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b. The progressive controller must accommodate the situation where two jackpots are awarded "back-to-back" (that is, are awarded before the controller has reset the progressive display) in a manner which is acceptable to the Authority.
C.3.3.5. Monitoring and Control of Progressive Jackpots
a. A progressive may be controlled by any of the following:
i. game (standalone progressive);
ii. jackpot controller;
iii. back house system.
b. Progressive jackpots must be monitored and controlled at all times.
c. Where the progressive prize is updated based on calculated values (eg. protocol system) rather than increments (eg. pulsed system), the progressive controller must monitor values from gaming devices to ensure they are within acceptable tolerances. If they are not:
i. invalid data must be ignored;
ii. the controller must notify the back house system of the event as defined in section "C.3.2.15. Event Handling";
iii. the gaming device providing the invalid data must have its progressive game(s) disabled.
d. If a progressive jackpot prize amount reaches a cap or ceiling value as approved by the Authority on a case-by-case basis, all additional contributions are to be credited to a diversion pool or overflow pool.
e. Where a "master controller" employs "slave controllers" to control a linked progressive jackpot, jackpot hit events must be time-stamped and the master controller must ensure:
i. that all slave controllers are time-synchronised;
ii. that the minimum time increment is not less than the time taken to:
• register that a jackpot has displayed,
• lock up the winning device, and
• reset the progressive meter.
C.3.3.5.1. Jackpot Parameters
a. The values of the following jackpot parameters must receive the approval of the Authority:
i. increment as a percentage of amount bet
ii. base or reset amount
iii. ceiling amount.
b. Jackpot controllers must ensure that jackpot parameters approved by the Authority are not able to be modified without the knowledge of the Authority. The amounts need not be hard-coded into memory, as it is acceptable to set these amounts during the configuration of the controller (Refer section "C.3.1.10. Set-up - Device Configuration").
c. To enable recovery of the current value of the progressive amount in case of controller failure, either:
i. the current value of the progressive amount must be stored in at least one other device physically separate from the controller. It is not sufficient to rely on the amount displayed unless it can be shown that a controller failure would not corrupt the amount displayed at the time of failure; or
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