A Request for Public Comment: Draft regulation amendments regarding licensing and registration, accounting procedures and internal controls, approval of slot machines and electronic gaming equipment, and possession of slot machines
- August 29, 2016
- by MGC Communications
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is seeking public comment on the draft regulation amendments below.
205 CMR 134.00: Licensing and Registration of Employees, Vendors, Junket Enterprises and Representatives, and Labor Organizations. These amendments remove the application submission requirement for non-gaming vendor registrants to have an employee fingerprinted under the supervision of the Commission. The Commission will retain the discretion to require the fingerprinting of officers or employees of any non-gaming registrants.
205 CMR 138.00: Uniform Standards of Accounting Procedures and Internal Controls. These amendments create requirements that drop boxes, bill validators, ticket vouchers, printer paper, tokens, revenue, and all locks and slot seals are removed from an electronic gaming device prior to removal of the device from the gaming floor, or the gaming facility.
205 CMR 144.00: Approval of Slot Machines and Electronic Gaming Equipment and Testing Laboratories. These amendments clarify the certification and delivery procedures for electronic gaming devices. The amendments describe the notice requirements for delivery of new devices, and the Commission approval requirements for installation, modification, and movement of devices. The amendments also define “prototype” and “modification” in order to clarify what components must be certified or approved.
205 CMR 145.00: Possession of Slot Machines. These amendments update the procedures for possession and transportation of electronic gaming devices to accord with the certification and approval requirements as updated by the amendments to 205 CMR 144.00.
Please email comments to mgccomments@state.ma.us with ‘draft regulation comment’ in the subject line. Comments must be submitted by September 22, 2016 at 4:00pm. The Commission will review any comments received, update the draft regulations where appropriate, and hold a public hearing on the matter. The public hearing will be held on September 21, 2016 at 11:00am at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, 101 Federal Street, 12th Floor, Boston.
To view the draft regulations, click here:
- 205 CMR 134.13 DRAFT AMENDMENTS: Licensing and Registration of Employees, Vendors, Junket Enterprises and Representatives, and Labor Organizations
- 205 CMR 138.63 DRAFT AMENDMENTS: Uniform Standards of Accounting Procedures and Internal Controls.
- 205 CMR 144.00 DRAFT AMENDMENTS: Approval of Slot Machines and Electronic Gaming Equipment and Testing Laboratories
- 205 CMR 145.00 DRAFT AMENDMENTS: Possession of Slot Machines