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Interactive Gaming > Interactive Gaming Testing and Controls
Short Summary
The provided legal document content covers various aspects of interactive gaming, including controls and requirements for interactive gaming systems, fairness and integrity of interactive gaming, minimum display standards for interactive gaming, standards for random number generators (RNGs) used in interactive gaming systems, rules and regulations related to interactive gaming, and acquisition and development of new software in accordance with the information security policy. The documents apply to operators of interactive gaming systems, interactive gaming certificate holders, interactive gaming operators, interactive gaming platforms, player devices, players participating in interactive gaming activities, and entities involved in interactive gaming. The controls and requirements for interactive gaming systems include the availability of a replay last game feature, recording and maintenance of information for each individual game played, organized events for competitive play, disabling and re-enabling gambling on the system, and rules for progressive jackpots. The fairness and integrity of interactive gaming are ensured through the independent generation of game outcomes and returns to players, use of certified random number generators, availability of all possible permutations or combinations of game elements for random selection, prohibition of variable secondary decisions affecting game results, independence of chance events within games, disclosure of the mathematical probability of symbol appearances, prohibition of games misrepresenting occurrences or events, and display of final game outcomes for player verification. The minimum display standards for interactive gaming require the visibility or accessibility of certain game information at all times during a player session, including the name of the game, play or betting restrictions, current session balance, current bet amount, current placement of all bets, denomination of the bet, amount won for the last completed game, player options selected for the last completed game, and initial player section options. The standards for random number generators (RNGs) ensure their cryptographic strength, statistical independence, fair distribution, adherence to slot machine minimum design standards, and passing of recognized statistical tests. The rules and regulations related to interactive gaming cover accurate and non-misleading game information, availability of game rules and paytable information, communication of imperfections of the communications medium, treatment of bonus bets, random/mystery prizes, and multiple wins, display of additional lines, multiplier instructions, game symbols and objects, and advertising of upcoming wins, indication of the number of cards and card decks in play for games depicting cards being drawn from a deck, and clear indication of individual wagers and associated winning prizes for multiwager games. The acquisition and development of new software must adhere to logical and physical separation of environments, prohibition of code changes promotion into the production environment by development staff, prevention of deployment of test software to the production environment, prevention of the use of raw production data in testing, and availability and retention of documentation related to software and application development throughout its lifecycle.
Whom does it apply to?
Operators of interactive gaming systems, interactive gaming certificate holders, interactive gaming operators, interactive gaming platforms, player devices, players participating in interactive gaming activities, entities involved in interactive gaming
What does it govern?
Controls and requirements for interactive gaming systems, fairness and integrity of interactive gaming, minimum display standards for interactive gaming, standards for random number generators (RNGs) used in interactive gaming systems, rules and regulations related to interactive gaming, acquisition and development of new software in accordance with the information security policy
What are exemptions?
No specific exemptions are mentioned in these documents.
What are the Penalties?
No specific penalties are mentioned in these documents.
Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania