- (a) The laboratory will perform certain tests to determine whether or not outside influences affect EGS game fairness to the player or create cheating opportunities.
- (b) Electrical testing shall be performed by a test laboratory that specializes in that type of testing for health or safety matters.
- (c) Electrical testing is the responsibility of the manufacturer, purchaser, and operator of the equipment.
(d) An EGS shall be able to withstand the following tests, resuming game play without operator intervention:
(1)
- (A) Random number generator.
- (B) The random number generator and random selection process shall be impervious to influences from outside the device;
(2)
- (A) Electro-magnetic interference.
- (B) EGS gaming devices shall not create electronic noise that would affect the integrity or fairness of neighboring machines or associated equipment;
(3)
- (A) Electro-static interference.
- (B) Protection against static discharges requires that the machine’s conductive cabinets be earthed in such a way that static discharge energy shall not damage or inhibit the normal operation of the electronics or other components within the EGS gaming device.
- (C) EGS gaming devices may exhibit temporary disruption when subjected to a significant electro-static discharge greater than human body discharge, but they shall exhibit a capacity to recover and complete any interrupted play without loss or corruption of any control or data information associated with the gaming device.
- (D) The tests will be conducted with a severity level of a minimum of twenty-seven kilovolts (27KV) air discharge;
(4)
- (A) Radio frequency interference (RFI).
- (B) EGS gaming devices shall not divert from normal operation by the application of RFI at a frequency range from twenty-seven megahertz (27 MHz) to one thousand megahertz (1000 MHz) with a field strength of three (3) volts per meter;
(5)
- (A) Magnetic interference.
- (B) EGS gaming devices shall not be adversely affected by magnetic interference;
(6)
- (A) Liquid spills.
- (B) Liquid spills applied to the outside of an EGS shall not affect the normal operation of the machine, the integrity of the material or information stored inside the cabinet, or the safety of the players operating the equipment.
- (C) If liquids are spilled into a bill acceptor, the only degradation permitted is for the acceptor to reject all inputs or generate an error condition; and
(7)
- (A) Temperature and humidity.
- (B) Gaming devices can be expected to operate in a variety of extreme environments.
- (C) In the event that the designed operational parameters of an EGS are exceeded, the machine, if incapable of continued proper operation, shall perform an orderly shutdown without loss of game status, accounting, and security event data.
- (D) The manufacturer should supply any documentation if the device has had temperature and humidity testing against any recognized standard.