# COMAR Title 36 — Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency

## Subtitle 04 — Video Lottery Terminals

### Chapter 01 — Video Lottery Technical Standards

#### Regulation .24 Gaming Ticket System — Additional Requirements.

*COMAR 36.04.01.24*

A. A facility operator shall utilize a gaming ticket system that has been tested, certified, and approved under this chapter.

B. A facility operator shall, in a form and in a time frame specified by the Commission, submit a report to the Commission detailing any adjustment made to the amount of a gaming ticket.

C. In addition to complying with the minimum design standards of Regulation .22 of this chapter, a gaming ticket system shall:

  (1) Authenticate the source of a data transmission by identifying whether a transmission originated with a:

    (a) Video lottery terminal;

    (b) Ticket redemption unit; or

    (c) Cashiers’ cage redemption location;

  (2) Use cryptographic controls for transmissions that include:

    (a) A gaming ticket series number;

    (b) Meter information; and

    (c) Other information used in the calculation or verification of proceeds;

  (3) Control the integrity of data through generation of a unique series number on a gaming ticket:

    (a) Comprised of at least 18 numbers, symbols, or characters;

    (b) Containing at least three numbers, symbols, or characters:

      (i) Randomly generated in a manner approved by the Commission; and

      (ii) Designed to prevent an individual from being able to predict the series number of any other gaming ticket;

    (c) Containing at least one number, symbol, or character unique to a gaming ticket which visually differentiates between a gaming ticket and a promotional play instrument; and

    (d) Printed in at least two locations on a gaming ticket;

  (4) Automatically and independently record the critical data required to be printed on a gaming ticket under COMAR 36.03.10.36 at the time of gaming ticket:

    (a) Generation; and

    (b) Redemption; and

  (5) Independently verify, in a manner satisfactory to the Commission, the accuracy of a gaming ticket series number and amount prior to redemption.