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✨ Glossary of Gaming Terms

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79

29 JUNE 2004

1991

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

This chapter lists the terms and abbreviations used within the National Standard.

1.49 Glossary

Term or Abbreviation	Description
Approval	The legal act of approving gaming equipment.
Attract/Idle Mode	The period of time between a play finishing and the next play commencing, or another mode being entered.
Audit Mode	The mode where it is possible to view gaming machine meters, statistics, etc. and perform non-player related functions.
Authority	The state body responsible for the enforcement of the gaming laws of that jurisdiction.
Autoplay	A feature whereby the player can nominate to play games without having to manually activate each game play.
Auto Gamble	A feature whereby a win will automatically trigger entry to a Gamble feature.
Base Game	The fundamental part of a game which provides the majority of game play and winnings. The Base Game may also offer access to other game features such as Gamble, free game features, metamorphic features etc.
BBU	Battery Backed Up, usually relating to RAM or other forms's of memory, enabling the retention of its contents even if power is lost.
Bonus/Feature Game	An additional function not part of the base game which allows extra credits to be won. They may take the form of free games and/or second screen features.
Brownout	A condition where the mains power source drops below its minimum specified level for a relatively short period of time.
Cancel Credit Mode	The mode where the gaming machine has locked up after the patron has pressed collect to redeem credits over a certain value or for odd credit values less than the coin denomination.
Cancelled Credits	Credits which are paid by manual cancellation at the gaming machine or by ticket payment to the player.
Cash Transfer Mode	The mode where a gaming machine transfers Cash to or from external Cash Control Equipment.
Circuit Board	See PCB.
Clone	A game which is identical to another in every respect except name and graphics.
CMCS	Central Monitoring and Control System.
Coins	Standard Australian or New Zealand (as appropriate to the particular jurisdiction) Coins or approved tokens.
Coin Validator	The term "coin validator" refers to coin comparator, photo-optic sensors (internal or external to the comparator) and any additional devices used to validate a coin.