10 Del. Admin. Code § 206-8.0

Current through Reigster Vol. 28, No. 6, December 1, 2024

Section 206-8.0 - Approval of Gambling Equipment

8.1 All equipment used in the provision of Internet lottery games must be approved by the Director.

Application for Approval

8.2 All contracts with technology providers who are Internet lottery system providers shall include without limitation, the following provisions for the approval of Internet lottery systems:

8.2.1 The technology provider shall furnish a person to work with the agency and its consultants to provide assistance as needed in establishing, planning and executing acceptance tests on the Internet lottery systems provided by the technology provider;

8.2.2 The technology provider shall submit Internet lottery schematics, network diagrams, technical and operation manuals, program source code and object code and any other information requested by the Director for purposes of analyzing and testing the Internet lottery system;

8.2.3 For testing, examination and analysis purposes, the technology provider shall furnish working test environments of Internet lottery systems, associated equipment, and documentation at locations designated by the Director. The technology provider shall maintain the current approved test environment in good working order acceptable to the agency;

8.2.4 The agency may require that the technology provider provide specialized equipment or the agency may employ the services of an independent technical laboratory expert to test the Internet lottery system at the technology provider's expense;

8.2.5 The technology provider shall pay all costs of any testing, examination, and analysis of the Internet lottery systems. The agency and its agents shall have no liability for any damage or destruction to the submitted systems which may result from such testing, examination and analysis of the Internet lottery systems;

8.2.6 After system testing has been completed, the agency shall provide the Internet lottery systems provider with a report that contains findings, conclusions, and pass or fail results. Before approving a particular Internet lottery system, the agency may require a trial period not in excess of 60 days for a licensed agent to test the Internet lottery system.

8.2.7 All components of the Internet lottery system shall be certified to be in compliance with the technical standards established by the Director before being installed in a production environment, except that the Director may issue a waiver for compliance with one or more requirements of the technical standard where the Director has determined, at his sole discretion, that the lack of compliance does not pose a risk to the operation of the Internet lottery; and

8.2.8 No Internet table game or Internet video lottery game which offers play for money shall be deployed into production before its certification by the Director.

8.2.9 The Director may approve the deployment of play for free Internet table games or Internet video lottery games without prior certification under the following conditions:

8.2.9.1 The licensed agent and technology provider must submit a formal application to the Director for conditional approval of a game;

8.2.9.2 The technology provider shall submit to the Director the rules for the game, details of all game payouts and any other information requested by the Director to enable consideration of the application;

8.2.9.3 Each approval shall be for a maximum period of 90 days, but may be renewed on application by the licensed agent and technology provider;

8.2.9.4 The Director may attach conditions to the approval for deployment at his sole discretion; and

8.2.9.5 The Director may rescind conditional approval of a game if the game exhibits behavior inconsistent with the information provided to the Director at the time of the application.

Criteria for Evaluation

8.3 All components of the Internet lottery system shall be certified to be compliant with the technical standards specified by the Director.

Primary Server and backup Locations

8.4 The primary gaming server shall be located within the United States unless otherwise authorized by the Director.

8.5 The backup gaming server may be located outside of the United States provided that its operation does not require the communication or storage of personally identifiable information outside of the United States, or unless authorized by the Director.

10 Del. Admin. Code § 206-8.0

17 DE Reg. 317 (9/1/2013) (Final)