New Zealand Gazette – 2003 – No. 56

Page 1457

✨ Gaming Machines Software Standard



27 MAY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1457

This process should ensure manufacturers are given information well in advance of changes to the Standard. As a general rule when jurisdictions adopt new requirements:

a) a grace period of 6 months will be granted before new requirements come into force;

b) previously approved equipment remains unaffected and revisions to that equipment will be conducted under the requirements in force when the item was originally tested;

c) equipment under test at the time the new requirements come into force will be tested against the requirements in force when the item was submitted for testing.

1.4.2 Where non-proprietary enhancements are made to a previously approved gaming machine (e.g. conversion to a more technically advanced coin acceptance mechanism) as a general rule the test will be that the modification results in a gaming machine that is fair, secure and effectively auditable with functionality above that required at the time the gaming machine was originally approved but without having to meet newer requirements.

1.5 Testing

1.5.1 Testing of gaming equipment against the Standard is directed at determining that in a laboratory environment the equipment:

a) has a sound result determination process;

b) is fair to the player and not misleading;

c) provides players with at least their legislated entitlement;

d) is secure from known methods of nefarious attack;

e) provides accurate metering and audit trails; and

f) maintains these features in the operating conditions expected to exist where the equipment is installed.

1.5.2 Except where specifically identified in the Standard, testing is not directed at health or safety matters or at ensuring legislative requirements administered by other regulatory bodies such as for electrical wiring and of radio frequency emission, etc. These matters are the domain and responsibility of the manufacturer, purchaser and operator of the equipment. Each of these parties are required to assure themselves of such matters.

1.6 Interpretation Consistency

1.6.1 Australian and New Zealand gaming regulators recognise that common technical requirements can be subject to different interpretations by regulators and evaluation laboratories. Accordingly, the Chief Executive Officer of each gaming regulatory body extends an invitation for any gaming machine or equipment manufacturer to provide feedback direct to the Chief Executive Officer when different interpretations are applied to common technical requirements.



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 56


Gazette.govt.nz — PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 56




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Software Standard for Gaming Machines (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Software Standard, Gaming Machines, Technical Requirements, Evaluation, National Standard, Fairness, Security, Auditability, Grace Period, Testing, Interpretation Consistency