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EMS Regulations, Standards & Game Rules
EMS RegulationsSection 370 of the Gambling Act 2003 sets out the fees payable in respect of gaming machines connected to the Electronic Monitoring System.
Minimum Technical Requirements for EMS (Cabling and Site Controller)This is the minimum standard for cabling venues for EMS. A successful cable install will require careful consideration of this minimum standard and the documents it incorporates.
Note: A minor amendment has been made to this standard regarding the bend radius for cabling:
The standard incorporates specifications produced by the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation. This in turn is based upon specifications for the physical cabling and connection as designed and produced by Agilent Technologies. Links to the incorporated Queensland documents are below and the Agilent documents are available on Agilent technologies website at www.agilent.com.
Minimum Technical Requirements for EMS (QCOM Protocol)The minimum equipment standards for the QCOM Protocol were notified in the NZ Gazette on 25 May 2006. The standard incorporates specifications produced by the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation.
Here are the incorporated specifications:
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You may also want to take a look at this explanation of QCOM meters and table comparing QCOM meters to 'standard' gaming machine meters .pdf (64k)*
Class 4 Game RulesThe Gambling Act (Class 4) Game Rules govern the playing and participation in class 4 gambling that utilises gaming machines outside of casinos and the systems, processes, information and documentation associated with particular games.
EMS Venue Connection AdvisoryAn advisory to help venues ensure they are prepared for connection to EMS was sent out on 05/07/2006. The advisory contained the following documents:
*These documents are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download a free version from the Adobe site.
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