✨ Gaming Machine Software Standards
27 MAY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1475
3.3.15
If the metered value exceeds the highest number, e.g. 2^32 - 1, the appropriate meter is to automatically 'roll over' to 0.
Definition of Software Meters
Master Meters
3.3.16
The following master meters must be displayed within a single, separately identifiable section of Audit Mode. Wherever displayed, master meters must be labelled with the name, in the order and using the units specified in the table below.:
3.3.17
Where a master meter is not supported by a corresponding machine or game function (e.g. BANKNOTES IN for a gaming machine which will not be fitted with a banknote acceptor) that master meter must display as its value ‘N/A’.
Table 3-1 : Master Meters
| METER | Definition (see Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations) | UNITS |
|---|---|---|
| GAMES PLAYED | total number of games played | [plays] |
| TURNOVER | total value in dollars of bets made from the player’s credit meter (note gamble bets such as double up are not bet from the player’s credit meter) | [$,] |
| TOTAL WINS | total value in dollars of all prizes awarded to the player’s credit meter (incl. Residual Credit Gamble prizes) | [$,] |
| CANCELLED CREDITS | total of all credits cancelled from the Credit meter by attendant and all credits paid from the Credit meter by ticket | [$,] |
| CASH BOX | total of all coins deposited to the cash (drop) box | [$,] |
| COINS IN | total of all coins in but not hopper refills | [$,] |
| COINS OUT | total of all coins out from hopper, but not extra coins out or short pays | [$,] |
| EXTRA COIN OUT | total of all coins detected as dispensed in error from hopper (excluded from “coins out”) | [count] |
| BANKNOTES IN | total of all banknotes accepted, if applicable. | [$,] |
| CASHLESS IN | total of all credits electronically transferred to the gaming machine (if applicable), or paid to credit meter and not added to Total Wins | [$,] |
| CASHLESS OUT | total of all credits electronically transferred from the gaming machine, if applicable | [$,] |
| MONEY IN | total value in dollars of coins and or banknotes inserted to register credits on the player’s credit meter together with transfers to the machine to register credits on the player’s credit meter | [$,] |
| MONEY OUT | total value in dollars of credits redeemed from the player’s credit meter by hopper pay, ticket print, cancelled credit or account transfer, but not extra coin out errors or short pays | [$,] |
Self Audit Error Checking
Self Audit Check Formula
3.3.18
A gaming machine shall perform a “self audit” of the appropriate master accounting data meters as described in the following formula:
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2003, No 56
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2003, No 56
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