Gaming

Interface components shall allow for the configuration of a unique identification number to be used in conjunction with the gaming device file in the on-line slot system. This identification number will be used by the on-line slot system to track all mandatory information of the …

(a) The on-line slot metering system shall be equipped to read specific values of or store the information accumulated by the electronic digital storage meters in the gaming device. The following meter information is stored in units equal to the denomination of the device or in d…

An on-line slot metering system must have a mechanism in place to record all required meters, as specified by Regulation VIII, Section 4., (k), on demand and at the time a drop box (coin or currency) is removed. (Adopted: 09/15/2004.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 8-4.12 Miss. Code Ann…

Systems that issue a printed payout receipt shall: (a) Include on all payout receipts: 1. Licensee name, city and state; 2. Gaming device number; 3. Date and time of issuance; 4. Alpha and numeric dollar amount; 5. Sequence number; 6. Expiration period or date when receipt will e…

Documentation generated by an on-line slot metering system indicating information by slot machine, by denomination and in total, shall be available through the system on a day, month, year-to-date basis and for at least a previous two-year cumulative basis. Documentation for peri…

In addition to those requirements set forth for on-line slot metering systems, and except for those requirements described in Regulation VIII, Section 4., (k) through (n), all cashless wagering systems submitted for approval shall: (a) Prevent the direct wagering at a gaming devi…

Documentation generated by a cashless wagering system shall be available through the system on a day, month, year-to-date basis and for at least a previous two-year cumulative basis. Documentation for periods in excess of the two-year period that must be maintained under record r…

Upon a showing of good cause, the Executive Director may waive any of the requirements of Regulation VIII, Section 4. (Adopted: 09/15/2004.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 8-4.17 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-51

The on-line slot system shall be capable of detecting and displaying certain conditions. These conditions shall be recorded on an error log that may be displayed or printed on demand, and shall archive the conditions for a minimum of thirty (30) days. The conditions include but a…

The on-line slot system shall be capable of restricting or limiting access to any and all program components by a method approved by the Executive Director. There shall be no access to the on-line system unless it can be identified, tracked and reported by the system. All default…

The on-line slot system shall not permit the alteration of any accounting or event log information that was properly communicated from the gaming device unless documented, secure access controls are provided. (Adopted: 09/15/2004.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 8-4.4 Miss. Code Ann. § …

(a). The on-line slot system shall maintain an internal clock that accurately reflects the current time (in hours, minutes and seconds) and date that shall be used to provide for the following:1. Time stamping of significant events; 2. Reference clock for reporting; 3. Time stamp…

(a) The on-line slot system shall be designed so that no single failure of any system component will cause the cessation of system operation. Alternatively, each gaming establishment must provide for back-up components or systems using a plan approved by the Executive Director. (…

(a) Each gaming device interfaced with an on-line slot system using an interface component shall have the interface component either installed inside a secure area of the gaming device or shall employ a secure communication method between the gaming device and the interface compo…

An interface component shall have a mechanism whereby an error will not cause the loss of stored accounting meter information. (Adopted: 09/15/2004.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 8-4.8 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-99

Data recorded by electronic meters shall be preserved after a power loss to an interface component and shall be maintained for a period of at least seventy-two (72) hours. (Adopted: 09/15/2004.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 8-4.9 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-99

(a) "Book" means a race book or sports pool licensed and approved pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-89(2) and this regulation. (b) "Chairman" means the chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission or the chairman's designee. (c) "Communications technology" means the methods us…

(a) No person or entity may operate a race book or sports pool in Mississippi unless that person or entity holds a gaming license and has received permission from the Executive Director specifically permitting the person or entity to do so. (b) A person or entity that holds a cas…

(a) Notwithstanding the minimum bankroll required of licensed gaming operators, each book shall comply with the following to calculate additional minimum reserve requirements specifically for the book: 1. Each book shall at all times maintain access to a cash reserve of not less …

(a) A layoff wager means a wager placed by a Mississippi book operator with another Mississippi book operator for the purpose of offsetting patron wagers made pursuant to these regulations. A book operator may, in its discretion, accept a layoff wager from another Mississippi boo…

(a) No wagers may be accepted or paid by any book on: 1. Any amateur sport or athletic event other than; i. Olympic sporting or athletic events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, subject to limitation by the Executive Director or the Executive Director's designee …

(a) As used in this section, "suspicious wager" means a wager which a sports pool licensee knows or in the judgment of it or its directors, officers, employees and agents has reason to suspect is being attempted or was placed: 1. In violation of or as part of a plan to violate or…

(a) A licensed gaming establishment where a book is located, or an affiliate of one or more of those entities that holds a gaming license, may award player loyalty program points based on wagers placed by a patron, however, such points may only be redeemed in accordance with the …

(a) Before installing or permitting the installation of any communications technology on the premises of a book, the book shall notify the Executive Director in writing of the location and number or other identifier of each communications technology and shall obtain the written a…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations to the contrary, the Executive Director may authorize electronic wagering to be conducted within an approved casino and hotel facility on mobile devices as approved by the Executive Director. (b) Approved mobile gaming …

(a) Each book shall employ or engage the services of a sports wagering manager, or similar employee, with experience and expertise in the operations of a sports book. (b) Books shall create and maintain the records and reports required by this regulation in such manner and using …

(a) Each licensee shall prepare and maintain in a manner suitable to the commission, complete and accurate accounting records which includes the amount wagered at each book, the gross revenue generated from wagers, and federal excise taxes paid. (b) The gross gaming revenue recei…

(a) A book engaging in global risk management may provide direction, management, consultation, and/or instruction to the operator of a wagering pool located in a permissible jurisdiction concerning: 1. The management of risks associated with a wagering pool for a race or sporting…

(a) Licensees shall adopt approved internal controls to identify wagers which may indicate cheating, manipulation, interference with the regular conduct of sport, or violations of the integrity of any sport on which wagers were made. (b) Licensees shall file as soon as reasonably…

(a) Each book shall adopt and adhere to written, comprehensive house rules governing wagering transactions with patrons. Such house rules must be immediately available to patrons at a book's licensed premises. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rules must speci…

(a) Immediately upon accepting a wager, other than a wager made through an electronic Wagering account, the book shall create a betting ticket on which the terms of the wager are written. For all wagers, the book must have the capability to make a print, electronic or other appro…

(a) Books may not accept wagers unless made with cash, chips, tokens, or other representatives of value approved by the Executive Director, or against credits made to a Wagering account as approved by the Executive Director or on credit extended in accordance with the licensee's …

(a) Prior to accepting any nonpari-mutuel wager in excess of $10,000 or making a payout in excess of $10,000 on a nonpari-mutuel winning wager the book shall: 1. Obtain the patron's name; 2. Obtain or reasonably attempt to obtain the patron's permanent address and social security…

(a) A book and its employees and agents shall not knowingly allow, and each book shall take reasonable steps to prevent, the circumvention of Rule 3.5 by multiple wagers within its designated 24-hour period with a patron or by the use of a series of wagers that are designed to ac…

(a) A book, its officers, employees or agents shall not encourage or instruct the patron to structure or attempt to structure wagers. This subsection does not prohibit a book from informing a patron of the regulatory requirements imposed upon the book, including the definition of…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, books shall make payment on a winning wager to the person who presents the patron's copy of the betting ticket representing the wager. A book need not make payment to a person who the book or an agent or employee of the book kn…

(a) Before beginning operations, each book shall install and thereafter maintain a computerized bookmaking system meeting the specifications approved by the Executive Director. Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 9-3.9 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-89. Adopted 7/22/2018

(a) It is the policy of the Commission that pari-mutuel betting on sporting events is materially different from other types of gaming and that the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants of the State of Mississippi require stringent regula…

(a) Payment of wagers will be made only on presentation of appropriate pari-mutuel tickets. Any claim by a bettor that a wrong ticket has been delivered to him at the mutuel ticket window must be made before leaving the window, and thereafter no such claim may be considered. (b) …

(a) "Breakage" means odd cents arising from the computation of odds and payouts on amounts wagered on a simulcast horse race, as determined by the law governing the sending track. (b) "Casino simulcasting" means the simultaneous transmission by picture of running or harness horse…

(a) A casino licensee may, with approval from the Executive Director and subject to all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations, conduct casino simulcasting and pari-mutuel wagering on races from an out-of-state sending track which has been approved by the applicabl…

(a) A licensee shall deduct from a gross pool commissions as established by the sending track. Applicable gaming taxes shall be applied to the commission deducted. The tax due shall not be reduced by minus pools or otherwise. Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 9-4.4 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 75-76…

(a) Each licensee shall prepare and maintain in a manner suitable to the commission, complete and accurate accounting records, information and data which shall be generated by an approved computer system and which reflects the following on a daily basis for each event upon which …

(a) The pari-mutuel operation shall be conducted by the licensee under the control and supervision of a mutuel manager who, along with all ticket sellers, cashiers, and money counters, shall be an employee of the licensee. A pari-mutuel operation shall be conducted in an area of …

(a) An electronic totalisator shall be used for each event upon which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted, unless written consent is given by the commission to use different equipment or methods. The equipment must automatically: register the total amount wagered in each mutuel poo…

(a) All pari-mutuel wagers shall be made only in cash, chips, tokens or other representatives of value of the licensee and must be consummated on the licensed premises. (b) No pari-mutuel ticket shall be sold to, or cashed for, a person under 21 years of age. (c) Resale of pari-m…

(a) Sums wagered at a casino simulcasting facility on horse races at an out-of-State sending track shall be combined with comparable pari-mutuel pools at the out-of-State sending track, and the types of wagering, takeout, distribution of winnings, rules of racing and percentage o…