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§373.__Licensing of terminals |
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| | | 1.__License required.__A video gaming terminal may not be | | placed for public use or operated in this State unless the | | terminal is licensed by the Chief of the State Police and owned | | or leased and placed in a licensed facility by the Bureau of | | Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations.__The terminal license | | must be prominently displayed on the terminal.__Language | | describing the odds of winning the game and warning of the danger | | of compulsive gambling must also be prominently displayed on the | | terminal. |
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| | | 2.__Requirements for license.__To be licensed, a video gaming | | terminal: |
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| | | A.__May offer only games permitted by the Chief of the State | | Police; |
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| | | B.__May not have any means of manipulation that affect the | | random probabilities of winning a game; |
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| | | C.__May not directly dispense coins, cash or tokens; |
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| | | D.__Must have one or more mechanisms that accept coin or | | cash in the form of bills and that are designed to prevent a | | person from obtaining credits without paying; |
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| | | E.__Must be designed to suspend operation until reset if a | | person attempts, by physical or other tampering, to obtain | | credits without paying; |
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| | | F.__Must have nonresettable meters housed in a readily | | accessible locked terminal area that keep a permanent record | | of all cash inserted into the video gaming terminal, credits | | awarded by the terminal, credits played for video games and | | credits distributed by tickets made by the terminal's | | printer; |
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| | | G.__Must be capable of printing a ticket voucher stating the | | value of the credits for the player at the end of play, the | | time of day in 24-hour format showing hours and minutes, the | | date, the terminal's serial number, the sequential number of | | the ticket voucher, and an encrypted validation number from | | which the validity of the credits may be determined; |
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| | | H.__Must have accounting software that keeps an electronic record | | of information that includes, but is not limited to, total cash | | inserted into the video gaming terminal, total credits awarded by | | the terminal, total credits played for |
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