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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".24" citation="COMAR 36.04.01.24" title_num="36" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Gaming Ticket System — Additional Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall utilize a gaming ticket system that has been tested, certified, and approved under this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In addition to complying with the minimum design standards of Regulation .22 of this chapter, a gaming ticket system shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Authenticate the source of a data transmission by identifying whether a transmission originated with a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Video lottery terminal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Ticket redemption unit; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Cashiers’ cage redemption location;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use cryptographic controls for transmissions that include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A gaming ticket series number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meter information; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Other information used in the calculation or verification of proceeds;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Control the integrity of data through generation of a unique series number on a gaming ticket:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Comprised of at least 18 numbers, symbols, or characters;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Containing at least three numbers, symbols, or characters:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Randomly generated in a manner approved by the Commission; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Designed to prevent an individual from being able to predict the series number of any other gaming ticket;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Printed in at least two locations on a gaming ticket;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Generation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Redemption; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Independently verify, in a manner satisfactory to the Commission, the accuracy of a gaming ticket series number and amount prior to redemption.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>