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23.16.1911    INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT

(1) A licensed manufacturer or accounting system vendor may be required to provide information to the department necessary to ensure a machine or automated accounting and reporting system is in compliance with the act and these rules. The information shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) all technical manuals;

(b) all schematics, printed wire assembly and hardware block diagrams;

(c) all microprocessor manuals;

(d) all source listings, including programmer's comments, and flow charts for the game program(s) and printer routine(s) ;

(e) hexadecimal dump(s) for each compiled program;

(f) conventional ROM storage devices containing compiled game programs and character sets, including those that may reside on the peripheral devices;

(g) access to a compiler for the programming language used if the department is unable to compile the program with the equipment it has available;

(h) a written description of the random number generator algorithm;

(i) schedule of proposed payout(s) , percentage(s) and odds determinations;

(j) a complete copy of the programmer's memory map;

(k) programmer's memory map defining unused program and data storage space reserved for automated accounting and reporting system communication protocol and related data storage;

(l) a description of the methods of all testing criteria if performed and the results of the tests for the following:

(i) random number generator;

(ii) electromechanical interference;

(iii) radio frequency interference;

(iv) FCC standards;

(v) A.C. line noise;

(vi) static electricity;

(vii) extreme temperature conditions;

(m) truth tables for all PALs used;

(n) an operators manual for each peripheral device utilized; and

(o) additional information to be provided for automated accounting and reporting systems:

(i) electronic copy of an output data file produced by the system for communication to the department. File shall contain no less than one hundred records for each of the following classes:

(A) video gambling machine startup;

(B) video gambling machine electronic meter period;

(C) video gambling machine event (if applicable) ;

(D) video gambling machine before service (if applicable) ;

(E) video gambling machine after service (if applicable) ; and

(F) video gambling machine end.

History: 23-5-115, 23-5-621, MCA; IMP, 23-5-607, 23-5-621, 23-5-631, 23-5-637, MCA; EMERG, NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1623, Eff. 11/1/85; TRANS, from Dept. of Revenue, Ch. 154, L. 1987, Eff. 3/22/87; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 1972, Eff. 10/30/87; TRANS, from Dept. of Commerce, Ch. 642, L. 1989, Eff. 7/1/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 828, Eff. 4/27/90; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 1942, Eff. 10/18/91; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 1176, Eff. 5/1/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1638, Eff. 6/30/00; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1281, Eff. 7/15/05; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1735, Eff. 7/7/06.

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