Mich. Admin. Code R. 432.1840 - EGD tournaments
Rule 840.
(1) EGD
tournaments may be conducted by the casino licensee.
(2) All tournament play must be on machines
that have been tested and approved in accordance with the rules and for which
the tournament feature has been enabled.
(3) All EGDs used in a single tournament must
utilize the same electronics and machine settings.
(4) EGDs enabled for tournament play must not
accept credits in or pay credits out in any manner. The EGDs must utilize
credit points only.
(5) Tournament
credits must have no cash value.
(6) Tournament play must not credit the
accounting meters of the machine.
(7) At the casino licensee's discretion, the
casino licensee may establish qualification or selection criteria to limit the
eligibility of players in a tournament. Criteria used must be reasonably
related to gaming activity.
(8) All
of the following provisions apply to the rules of tournament play:
(a) A casino licensee must submit the rules
for a tournament to the board not less than 30 days in advance of the
commencement of the tournament or within a shorter time period as the board may
designate. The rules of tournament play must include all of the following:
(i) The amount of points, credits, and
playing time players will begin with.
(ii) The manner in which players will receive
EGD assignments and how reassignments are to be handled.
(iii) How players are eliminated from the
tournament and how the winner or winners are to be determined.
(iv) The number of EGDs each player will be
allowed to play.
(v) The amount of
entry fee for participating in the tournament.
(vi) The number of prizes to be
awarded.
(vii) An exact description
of each prize to be awarded.
(viii)
Any additional house rules governing play of the tournament.
(ix) Any procedures deemed necessary by the
board to ensure compliance with the act and these rules.
(b) A casino licensee must not permit any
tournament to be played unless the rules of tournament play have been approved
by the board.
(c) Once rules of a
tournament have been approved by the board, a casino licensee may offer a
tournament utilizing the approved rules at any time. Amendments to approved
rules of tournament play must be submitted to the board not less than 30 days
before utilizing the amendments or within a shorter time frame as the board may
designate. An amendment to the rules of tournament play must not be utilized by
the casino licensee until approved by the board.
(d) The rules of tournament play must be
provided to all tournament players and members of the public who request a copy
of the rules.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.