New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69O - INTERNET AND MOBILE GAMING
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 13:69O-1.1 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Authentication process" means a method used by a system to verify the validity of software. Such method requires the calculation of an output digest, which is compared to a secure embedded value. The output digest shall be of 128-bit complexity, at a minimum. Software shall be deemed to have been authenticated if the calculated digest equals the secure embedded value.
"Authorized Internet or mobile game" means any game authorized by the Division for use with an Internet or mobile gaming system.
"Client terminal" means any device that is used to interact with a gaming system for the purpose of conducting server-based gaming activity.
"Data warehouse" means a system of one or more servers located in New Jersey for the purpose of storing transactions received from the primary gaming equipment.
"Dormant account" means an Internet gaming account, which has had no patron initiated activity for a period of one year after the last settlement date of a wager or the date of the last patron login, whichever is later.
"Funds on game" means the sum of all non-online sports pool pending wagers and funds transferred to a game not yet wagered less pending wins.
"Game server" means the server that contains game software and control programs.
"Gaming system" means either a server-based gaming system, an Internet gaming system, a mobile gaming system, or table game simulcasting system.
"Internet gaming" means the placing of wagers through a server-based gaming system with a casino licensee at a casino located in Atlantic City using a computer network of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet switched data networks through which the casino licensee may offer an online sports pool or authorized Internet games to a patron who has established an Internet gaming account with the casino licensee.
"Internet gaming account" means an account established by a casino licensee that a patron shall use for the deposit and withdrawal of funds used for Internet wagering.
"Internet gaming intermediary" means an independent entity approved by the Division to offer Internet gaming and affiliated with an Internet gaming operator. The customer accounts of such intermediaries shall be owned by the Internet gaming permit holder.
"Internet gaming manager" means a person licensed as a casino key employee responsible for the operations of internet gaming.
"Internet gaming network" means the linking of patrons of one or more Internet gaming operators to participate in peer-to-peer gaming.
"Internet gaming operator" means a party or parties permitted by the Division to operate an Internet gaming system or online sports pool.
"Internet gaming system" means all hardware, software, and communications that comprise an online sports pool or a type of server-based gaming system for the purpose of offering authorized Internet games.
"Know Your Customer" or "KYC" means the process used to determine an individual's identity.
"KYC data" means data collected in order to verify the identity of an individual.
"Mobile gaming" means the placing of wagers with a casino licensee through a server-based gaming system at a casino located in Atlantic City using a computer network through which the casino licensee may offer an online sports pool or authorized games to individuals who have established a wagering account with the casino licensee and who are physically present within the property boundaries of an approved hotel facility.
"Mobile gaming account" means an account established by a casino licensee that a patron may use for the deposit and withdrawal of funds used for mobile wagering.
"Mobile gaming operator" or "mobile operator" means a party or parties licensed by the Division to operate a mobile gaming system or online sports pool.
"Mobile gaming system" means all hardware, software, and communications that comprise an online sports pool or a type of server-based gaming system for the purpose of offering electronic versions of authorized casino games to be played on client terminals within the property boundaries of an approved casino facility.
"Multi-factor authentication" means a type of strong authentication that uses two of the following to verify a patron's identity:
1. Information known only to the patron, such as a password, pattern or answers to challenge questions;
2. An item possessed by a patron such as an electronic token, physical token or an identification card; or
3. A patron's biometric data, such as fingerprints, facial or voice recognition.
"Patron session" means a period of time when a patron is logged on to an Internet or mobile gaming system.
"Peer-to-peer gaming" means all gaming activity, such as poker, where patrons are competing against each other.
"Primary gaming equipment" means all hardware, software, and other technology or equipment of any kind determined by the Division to be necessary for the conduct of an authorized Internet game on the premises of a casino hotel within the territorial limits of Atlantic City.
"Remote gaming system" (RGS) means hardware and software used to provide an online sports pool or authorized games to patrons in conjunction with an Internet or mobile gaming system, which may be a standalone system or integrated within another part of the Internet or mobile gaming system.
"Restricted Internet gaming credit" means Internet gaming funds that cannot be cashed out until a wagering requirement or other restriction associated with those funds is met in accordance with disclosed terms and conditions.
"Secure transaction file" means a file that contains data, which is unalterable or cannot be modified without detection.
"Server-based gaming" means all gaming activity conducted via a client terminal where the outcome of a game is determined by a random number generator (RNG) maintained on a server or a dealer-verified outcome from a simulcast table game.
"Server-based gaming system" means all hardware, software, and communications that comprise a system utilized for the purpose of offering electronic versions of authorized casino games where material aspects of game functionality occur at the server level.
"Strong authentication" means a method that has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Division to effectively provide higher security than a user name and password alone.
"Suspended account" means an Internet or mobile gaming account that has been temporarily disabled from engaging in wagering activity.
"Table game simulcasting system" means all hardware, software, and communications that comprise a system used to simulcast table games.
