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§373.__Licensing of terminals |
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| | 1.__License required.__A video gaming terminal may not be | placed for public use or operated in this State unless the | terminal is licensed by the Chief of the State Police and owned | or leased and placed in a licensed facility by the Bureau of | Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations.__The terminal license | must be prominently displayed on the terminal.__Language | describing the odds of winning the game and warning of the danger | of compulsive gambling must also be prominently displayed on the | terminal. |
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| | 2.__Requirements for license.__To be licensed, a video gaming | terminal: |
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| A.__May offer only games permitted by the Chief of the State | Police; |
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| B.__May not have any means of manipulation that affect the | random probabilities of winning a game; |
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| C.__May not directly dispense coins, cash or tokens; |
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| D.__Must have one or more mechanisms that accept coin or | cash in the form of bills and that are designed to prevent a | person from obtaining credits without paying; |
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| E.__Must be designed to suspend operation until reset if a | person attempts, by physical or other tampering, to obtain | credits without paying; |
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| F.__Must have nonresettable meters housed in a readily | accessible locked terminal area that keep a permanent record | of all cash inserted into the video gaming terminal, credits | awarded by the terminal, credits played for video games and | credits distributed by tickets made by the terminal's | printer; |
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| G.__Must be capable of printing a ticket voucher stating the | value of the credits for the player at the end of play, the | time of day in 24-hour format showing hours and minutes, the | date, the terminal's serial number, the sequential number of | the ticket voucher, and an encrypted validation number from | which the validity of the credits may be determined; |
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| H.__Must have accounting software that keeps an electronic record | of information that includes, but is not limited to, total cash | inserted into the video gaming terminal, total credits awarded by | the terminal, total credits played for |
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