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AN ACT
RELATING TO GAMING; REQUIRING THAT GAMING MACHINES MEET THE
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF STATE LAWS AND RULES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 60-2E-44 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997,
Chapter 190, Section 46, as amended) is amended to read:
"60-2E-44. MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS.--To be eligible for
licensure, each gaming machine shall meet all specifications
established by rules of the board and:
A. be unable to be manipulated in a manner that
affects the random probability of winning plays or in any
other manner determined by the board to be undesirable;
B. have at least one mechanism that accepts coins
or currency;
C. be capable of having play suspended through the
central system by the executive director until the executive
director resets the gaming machine;
D. have electronic meters within a readily
accessible locked area of the gaming machine that maintain a
record of all money inserted into the machine, all cash
payouts of winnings, all refunds of winnings, all credits
played for additional games and all credits won by players;
E. be capable of printing out, at the request of
the executive director, readings on the electronic meters of SB 303
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the machine;
F. for machines that do not dispense coins or
tokens directly to players, be capable of printing a ticket
voucher stating the value of a cash prize won by the player
at the completion of each game, the date and time of day the
game was played in a twenty-four-hour format showing hours
and minutes, the machine serial number, the sequential number
of the ticket voucher and an encrypted validation number for
determining the validity of a winning ticket voucher;
G. be capable of being linked to the board's
central system for the purpose of being monitored
continuously as required by the board;
H. provide for a payback value for each credit
wagered, determined over time, of not less than eighty
percent;
I. meet the standards and specifications set by
New Mexico state laws and rules for gaming machines;
J. offer only games authorized and examined by the
board; and
K. display the gaming machine license issued for
that machine in an easily accessible place, before and during
the time that a machine is available for use."