Current through September 24, 2024
(a) For those gaming devices which are
already approved as of the effective date of this regulation, this Section (d)
shall apply for a period of one year after the effective date of this
regulation.
(b) All gaming devices
must be equipped with electronic digital storage meters of at least eight
digits that can be displayed upon demand and that accumulate the following
information in units equal to the denomination of the device, in dollars and
cents or in other units approved by the Executive Director:
1. The total value of all wagers, whether the
wagered amount comes from the insertion of coin or tokens, currency, deduction
from a credit meter or any other means (Coin In). This meter shall not include
subsequent wagers made on double-up games;
2. The total value of all amounts directly
paid by the machine as a result of winning wagers, whether the payout is made
via the hopper or to a credit meter (Coin Out). This meter shall include
payouts from the final outcome of double-up games;
3. The total value of coins or tokens
diverted to the drop (Coins Dropped);
4. The total value of jackpots paid by an
attendant (Jackpot Pays). The amount accumulated on this meter excludes any
payments recorded on the Coin Out meter. In the case of a cash or non-cash
progressive, mystery or bonus award, the attendant pay meter must reflect the
actual award if the amount is electronically communicated to the gaming device
or, if not electronically communicated, the base value of the award as
reflected on the manufacturers par percentage sheet;
5. The total value of coins or tokens
inserted into the gaming device (Physical Coin In);
6. The total value of coins or tokens paid
out by the hopper (Physical Coin Out);
7. The total value of the currency accepted,
if the device has a currency acceptor (Bills In);
8. The total value of each type of other
instrumentalities, wagering credits, or wagering instruments inserted or
otherwise transferred to the device which result in giving the patron a wager
or credits to make a wager, if the device accepts such instrumentalities (Other
Instrumentalities In);
9. The total
value of credits paid by each means other than payout from the hopper or
jackpot payouts recorded on the meter required by Regulation VIII, C.,
4,(b)(4), if the device has such provisions (Credits Canceled); and
10. The total value of additional amounts
paid as a result of an external bonusing system if the device has the
provisions for interfacing with such a system (Bonus Payouts).
11. Any other meter(s) that the Executive
Director may require to provide for a full and complete accounting of monies or
instrumentalities in or out of the gaming device.
(c) All gaming devices must be equipped with
either:
1. Electro-mechanical nonresetable
counters having at least six digits that accumulate Coin In as described in
Regulation VIII, Section 3., (d),(2)(A), Coin Out as described in Regulation
VIII, Section 3., (d),(2)(B), and Drop, which is the sum of the Coins Dropped
as described in Regulation VIII, Section 3., (d),(2)(C), and Bills In as
described in Regulation VIII, Section 3., (d),(2)(G), or
2. A device, mechanism or method which
retains the value of all of the required meters in Regulation VIII, Section 3.,
(d),(2), in the event of loss of power to the device or replacement of the
primary logic board.
(d). Electro-mechanical meters, if used, must
have an accuracy of 0.1 percent or better.
(e). Gaming devices that use
electro-mechanical meters must be designed so that replacement of parts or
modules required for normal maintenance does not necessitate replacement of the
electro-mechanical meters.
(f).
Gaming devices must have an electronically stored digital meter of at least 3
digits for the number of plays since power on and the number of plays since
door closure. When the maximum value has been reached, the meters must remain
at that value until reset by occurrence of the appropriate event. The gaming
device must provide the means for ondemand display of the stored
information.
(g). Unless a tilt
condition or other malfunction exists, gaming devices must have meters in units
equal to the denomination of the device, in dollars and cents or in other units
approved by the Executive Director, continuously displaying to a player the
following information as it pertains to the current game selection, current
play or monetary transaction:
1. The coins or
credits wagered;
2. The coins or
credits won, if applicable;
3. The
coins paid by the hopper for a credit cash-out or a direct pay from a winning
outcome;
4. The credits available
for wagering, if applicable.
(h) Electronically stored meter information
required by this section must be preserved for a minimum of 72 hours after a
power loss to the gaming device. (Adopted: 09/15/2004.)3
Miss. Code Ann. §
75-76-51
