N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5320.9

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 5320.9 - Progressive jackpots

(a) Games excluded. A bonus game where certain circumstances are required to be satisfied, prior to awarding a fixed bonus prize, is not a progressive game and is not subject to this section.

(b) Swapping progressive levels. For progressives offering multiple levels of awards, a player shall always be paid the higher progressive amount, if a particular combination is won that should trigger the higher-paying award. Such circumstance may occur when a winning combination may be evaluated as more than one of the available pay table combinations (e.g., a flush is a form of a straight flush and a straight flush is a form of a royal flush).

(c) Gaming device requirements when any progressive is awarded. When a progressive prize has been awarded, a gaming device or other commission-approved progressive component shall perform the following:

(1) display a message indicating the progressive award;

(2) lock-up software until the award has been paid by the attendant, unless the prize is transferred to the player's credit meter;

(3) update all progressive-related meters; and

(4) alert a player upon winning any jackpot in a manner designed to minimize the possibility of such player from abandoning an award.

(d) Progressive gaming device metering requirements. An electronic gaming device is required to update the electronic meters in such device to reflect the winning progressive jackpot amount consistent with this Part and the electronic accounting meter requirements in Part 5319 of this Subchapter. Progressives meeting or exceeding income tax reporting limits shall require payment by an authorized gaming facility employee. Progressive wins may be added to the credit meter if either:

(1) the credit meter is maintained in monetary value or credits;

(2) the progressive meter is incremented to whole credit amounts; or

(3) the prize, in monetary value, is converted to credits on transfer to the player's credit meter in a manner that does not mislead the player. The conversion from monetary value to credits must always round up.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5320.9

Adopted New York State Register November 16, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 46, eff. 11/16/2016