Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) As used within this regulation, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified in this subsection:
(1) "Linked progressive games" means a group
of EGMs at a gaming facility that offers the same game and involves a manner of
wagering providing the same probability of hitting the combination that will
award the progressive jackpot that increases by the same increments as the EGM
is played.
(2) A "wide-area
progressive game" means a game that consists of a group of EGMs located at two
or more gaming facilities, linked to a single CCS computer that has a manner of
wagering that will provide the same probability of hitting the combination that
will award the progressive jackpot that increases, by the same increments, as
the EGM is played.
(b)
Each CCS shall be able to support a variety of different progressive jackpot
games, including single-machine games, linked games at a gaming facility, and
wide-area progressive games shared by two or more gaming facilities.
(c) The CCS communication for the wide-area
progressive system shall be by means of dedicated on-line communication lines,
satellite, or another preapproved communications system. All communication
packets between each participating facility manager and the CCS shall be
encrypted, and the encryption keys shall be alterable upon demand. The protocol
shall ensure delivery of all information packets in a valid and correct
form.
(d) The CCS computer's
wide-area progressive gaming subsystem shall have the ability to monitor the
opening of the front door of the EGM and the logic area of the EGM, and to
report all these events to the CCS within one polling cycle.
(e) Each CCS shall have the ability to
produce reports that demonstrate the method used to calculate the progressive
jackpot amount, including the documentation of credits contributed from the
beginning of the polling cycle and all credits contributed throughout the
polling cycle that includes the jackpot signal. The method shall assume that
credits contributed to the system after the jackpot win occurs, in real-time
but during the same polling cycle, are contributed to the progressive jackpot
amount before the win.
(f) Each CCS
shall be able to produce fiscal reports that support and verify the economic
activity of the games, indicating the amount of and basis for the current
progressive jackpot amount. These reports shall include the following:
(1) An aggregate report to show only the
balancing of the progressive link with regard to facilitywide totals;
(2) a detail report in a format that
indicates for each EGM, summarized by location, the cash-in, cash-out,
credits-played, and credits-won totals, as these terms are commonly understood
by the Kansas lottery; and
(3) a
jackpot contribution invoice that includes documentation of contributions by
the following:
(A) Each of its participating
EGMs;
(B) the credits contributed
by each EGM to the jackpot for the period for which an invoice is
remitted;
(C) the percentage
contributed by that gaming facility; and
(D) any other information required by the
Kansas lottery or the commission to confirm the validity of the facility
manager's aggregate contributions to the jackpot amount.
This report shall be available for any facility manager
participating in a wide-area progressive electronic gaming machine
system.
(g) Each CCS shall be designed to have
continuous operation of all progressive games.
(h) Each CCS shall have a method to transfer
the balance of one progressive pool to another.
(i)
(1) Each
progressive controller linking one or more progressive EGMs shall be housed in
a double-keyed compartment or an alternative approved by the Kansas lottery and
the commission.
(2) The Kansas
lottery or the Kansas lottery's designee shall be given possession of one of
the keys, or the Kansas lottery's designee shall authorize each instance of
access to the controller in advance. No person may have access to a controller
without notice to the Kansas lottery.
(3) A progressive entry authorization log
shall be included with each controller, and the log shall be completed by each
person gaining entrance to the controller. The log shall be entered on a form
provided by the Kansas lottery.
(4)
If a progressive jackpot is recorded on any progressive EGM, the progressive
controller shall be able to identify the EGM that caused the progressive meter
to activate, and the progressive controller shall display the winning
progressive amount.
(5) If more
than one progressive EGM is linked to the progressive controller, the
progressive controller may automatically reset to the minimum amount and
continue normal play only if the progressive meter displays the following
information:
(A) The identity of the EGM that
caused the progressive meter to activate;
(B) the winning progressive amount;
and
(C) the minimum amount that is
displayed to the other players on the link.
(6) A progressive meter or progressive
controller shall keep the following information in nonvolatile memory, which
shall be displayed upon demand:
(A) The number
of progressive jackpots won on each progressive meter if the progressive
display has more than one winning amount;
(B) the cumulative amounts paid on each
progressive meter if the progressive display has more than one winning
amount;
(C) the maximum amount of
the progressive payout for each meter displayed;
(D) the minimum amount or reset amount of the
progressive payout for each meter displayed; and
(E) the rate of progression for each
meter.
(7) Waivers may
be granted by the Kansas lottery to ensure that individual EGMs and multiple
EGMs linked to a progressive controller meet the requirements of this
regulation.
