New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 79

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✨ Gaming Machine Standards



29 JUNE 2004 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79 1905

h) Include a fault finding chart and repair instructions. Also detail which personnel can clear
which faults (Operator manual if appropriate, and Service manual);

i) Supply details and instructions regarding the operation of game and denomination
conversions (Service manual only); and

j) Ram clear procedures must be included (Service manual only).

1.8.5 The manufacturer shall use sound judgement in selecting the information content of both the
service manual and the operator manual from the above requirements.

1.9

Cabinet

Cabinet Identification

1.9.1 A gaming machine must have an identification badge permanently affixed to its cabinet by the
manufacturer, and this badge must include the following information:
a) the manufacturer;
b) a unique serial number;
c) the gaming machine model number; and
d) the date of manufacture.

1.9.2 The ID badge is to be fixed on the exterior of the gaming machine in a position that allows it to
be easily read.

1.9.3 The cabinet model identification number of the gaming machine (at the time of installation) must
reflect the model approved for that jurisdiction.

1.9.4 Each item of gaming equipment supplied by a manufacturer, must be functionally identical to
the specimen tested and approved. For example, a gaming machine supplied as an approved
device must not have different internal wiring, components, firmware, circuit boards, circuit
board track cuts or circuit board patch wires, from the approved specimen unless that change is
also approved.

1.9.5 All external key-switches of the gaming machine cabinet, switches and player buttons must be
securely labelled according to their function or the series of events that are initiated by their
action. If a key-lock initiates some kind of user activity other than simply unlocking a door, then
its function should be labelled (e.g. if a key-lock turns one way to enter audit mode, and turns
the other way to enter cancel credit mode, then the directions should be labelled). Stickers are
not considered secure labels.

Cabinet Artwork

1.9.6 Information regarding requirements for gaming equipment artwork are contained in Chapter 4
Artwork.

Cabinet Construction

1.9.7 The cabinet shall be of a sturdy construction with a locking system which resists the kind of
unauthorised entry which the gaming machine is likely to be subjected to in a gaming venue.
The cabinet must be designed to protect internal components from external abuse which the
gaming machine is likely to be subjected to in a gaming venue.

Note: This requirement is not to be interpreted as requiring the cabinet to be resistant to
power drilling, forced entry with a crowbar or a similar attack that venue staff
supervision should detect.

1.9.8 Areas of a cabinet which are generally accessible to patrons shall be constructed and finished
so as to not have the potential to cause injury.

1.9.9 All protuberances (e.g. buttons, handles) on a cabinet that are accessible to the general public,
and attachments to a cabinet (e.g. labels and identification plates) must be sufficiently robust to
avoid unauthorised removal.



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⚖️ Schedule 3 - Appendix D: Australian/New Zealand Gaming Machine National Standard (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Gaming Machine, National Standard, Australia, New Zealand, Technical Requirements, Manufacturers, Jurisdictional Differences, Fairness, Security, Auditability, Adoption, Amendment