(a) Two or more table games that are located
within the same licensed facility and offer a shared progressive jackpot must
be linked using an approved local area progressive (LAP) controller.
(b) The LAP controller:
(1) Must be capable of uniquely identifying
each linked progressive table game.
(2) Must become inoperable if any of the
following errors occur:
(i) RAM
failures.
(ii) Power
failures.
(iii) Self-check
errors.
(iv) Incorrect
configurations.
(v) Lost jackpot
configurations.
(3) Must
be designed to:
(i) Recover from an error or
communication failure and, when recovered, to return to the state it was in
prior to the error or communication failure.
(ii) Automatically and accurately calculate
the progressive jackpot amount based on a configured rate of progression and to
continuously update the required displays and meters.
(iii) Accurately identify and record the
order of winning progressive jackpots when two or more linked progressive table
games achieve the same winning game outcome at nearly the same time.
(iv) Complete a self-check when powered-up. A
LAP controller must be designed so that it becomes operational only if it has
successfully passed a self-check. A self-check must include an authentication
of the LAP controller software by means of, at a minimum, a 16-bit cyclical
redundancy check.
(4) May
not allow progressive parameter changes while a progressive link is in
operation.
(c)
Progressives connected to a LAP controller must become unplayable when the LAP
controller is disabled or inoperable or if the progressive loses communication
with the LAP controller.
(d) The
certificate holder shall specify in its internal controls required under §
465a.2 (relating to internal
control systems and audit protocols):
(1) The
mechanism by which the certificate holder and the patrons will be notified if
the LAP controller or the linked progressive on a table game becomes
inoperable.
(2) The secure location
within the licensed facility where the LAP controller will be stored.
(3) An access matrix containing a list of
users and a description of their access rights to the LAP controller
software.
(4) Key controls over the
cabinet or rack which houses the LAP controller.
(e) A certificate holder is required to
physically house, in each location where a LAP controller is stored, an entry
authorization log that documents each time a LAP controller is accessed. The
log must:
(1) Contain the date, time, purpose
for accessing the LAP controller and the signature and license or permit number
of the person accessing the LAP controller.
(2) Be maintained in the location where the
LAP controller unit is housed.
(3)
Have recorded a sequence number and the manufacturer's serial number of the LAP
controller.
(f) A
certificate holder seeking to utilize a linked progressive on a table game
shall submit for approval the location and manner of installing a progressive
meter display mechanism.
(g) Two or
more table games within the same licensed facility that are linked to a common
progressive meter for the purpose of offering a shared progressive jackpot
must:
(1) Have the same probability of hitting
the combination that will award the progressive jackpot as every other table
game linked to the common progressive meter.
(2) Require that the same progressive wager
amount be invested to entitle the player a chance at winning the progressive
jackpot. Progressive wager amounts may not be changed unless the certificate
holder updates its Rules Submission in accordance with §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions).
(h)
Table games that offer a linked progressive jackpot may not be made available
for play by the public until the LAP controller and the linked progressive
table games have been tested by the Bureau of Gaming Laboratory Operations and
approved in accordance with §§
461a.4 and
461a.26 (relating to submission
for testing and approval; and testing and software installation on the live
gaming floor).
