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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79

29 JUNE 2004

Note Acceptor

The term “note acceptor” refers to bill validator, photo-optic,
electromagnetic or magnetic sensors (internal or external to the gaming
machine) and any additional devices used to validate a note.

NVRAM

Non-volatile RAM.

Payline

A term used to describe a line in a spinning reel game that has been
bet on by a player and it has come up with a winning combination and
a prize is awarded to the player. See Possible Lines and Selected Lit
Lines as well.

Paytable

A set of rules, descriptions or graphical instructions relating to the
prize(s) payable for winning combinations.

PCB

Printed Circuit Board - the piece of board used to connect together
electronic components in a certain manner using tracks and holes to
route the signals.

Period Meter

A meter whose value is reset after a memory reset or after a planned
external event e.g. cash clearance. This meter represents the total of
all updates since the last instance of the external event.

Play

A sequence of actions and states in the gaming machine initiated by a
player through a wagering of credits and terminated when all credits
wagered have been lost or all winnings have been transferred to the
gaming machine’s total wins meter and the player’s credit meter.
A game that triggers a feature (e.g. free games) and any subsequent
features (including Gamble) are considered to be part of one play
unless all winning credits are transferred to the credit meter before the
feature is commenced.

PLD

Programmable Logic Device - an electronically configurable IC usually
used for hardware control purposes.

Possible Lines

A term used to describe a line of symbols in a reel game that it is
possible to bet on. See Payline and Selected Lit Lines as well.

Power Cycling

To switch electrical equipment off and on via the mains power.

Power Save Mode

The mode in which the gaming machine software turns off all nonessential components (e.g. monitors, cabinet lighting, button lamps,
indicator lights, etc.) to conserve power.

Processor Board

The circuit board which contains the game EPROM and CPU.

Program Image File

This is a copy of a gaming machine’s software which may be resident
on a monitoring system.

Progressive Hit

A progressive jackpot win.

Progressive Jackpot

A progressive jackpot is an incremental prize that increases by the
accumulation of contributions from the turnover of the specified game,
from a preset base value. It is reset to a different value (generally a
base value plus possible secondary or overflow amounts) when the
progressive prize is won.

PSD

Program Storage Device.

QA

Quality Assurance - The methods an organisation puts in place to
ensure reliable quality control.

RAM

Random Access Memory.

RAM Clear

The process a service technician goes through to reset the memory of
a gaming machine, which configures the gaming machine into the ‘as
new’ state.

RAM Clear Device

An electronic storage device containing the means to completely
initialise each and every bit in RAM.

Residual Credit Removal Play

A function of the residual credit removal, in which the player has a
chance of rounding up the remaining residual credits to the token
value.

Residual Credit Removal

A method for the player to remove any residual credits from the gaming
machine.