(1) A game shall be considered completed when the final transfer to the player’s credit meter takes place, in case of a win, or when all credits wagered or won that have not been transferred to the credit meter, are lost. The following are all considered to be part of a single game:
    (a) Games that trigger a free game feature and any subsequent free games;
    (b) “”Second screen”” bonus feature(s);
    (c) Games with player choices;
    (d) Games where the rules permit wagering of additional credits; and,
    (e) Double-up/gaming features.
    (2) Payment of credits by ticket printer as a method of credit redemption shall only be permissible when the slot machine is linked to a computerized ticket validation system, which allows validation of the printed ticket. The ticket validation system shall be able to identify duplicate tickets and allow for a final ticket to be printed in the event of loss of communication between slot machines with the ticket validation system. A ticket shall contain the following information:
    (a) Slot machine licensee name/site identifier;
    (b) Machine asset number or cashier/change booth location number;
    (c) Date and time in a 24 hour format;
    (d) Alpha and numeric dollar amount of the ticket;
    (e) Ticket sequence number;
    (f) Validation number, unless the ticket is printed due to a loss of communication with the ticket validation system;
    (g) Bar code or any machine readable code representing the validation number;
    (h) Type of transaction or other method or differentiating ticket types; and,
    (i) Indication of an expiration period from date of issue, or date and time the ticket will expire in a 24 hour format based upon the local date/time format.
    (3) A slot machine shall only generate a ticket through an internal document printer by redeeming all credits.
    (4) Tickets or payment vouchers shall only be paid at a cashier’s cage or ticket payment automated ticket redemption machine linked to the ticket validation system.
    (5) Where ticket validation is to take place at the cashier’s cage, the cashier shall print a validation receipt or note in the cashier’s reconciliation report, after the ticket is electronically validated. The validation receipt or report shall contain the following information:
    (a) Machine asset number;
    (b) Validation number;
    (c) Date and time paid;
    (d) Amount; and,
    (e) Cashier/change booth identifier.
    (6) Any adjustment made to any ticket or voucher shall require two approval signatures, of which at least one of the signatures shall be by a supervisor, and all changes shall be contained in a log indicating:
    (a) The names and occupational license numbers of the employees of the slot machine licensee who approved the adjustment;
    (b) What adjustment was made to the ticket or voucher;
    (c) When the adjustment was made;
    (d) The item value before and after the change; and,
    (e) The reason the adjustment was made.
    (7) Any device that holds ticket information in its memory shall not allow the removal of that information unless it has first transferred that information to the database of the facility based monitoring system.
    (8) Provisions shall be made in the slot machine licensee’s internal controls for an alternate method to pay credits in the event of the loss of communication with the ticket validation system.
Rulemaking Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(c), (d), (e), (i) FS. History-New 7-30-06, Amended 5-30-17, Formerly 61D-14.040.