Slot Machine Regulation  

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is responsible for all aspects really of bringing slot machines to Pennsylvania. Not an easy task for a state that has never allowed slot machines before. They must take into consideration every part of the slot machine industry, and be prepared no matter what happens; which is why they have built themselves a lab. 

It is quite common for slot machines to go through a testing process such as a gaming lab, and Las Vegas has some of the largest labs in the world. Pennsylvania now has its own. The Gaming Board is using their lab to “fool proof” the slot machines, and trying to see how the slot machines respond to being played. They are filling them with money and vouchers to see how they are responding, and to force the outcomes that they need them to be having before they can be eligible for play. 

They need to know that when a certain combination of reels hits that the jackpot will pay out. They also need to make sure that going by the numbers; they must pay out 85% of their winnings over a certain period of time. Then they need to make sure that not only is all of this happening, but it is happening in real time and everything is being reported correctly to the board’s central system that will be regulating all of the slot machines. 

Then those numbers are computed and tax revenue will be figured out, all within a matter of hours. It is an amazing system, and none of the slot machines can run, nor can casinos open until the system and the slot machines are all working properly in conjunction with each other.

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