New Zealand Gazette – 1994 – No. 114

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✨ Casino Equipment Security Requirements



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a. Must offer a level of security which is not able to be easily by-passed without leaving physical evidence of tampering;

b. Which give access to the interior of a cabinet must be of a different combination to other keys and locks for other areas of the equipment.

C.2.1.6. Labelling

All key switches, switches and buttons must be labelled according to their function or the series of events that are initiated by their activation.

C.2.1.7. Doors

a. All doors shall be manufactured of materials and in a manner suitable for allowing only legitimate access to the inside of the cabinet, on which the door is mounted, via operation of a lock.

b. A door may open in any direction provided that, when fully opened, it presents minimal interference to adjacent machines/patrons.

c. The door should close and lock in an easily executed and satisfactory manner.

C.2.1.8. Hinges

a. Door hinges must be of solid construction to prevent sagging of the door and door sensor alignment problems.

b. Hinge centre pins, if used, must not be able to be removed without leaving evidence of tampering.

C.2.1.9. Secure Cabinet Tamper Detectors

a. The sensor system used must provide a method to enable software to interpret and notify of access via valid entry points such as doors.

b. The detection system must be designed so that it is not possible to activate a door open/close condition without actually opening the door.

c. The detectors, or any part of them, must not be accessible or be able to be bypassed in any way when the door of a secure cabinet is closed.

C.2.1.10. Restricted (Logic) Compartment

a. Components which the Authority deems to have the potential to influence significantly the gaming equipment or the outcome of a game must be housed in a secure restricted compartment.

b. Typical components (modules) required to be housed in a restricted compartment area are:

  • Circuit boards with resident software designed for the purpose of controlling an element of the gaming equipment, for example:
    i. I/O controllers (printers, displays, coin input, card readers, etc.),
    ii. communications controllers,
    iii. jackpot controllers,
    iv. memory devices,
    v. game controllers (eg. printed circuit boards housing the game program storage media);
  • Devices forming part of a “physical” RNG;


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🏛️ Casino Operator Requirements Detailed Table of Contents (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Casino, Operator Requirements, Security, Keys, Locks, Labelling, Doors, Hinges, Tamper Detectors, Restricted Compartment, Circuit Boards, Gaming Equipment