205 CMR, § 144.02 - Delivery of Electronic Gaming Devices to a Gaming Licensee
(1) In order for an electronic gaming device
to be approved for use in a gaming establishment, a gaming vendor, at its own
expense, must submit the electronic gaming device for scientific testing and
technical evaluation in accordance with
205 CMR
144.04 by a commission certified independent
testing laboratory certified pursuant to
205 CMR
144.06 to determine compliance with M.G.L. c.
23K and
205 CMR 143.00:
Gaming Devices and Electronic Gaming Equipment. The gaming
vendor must provide the certified independent testing laboratory with all
documentation and other materials necessary to conduct testing and evaluate
compliance. The gaming vendor shall provide notice of submission of a new
prototype for testing to the commission's gaming technology laboratory
contemporaneously with submission to the independent testing
laboratory.
(2) Upon certification
of a prototype of an electronic gaming device by a certified independent
testing laboratory, a gaming vendor may deliver the electronic gaming device to
the gaming licensee, or any other person authorized to possess such a device in
accordance with
205
CMR 145.01(1), after
providing notice to the commission, as directed, in accordance with
205
CMR 145.02(2). Upon receipt
of the notice, the commission may deny entry of any electronic gaming device it
determines may not be compatible with the commission's central monitoring
system or for any reason necessary to protect the integrity of gaming in the
Commonwealth.
Provided, prior to delivery of any such electronic gaming device into the Commonwealth the gaming vendor and electronic gaming device shall be in compliance with 15 U.S.C. 1173.
(3) Upon submission of the electronic gaming
device prototype for testing to a certified independent testing laboratory in
accordance with 205 CMR 144.02(1) and
144.04,
the commission's gaming technology lab may require that the gaming vendor
provide to the commission's gaming technology lab, at the gaming vendor's
expense, a functioning prototype of the electronic gaming device as well as all
software, documentation and other materials necessary to conduct testing and
evaluate compliance. The commission's gaming technology lab may conduct any
testing of the electronic gaming device it desires and require any further
subsequent action.
(4) The gaming
vendor and gaming licensee shall promptly notify the commission if it becomes
aware of any negative action taken in another jurisdiction relative to a gaming
device that has been delivered to a gaming licensee, or if it becomes aware of
an issue that may negatively impact the reporting of revenue, game outcome, or
the integrity of such a device.
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