Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each central computer system (CCS)
provided to the commission shall include an accounting and auditing
mechanism.
(b) Each CCS shall be
capable of supporting a network of 15,000 EGMs and the location controllers and
validation stations needed to support the EGMs.
(c) Each CCS shall meet all of the following
requirements:
(1) The CCS computers shall
obtain all meter reading data in real time, which shall be no longer than two
and one-half minutes after any meter acquisition request.
(2) The CCS shall keep accurate records,
maintaining a total of at least 14 digits, including cents, in length for each
type of datum required and of all income generated by each electronic gaming
machine (EGM).
(3) The CCS shall be
capable of monitoring the operation of each game and EGM.
(4) The CCS shall be capable of creating
reports from the following information by EGM and by game, if applicable:
(A) The number of cents wagered;
(B) the number of cents won;
(C) the number of cents paid out by a printed
ticket;
(D) the number of cents
accepted from a printed ticket;
(E)
the number of cents accepted from each coin, bill, ticket, or other instrument
of value;
(F) the number of cents
electronically transferred to the EGM;
(G) the number of cents electronically
transferred from the EGM;
(H) the
number of cents paid out by hand pay, which means the payment of credits that
are not totally and automatically paid directly from an EGM, or canceled
credit;
(I) the number of cents
paid out by jackpot;
(J) the number
of cumulative credits representing money inserted by a player;
(K) the number of cents on the credit
meter;
(L) the number of games
played;
(M) the number of games
won;
(N) the number of times the
logic area was accessed; and
(O)
the number of times the cash door was accessed.
(d) The CCS shall be capable of generating
the following reports:
(1) Gaming facility
performance reports. The gaming facility performance report for the previous
period shall be available to be printed on the first day of the next period.
Each gaming facility performance report shall be available to be printed for
all facilities and for specific facilities. The report shall include data from
each EGM in play at the gaming facility. Each report shall contain the
following information:
(A) EGM serial
number;
(B) the number of cents
played;
(C) the number of cents
won;
(D) net terminal income, which
is the amount played minus the amount won;
(E) Kansas lottery's administrative
expenses;
(F) gross
profits;
(G) drop amount; and
(H) drop time frame;
(2) a report that calculates the
prize payout percentage of each EGM on the basis of cents won divided by cents
played;
(3) a report that
calculates cents played less cents won, divided by the number of EGMs in play
at a facility, during the period;
(4) a report that compares cents played less
cents won against total cents in less total cents out by EGMs. This report
shall also include the value on the EGM's credit meter;
(5) a daily report showing the total number
of EGMs in play and cents played less cents won;
(6) performance reports by brand of EGM, game
name, game type, and facility number;
(7) a report by EGM number;
(8) a report of nonreporting EGMs by facility
and by EGM supplier, summarizing the last polled date, EGM manufacturer and
serial number, reason for error, and poll address;
(9) a report of nonreporting intermediary
servers that are communicating with the EGMs but not reporting data by facility
and by EGM that summarizes the last polled date, EGM manufacturer and serial
number, reason for error, and poll address;
(10) a financial summary report listing
facility summaries by date, amount played, amount won, net revenue, number of
EGMs, and average net revenue by EGM;
(11) a transaction report listing facility,
by EGM supplier and by EGM, that summarizes the electronic game machine
manufacturer and serial number, cents in, cents out, net revenue, amount
played, amount won, progressive jackpot contribution, win frequency, payback
percentage, net jackpot won, number of times each game was played, and number
of times each play resulted in a win;
(12) a report containing a record of all
security events by EGM or event type over a specific time range; and
(13) a financial report based upon a
user-specified time frame, by EGM, that summarizes cents in, cents out, net
revenue, cents played, cents won, progressive jackpot contribution, win
frequency, payback percentage, net jackpot won, games played, and games
won.
(e) Each report
specified in this regulation shall be available on demand and, if applicable,
cover a period determined by Kansas lottery or commission auditing staff.
On-demand reporting shall be sortable by date, EGM, game, EGM manufacturer,
location, and facility. The time period of each report may be daily, weekly,
monthly, and yearly, and sufficient data shall be resident on the database to
accommodate a facility manager's need to report on a basis specified by the
Kansas lottery or commission auditing staff.
(f) Each EGM event and all configuration
data, including configurable pay table information, if applicable, shall be
retained for each individual EGM in a backed-up CCS system.
(g) All security event data shall be retained
for each individual EGM as well as accumulated for each facility.
(h) All game play statistics, EGM event data,
and configuration data, including configurable pay table information, if
applicable, shall be retained for each EGM in a backed-up CCS system.
(i) All accounting and security event data
shall be retained and shall be accessible for at least seven years.
(j) All accounting and security event data
shall be retained for each individual EGM and accumulated for each
facility.
(k) Each CCS provider
shall provide an invoicing software package for facility licensees. That
software package shall allow the Kansas lottery to create periodic statements
that interface with an electronic funds transfer account. The CCS shall be able
to perform the following functions:
(1)
Provide a gross terminal income summary to facilitate daily electronic funds
transfer (EFT) sweeps that shall, at a minimum, contain the daily number of
EGMs reporting, the daily cash in divided by cash out and daily cash played
divided by cash won, daily gross EGM income, daily net balances, adjustments,
progressive contributions, and jackpot reset values. The gross terminal income
summary reports shall show the information by each EGM as well as by track and
by total system, retailer, facility manager, and county;
(2) conduct downloading to tape, disk, or
other standard data storage devices of the information necessary to facilitate
the EFT daily sweep of each facility's net EGM income;
(3) create a balanced data file of general
ledger journal entries to record all lottery activities and integrate into
general ledger software on a daily basis and on a multiple day basis, as
needed;
(4) provide payout analyses
that indicate performance by EGM; and
(5) provide reports in a format as specified,
by period to period, by the Kansas lottery.
