Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Terminals shall
not dispense currency. Payment to patrons shall only be accomplished by means
of a printed voucher.
B. All
vouchers shall contain the following printed information at a minimum:
1. Licensee name and site identifier, which
may be contained on the ticket stock itself;
2. Terminal number or cashier booth
location;
3. Date and time stated
in a 24-hour format according to the local time zone;
4. Alpha and numeric dollar amount;
5. Ticket or voucher sequence
number;
6. Validation
number;
7. Bar code or any
machine-readable code representing the validation number;
8. Type of transaction or other method of
differentiating voucher types. If the voucher is a noncashable item, the ticket
shall explicitly express that it has "no cash value"; and
9. The expiration period from date of issue,
or date and time the ticket or voucher will expire in a 24-hour format
according to the local time zone. This information may be contained on the
ticket stock itself. Payment on valid pari-mutuel tickets, including tickets
where refunds are ordered, shall be made only upon presentation and surrender
of valid pari-mutuel tickets to the licensee within 180 days after the purchase
of the ticket. Failure to present any valid pari-mutuel ticket to the licensee
within 180 days after the purchase of the ticket shall constitute a waiver of
the right to payment.
C.
A system approved by the commission shall be used to validate the payout ticket
or voucher. The ticket or voucher information on the central system shall be
retained for two calendar years after a voucher is valid at that
location.
D. Payment by voucher as
a method of credit redemption shall only be permissible when the terminal is
linked to a computerized voucher validation system that is approved by the
commission.
E. The validation
system must be able to identify a duplicate ticket or voucher to prevent
fraud.
F. Terminals must meet the
following minimum requirements to incorporate the ability to issue offline
vouchers after a loss of communication has been identified by a wagering
terminal:
1. The wagering terminal shall not
issue more offline vouchers than it has the ability to retain and display in
the wagering terminal maintained voucher-out log;
2. The wagering terminal shall not request
validation numbers used in the issuance of vouchers until all outstanding
offline voucher information has been fully communicated to the voucher
validation system;
3. The wagering
terminal shall request a new set of validation numbers used in the issuance of
online or offline vouchers if the current list of validation numbers has the
possibility of being compromised, which shall include:
a. After power has been recycled,
or
b. Upon exit of a main door
condition; and
4.
Validation numbers must always be masked when viewable through any display
supported by the wagering terminal such that only the last four digits of the
validation number are visible.
G. Vouchers may be inserted in any terminal
participating in the validation system providing that no credits are issued to
the terminal prior to confirmation of voucher validity.
H. The offline voucher redemption may be
validated as an internal control process at the specific terminal that issued
the voucher. A manual handpay may be conducted for the offline voucher
value.
Statutory Authority: §
59.1-369
of the Code of Virginia.
