- (a) Two or more interactive gaming certificate holders or interactive gaming operator licensees may, with the prior written approval of the board, operate an interactive gaming wide area progressive system.
- (b) An interactive gaming wide area progressive system shall at all times be operated in accordance with the relevant requirements of the act and the board’s regulations, including § 819a.1 (relating to interactive gaming progressives).
(c) An interactive gaming wide area progressive system shall be operated and administered by participating certificate holders and licensees in accordance with the terms and conditions of a written agreement executed by the participating certificate holders and licensees. The agreement, to be referred to as an interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement, must be submitted in writing and approved by the board prior to implementation.
- (1) The interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement shall include terms covering the operation and administration of the interactive gaming wide area progressive system.
- (2) The interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement shall identify and describe with specificity the duties, responsibilities and authority of each participating certificate holder or licensee, or both.
- (3) The interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement shall outline the responsibilities for funding and payment of all jackpots, fees and taxes associated with the operation of the interactive gaming wide area progressive system.
- (4) The interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement shall detail the process by which significant decisions regarding the operation of the interactive gaming wide area progressive system are approved and implemented by the participating certificate holders or licensees, or both.
- (5) The interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement shall outline the responsibilities for maintaining records and notifying the board.
- (d) Certificate holders and licensees party to an interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement will be required to update internal controls prior to commencing interactive gaming wide area progressive operations.
- (e) An interactive gaming wide area progressive may only be transferred to another game that is available on all interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement participants’ sites. A transfer must include the entirety of the progressive jackpot pool, including all seed/re-seed amounts collected.
- (f) Each party to an interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement shall be liable for acts, omissions and violations of the act and this part related to its own individual duties and responsibilities under the interactive gaming wide area progressive agreement, unless the slot system agreement specifically provides that the parties will be jointly and severally liable.