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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".30" citation="COMAR 36.04.01.30" title_num="36" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Progressive Proposal.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A progressive proposal:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be jointly prepared, executed, and submitted to the Commission by a facility operator and a manufacturer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall include the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Manufacturer’s:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Serial number;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Model number;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Software identification number; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Version number;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Denomination or a designation as multi-denomination;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Cabinet style;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>An indication as to whether the video lottery terminal is to be:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Stand alone;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Linked to other video lottery terminals in a facility; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Linked to a wide area progressive system;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The initial and reset amounts at which the progressive meter or meters will be set;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>For each progressive jackpot the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Rate of progression;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Limit; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Probability of winning; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>If requested by the Commission, additional documentation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>May be approved in writing by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A manufacturer may not modify the terms of a progressive jackpot, and a facility operator may not make available for play, a video lottery terminal which offers a progressive jackpot that differs from its approved progressive proposal without:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submission to the Commission, in a time frame specified by the Commission, of a request for modification of an approved progressive proposal identifying any proposed change to the terms and conditions of the progressive proposal to be modified; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The approval in writing of the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commission may consider the following modifications to an approved progressive proposal:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A revision to the payout limit on an available progressive jackpot, provided the revised payout limit is greater than the then current payout amount on the progressive jackpot meter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transfer of an available progressive jackpot amount in accordance with §D of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Removal from the gaming floor of a video lottery terminal offering a progressive jackpot in accordance with §E of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Other modifications deemed consistent with this regulation by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A transfer of an available progressive jackpot amount under §C(2) of this regulation shall involve:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The entire amount;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transfer to the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Progressive meter of a video lottery terminal with the same:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Or greater probability of winning the progressive jackpot;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Or lower wager requirement to be eligible to win the progressive jackpot; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Type of progressive jackpot award; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Progressive meters of two separate video lottery terminals provided each terminal to which a jackpot amount is transferred individually satisfies the requirements of §D(2)(a) of this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Disclosure of the intent to transfer an available progressive jackpot amount on the front of a video lottery terminal in a manner specified by the Commission for at least 14 days prior to the intended date of transfer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Removal from the gaming floor of a video lottery terminal offering a progressive jackpot under §C(3) of this regulation shall require:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the removal involves one or more linked video lottery terminals offered in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A single facility, that at least two linked video lottery terminals offering the same progressive jackpot remain on the gaming floor; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>More than one facility, that the facility operator retain at least one linked video lottery terminal offering the same progressive jackpot on its gaming floor; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In every case, disclosure of the intent to transfer an available progressive jackpot on the front of a video lottery terminal in a manner specified by the Commission for at least 14 days prior to the intended date of transfer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Nothing in this regulation shall preclude the Commission from imposing additional terms and conditions on a modification of a progressive proposal.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>