Section 99-01.3-16-09.5 - Manufacturing specifications - Electronic raffle systemsAn electronic raffle system and related equipment used in the conduct of raffles according to chapter 99-01.3-05.1 for electronic fifty-fifty raffles and 99-01.3-05-01.1 for online raffle ticket sales, must meet the specifications of the most current version of gaming laboratories international, LLC's standard for electronic raffle systems, GLI-31. Online raffle ticket sale systems may not use a random number generator to determine the winner of the raffle event. All online raffle ticket sale systems must print a barrel ticket for manual draw of a winner. In addition, the following specifications must be met:
1. In the use of handheld raffle sales units outside of a wireless network area, the units must have the ability to transfer the sold draw numbers and corresponding validation numbers to the fifty-fifty raffle system should a raffle sales unit become inoperable.2. For each single event electronic fifty-fifty raffle and online raffle ticket sales event, an electronic raffle system must account for and provide accounting information on all activity for three years from the end of the quarter in which the activity occurred. It must:a. Record all raffle sales transactions electronically as they occur;b. Account for each single event electronic fifty-fifty raffle and online raffle ticket sales event with a nonresettable electronic consecutive event number;c. Record and account for each draw number downloaded from the server in continuous consecutive order;d. Generate a summary report for each single event raffle which includes: (1) Name of organization and license number;(5) Range of draw numbers and total number of draw numbers available for sale;(6) Selling prices of each differently priced bearer ticket, including the number of draw numbers on each differently priced ticket;(7) Number of tickets sold for each differently priced bearer ticket and total receipts for each;(8) Total number of sold draw numbers;(9) Total number of voided bearer tickets and draw numbers;(10) Total number of unsold draw numbers; and(11) Total gross proceeds;e. Generate a raffle sales unit report for each single event raffle which includes: (1) Name of organization and license number;(5) For each raffle sales unit, unit ID, the number of sold bearer tickets for each differently priced ticket and total receipts for each;(6) Total receipts for each sales unit;(7) For each raffle sales unit, total number of sold draw numbers, total number of voided bearer tickets and draw numbers, and total number of unsold draw numbers; and(8) Total gross proceeds;f. Have the ability to generate general accounting and operating reports, containing the date and time reports are printed, for each raffle drawing to include: (1) System exception report, including changes to system parameters, corrections, overrides, and voids;(2) Bearer ticket report that includes a list of all bearer tickets sold, including all associated draw numbers, selling price, and raffle sales unit ID;(3) Voided draw number report that includes a list of all voided draw numbers;(4) Unsold draw number report that includes a list of all unsold draw numbers; and(5) Raffle sales unit corruption report that lists all raffle sales units that were unable to be reconciled to the system, including the raffle sales unit ID, seller, and money collected; andg. The electronic raffle system must be capable of producing and exporting through electronic means (e.g. comma delimited, excel, etc.) all required reports.3. The electronic raffle system must be remote-accessible by the manufacturer of the system and attorney general for monitoring the system operation and accounting information in real time.4. The wireless deployment of communications between the raffle sales units and the system must employ a secure gateway to isolate the wireless environment from any other environment. The secure gateway must be configured in a manner that prevents any wireless network component from gaining access to the internal network without first being scrutinized.5. A surge protector that feeds all power to the equipment must be installed to ensure the equipment must not be adversely affected by surges or dips of plus or minus twenty percent of the supply voltage.6. An electronic raffle system must be capable of maintaining the accuracy of all information required by this section for ninety days after power is discontinued from the system.7. The electronic raffle system must be impervious to influences from the outside of the system, including electromagnetic interference, electrostatic interference, and radio frequency interference.8. The electronic raffle system must not have any switches, jumpers, wire posts, or other means of manipulation that could affect the operation or outcome of a game.9. A manufacturer of an electronic raffle system and related equipment shall employ sufficient security safeguards in designing and manufacturing the system such that it may be verified that all proprietary software components are authentic copies of the approved software components and all functioning components of the system are operating with identical copies of approved software programs. The system must also have sufficient security safeguards so that any approved proprietary software is protected from alteration by unauthorized personnel. Security measures to comply with these provisions may consist of the use of dongles, digital signature comparison hardware and software, secure boot loaders, encryption, and password systems.10. The backup and archive utility that allows the operator to save critical data if a system failure occurs should automatically run after the end of each raffle or may be a manual process to be run at the operator's command after the end of each raffle.11. An online raffle ticket sales system must utilize a geofence system to reasonably detect the physical location of a patron attempting to access the raffle ticket sales system to purchase a raffle ticket, and to monitor and block unauthorized attempts to purchase a raffle ticket when a patron is not within the state of North Dakota. All online raffle ticket sales must be made by a patron located in the authorized geographic boundaries within North Dakota. The authorized geographic boundaries must exclude Indian lands located in North Dakota.12. An online raffle ticket sales system must use age verification methods to ensure that a patron is eighteen years of age or older.N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-16-09.5
Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-360, April 2016, effective 4/1/2016.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-387, January 2023, effective 1/1/2023.General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1