(a) A
certificate holder may conduct electronic wagering at a gaming table or
electronic wagering terminal in accordance with this chapter. Electronic
wagering at a gaming table shall be conducted through the use of an electronic
wagering system. If an electronic wagering system is in use, wagers placed at
that gaming table or at each player's electronic wagering terminal, or only
those wagers that are specified in the rules of the game, shall be made using
the electronic wagering system at the table or at each player's electronic
wagering terminal.
(b) An
electronic wagering system must be a dedicated computer system. The computer or
server controlling the system shall be under dual key control, with one key
controlled by the finance department and the other key controlled by the table
games department or the slot operations department if the computer or server is
controlling a fully automated electronic gaming table or an electronic wagering
terminal.
(c) All aspects of an
electronic wagering system or electronic wagering terminal, including the
computer or server and any related hardware, software or related devices shall
be tested by the Bureau of Gaming Laboratory Operations and approved in
accordance with §
461a.4 (relating to submission for
testing and approval) prior to use at any licensed facility in this
Commonwealth.
(d) An electronic
wagering system must:
(1) Credit funds to the
game account of a player when a player buys in to a game at a particular gaming
table or on an electronic wagering terminal and debit any remaining funds from
the game account when a player cashes out of the game.
(2) Permit a player to wager from a game
account, collect losing wagers from the game account and pay winning wagers by
crediting the amount of the winnings and corresponding wager to the game
account.
(3) In the game of Poker:
(i) Debit game accounts and increment pots
for wagers placed, and distribute winning pots by crediting the game accounts
of the winning players in the appropriate amounts.
(ii) Extract the rake from players or pots
according to the rake procedures established in accordance with §
637a.17 (relating to Poker
revenue) and debit the game accounts of players in the appropriate
amounts.
(iii) Make each player's
balance or table stakes visible to all players in the game.
(4) Depict the transactions described in
paragraphs (1)-(3) through one or more electronic fund displays that are
visible to each player and the dealer or boxperson.
(5) Disclose to each player at all times the
current balance in the player's game account.
(6) Accurately report and audit the table
game or electronic wagering terminal win or loss or Poker revenue in accordance
with §
637a.17.
(7) Be capable of generating reports setting
forth, by gaming day, for each gaming table or electronic wagering terminal
using the electronic wagering system:
(i) The
total amount deposited into game accounts by all players.
(ii) The total amount credited to the game
accounts of all players in payment of winnings.
(iii) The total amount collected from all
players as losing wagers.
(iv) For
Poker, if applicable:
(A) The total amount
collected from the accounts of all players for collection of Poker rake time
charges in accordance with §
637a.17.
(B) The total amount collected from Poker
pots for collection of Poker rake in accordance with §
637a.17.
(v) The total amount withdrawn from game
accounts by all players.
(vi) The
table game or electronic wagering terminal gross table game
revenue.
(e)
After installation, electronic wagering systems, hybrid gaming tables and
electronic wagering terminals shall be inspected by the Bureau of Gaming
Laboratory Operations in accordance with §
461a.4 prior to use at any
licensed facility in this Commonwealth.
