaming vouchers for the purpose of completing a gaming transaction.
(g) Bill acceptors shall perform Power On Self Test (POST) upon every power up and shall self disable if POST fails. POST must also be performed after every recovery from an error state.
(h) Upon reset or power cycle, each bill acceptor shall perform a signature comparison between a previously embedded value and the calculated value utilizing a 16 bit cyclical redundancy check or other method approved by the Division. If the signatures match, booting sequence shall resume otherwise the bill acceptor shall become inoperable.
(i) A bill acceptor shall not accept currency, coupons or vouchers when any of the following errors or security events occur:
1. Bill or voucher jams;
2. Stacker door open;
3. Stacker removed;
4. Stacker full;
5. Bill acceptor door open;
6. Communications error;
7. Bill acceptor reset; or
8. Hardware or software error.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69E-1.28N