20:18:18:15Maintenance of slot machines.

Except as provided in this section, a licensee may not alter the operation of approved slot machines. A licensee shall maintain the slot machines. Operators shall purchase parts that affect game outcome and associated equipment from a manufacturer, distributor, or operator licensed by the South Dakota Commission on Gaming. If in the discretion of the executive secretary it is determined that valid reasons exist for a manufacturer of associated equipment to not be licensed in South Dakota, the executive secretary may allow a licensee to purchase associated equipment from the manufacturer if the manufacturer is lawfully licensed by a gaming regulatory agency which has an agreement with the commission regarding the exchange of information concerning licensees and applicants. The licensee shall keep a written record of the use of all parts listed in this section and of maintenance performed on them. The record must include the name of the part manufacturer, the date purchased, the date the part was installed, and the name of the person who performed the installation. The licensee shall retain the record for a period of three years from the date of purchase and make the record available for inspection by the executive secretary or a designee of the executive secretary. Parts and associated equipment that affect game outcome or revenue reporting are the following: (1) Parts include the following: (a) Central Processing Unit (C.P.U.) board, together with components of the C.P.U. board; (b) Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (E.P.R.O.M.), which contains programming that affects game outcome and any other hardware device that contains programming that affects game outcome; (c) Wiring harness; (d) Reels and reel strips; (e) Pay glass; (f) Coin acceptors; (g) Power supply components; (h) Outside cabinet; and (i) Third-party software applications that interface with the casino management system of a licensee; and (2) Associated equipment includes the following: (a) Bill acceptors; (b) Hoppers; (c) Redemption kiosks; (d) On-line monitoring and control systems, including promotional and bonusing systems and cashless systems, when relied on by the licensee for compliance reporting required by the commission; (e) Shufflers; (f) Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips; (g) Craps dice; (h) Roulette wheels; (i) Roulette balls; (j) Electronic bonusing systems; (k) Playing cards; (l) Chips; (m) Tokens; (n) Controllers; and (o) Progressive components.

Source: 16 SDR 57, effective October 1, 1989; 19 SDR 177, effective May 27, 1993; 20 SDR 113, effective January 23, 1994; 23 SDR 227, effective July 1, 1997; 30 SDR 115, effective February 1, 2004; 31 SDR 165, effective May 10, 2005; 36 SDR 22, effective August 18, 2009; 38 SDR 213, effective June 18, 2012; 40 SDR 121, effective January 6, 2014; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015; 47 SDR 137, effective June 28, 2021; 52 SDR 120, effective June 15, 2026.