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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".21" citation="COMAR 36.04.01.21" title_num="36" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Video Lottery Terminal Security.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If a manufacturer ships a video lottery terminal with software already installed, prior to transporting it the manufacturer shall seal the video lottery terminal with a prenumbered seal.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Access to the main door securing the interior of a video lottery terminal shall be controlled by at least one lock:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The key to which is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Different from any other key securing access to a video lottery terminal component including a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Belly door;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Bill validator; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Cash storage box; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Limited to access by a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Manufacturer; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Facility operator; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provided and installed by a facility operator except a facility operator may supply a manufacturer with a lock for installation during the manufacturing process.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Access to the logic door securing the video lottery terminal’s main processing unit shall be controlled by at least one lock:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The key to which is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Different from any other key securing access to a video lottery terminal component including a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Belly door;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Bill validator; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Cash storage box; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Limited to access by a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Manufacturer; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Facility operator; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provided and installed by a facility operator, except a facility operator may supply a manufacturer with a lock for installation during the manufacturing process.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Locks to a bill validator and a cash storage box shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Accessed and controlled in accordance with COMAR 36.03.10.42; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provided and installed by a facility operator except a facility operator may supply a manufacturer with a lock for installation during the manufacturing process.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A video lottery terminal shall be designed with access to hardware switches controlling functions critical to the operation of a video lottery terminal limited to access by a manufacturer and the Commission including, but not limited to, switches, jumpers, and other mechanisms utilized to alter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Pay tables;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Payout percentages; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Meters.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A video lottery terminal shall have:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Printed or affixed to the top and front of the video lottery terminal, in a size suitable for effective surveillance coverage:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The facility operator’s gaming floor location number; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Commission asset number; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An identification plate on its exterior displaying the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Manufacturer; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Manufacturer’s:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Serial number; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Model number.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>