Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each
progressive LFG shall meet the requirements of article 110.
(b) Each facility manager seeking to utilize
a linked LFG shall submit the location and manner of installing any progressive
meter display mechanism to the executive director for approval.
(c) An LFG that offers a progressive jackpot
shall not be placed on the gaming floor until the executive director has
approved the following:
(1) The initial and
reset amounts at which the progressive meter or meters will be set;
(2) the proposed system for controlling the
keys and applicable logical access controls to the LFGs;
(3) the proposed rate of progression for each
progressive jackpot;
(4) the
proposed limit for the progressive jackpot, if any; and
(5) the calculated probability of winning
each progressive jackpot. The probability shall not exceed 50 million to
one.
(d) Progressive
meters shall not be turned back to a lesser amount unless one of the following
occurs:
(1) The amount indicated has been
actually paid to a winning patron.
(2) The progressive jackpot amount won by the
patron has been recorded in accordance with a system of internal controls
approved under K.A.R. 112-104-1.
(3) The progressive jackpot has, upon
executive director approval, been transferred to another progressive LFG or
wide-area progressive system in accordance with this article.
(4) The change is necessitated by an LFG or
meter malfunction. For progressive jackpots governed by subsection (a), an
explanation for the malfunction shall be entered on the progressive electronic
gaming summary required by this article, and the commission shall be notified
of the resetting in writing.
(e) Once an amount appears on a progressive
meter, the probability of hitting the combination that will award the
progressive jackpot shall not be decreased unless the progressive jackpot has
been won by a patron or the progressive jackpot has been transferred to another
progressive LFG or wide-area progressive system or removed in accordance with
subsection (g).
(f) If an LFG has a
progressive meter with digital limitations on the meter, the facility manager
shall set a limit on the progressive jackpot, which shall not exceed the
display capability of the progressive meter.
(g) Any facility manager may limit, transfer,
or terminate a progressive jackpot offered on a gaming floor only under any of
the following:
(1) A facility manager may
establish a payout limit for a progressive jackpot if the payout limit is
greater than the payout amount that is displayed to the patron on the
progressive jackpot meter. The facility manager shall provide notice to the
commission of the imposition or modification of a payout limit on a progressive
meter concurrent with the setting of the payout limit.
(2) A facility manager may terminate a
progressive jackpot concurrent with the winning of the progressive jackpot if
its LFG program or progressive controller was configured before the winning of
the progressive jackpot to establish a fixed reset amount with no progressive
increment.
(3) A facility manager
may permanently remove one or more linked LFGs from a gaming floor if both of
the following conditions are met:
(A) If the
LFG is part of a wide-area progressive system offered at multiple facilities,
the facility manager retains at least one linked LFG offering the same
progressive jackpot on its gaming floor.
(B) If the progressive jackpot is only
offered in a single gaming facility, at least two linked LFGs offering the same
progressive jackpot remain on the gaming floor.
(4) Any facility manager may transfer a
progressive jackpot amount on a stand-alone LFG or the common progressive
jackpot on an entire link of LFGs with a common progressive meter, including a
wide-area progressive system, from a gaming floor. The facility manager shall
give notice of its intent to transfer the progressive jackpot to the commission
at least 30 days before the anticipated transfer and shall conspicuously
display the facility manager's intent to transfer the progressive jackpot on
the front of each LFG for at least 30 days. To be eligible for transfer, the
progressive jackpot shall meet the following conditions:
(A) Be transferred in its entirety;
and
(B) be transferred to one of
the following:
(i) The progressive meter for
an LFG or wide-area progressive system with the same or greater probability of
winning the progressive jackpot, the same or lower wager requirement to be
eligible to win the progressive jackpot, and the same type of progressive
jackpot. However, if no other LFG or wide-area progressive system meets all of
these qualifications, a transfer of the jackpot to the progressive meter of the
most similar LFG or wide-area progressive system available may be authorized by
the executive director; or
(ii) the
progressive meters of two separate LFGs or wide-area progressive systems if
each LFG or wide-area progressive system to which the jackpot is transferred
individually satisfies the requirements of paragraph (g)(4)(B)(i).
(5) Any facility
manager may immediately and permanently remove a progressive jackpot on a
stand-alone progressive LFG, the common progressive jackpot on an entire link
of LFGs with a common progressive meter, or an entire wide-area progressive
system from a gaming floor if notice of intent to remove the progressive
jackpot meets the following requirements:
(A)
Is conspicuously displayed on the front ofeach LFG for at least 30 days;
and
(B) is provided in writing to
the commission at least 30 days before the removal of the progressive
jackpot.
(h)
The amount indicated on the progressive meter or meters and coin-in meter on
each LFG governed by subsection (a) shall be recorded by the facility manager's
accounting department or LFG department on a progressive electronic gaming
summary report at least once every seven calendar days. Each report shall be
signed by the preparer. If not prepared by the accounting department, the
progressive electronic gaming summary report shall be forwarded to the
accounting department by the end of the gaming day on which it is prepared. An
employee of the accounting department shall be responsible for calculating the
correct amount that should appear on a progressive meter. If an adjustment to
the progressive meters is necessary, the adjustment shall be made by a member
of the LFG department authorized by the progressive gaming supplier to make
progressive meter adjustments as follows:
(1)
Supporting documentation shall be maintained to explain any addition or
reduction in the registered amount on the progressive meter. The documentation
shall include the date, the asset number of the LFG, the amount of the
adjustment, and the signatures of the accounting department member requesting
the adjustment and the LFG department member making the adjustment;
and
(2) the adjustment shall be
effectuated within 48 hours of the meter reading.
(i) Except as otherwise authorized by this
regulation, each LFG offering a progressive jackpot that is removed from the
gaming floor shall be returned to or replaced on the gaming floor within five
gaming days. The amount on the progressive meter or meters on the returned or
replacement LFG shall not be less than the amount on the progressive meter or
meters at the time of removal. If an LFG offering a progressive jackpot is not
returned or replaced, any progressive meter amount at the time of removal
shall, within five days of the LFG's removal, be added to an LFG offering a
progressive jackpot approved by the executive director. The LFG shall offer the
same or greater probability of winning the progressive jackpot and shall
require the same or lower denomination of currency to play that was in use on
the LFG that was removed. This subsection shall not apply to the temporary
removal by a facility manager, for a period not to exceed 30 days, of all
linked LFGs that are part of a particular wide-area progressive system if the
progressive jackpot offered by the temporarily removed LFGs remains available
on LFGs that are part of the same wide-area progressive system in another
gaming facility.
(j) If an LFG is
located adjacent to an LFG offering a progressive jackpot, the facility manager
shall conspicuously display on the LFG a notice advising patrons that the LFG
is not participating in the progressive jackpot of the adjacent LFG.
