| (a) A shutter card bingo system must not be sold, leased,
or otherwise furnished to any person for use in the conduct of bingo
until it has first been tested and certified as compliant with the
standards in this subchapter by an independent testing facility or
the Commission's own testing lab, as applicable. The shutter card
bingo system shall be submitted for testing at the manufacturer's
expense. The testing facility should be required to ensure that the
shutter card bingo system conforms to the restrictions and conditions
set forth in these standards. The approval process is set forth in
subsections (b)-(e) of this section.
(b) Utilizing an Independent Testing Facility:
(1) Manufacturer submits system to lab with letter
outlining the shutter card bingo system to be tested for approval
in Texas;
(2) Lab performs validation testing to ensure compliance
with the Commission's requirements. Testing may include functional
testing and/or modification testing, if applicable;
(3) Lab creates certification report which includes
file verification methodology, software/firmware signatures (checksum),
and testing results;
(4) Manufacturer submits approval request with certification
report to the Commission;
(5) Once the Commission has received the certification
report from the independent testing facility, the Commission may request
a demonstration of the product; and
(6) The Commission shall either approve or disapprove
the submission based on the test results and inform the manufacturer
and lab of the results within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt
of the test results.
(c) After the Commission approves a shutter card bingo
system, the manufacturer shall notify the Commission of the date,
time and place of the first installation of the system so that a Commission
representative may observe and review the shutter card bingo system.
(d) Checksum or digital signatures will be obtained
from the proprietary software submitted for testing to be used to
verify that proprietary software at playing locations is the same
as the software that was approved.
(e) The decision by the director to approve or disapprove
any component of a shutter card bingo is administratively final.
(f) The manufacturer shall be responsible for the costs
related to the testing of shutter card bingo system to include the
fees charged by independent testing facilities.
(g) The manufacturer shall be responsible for the travel
costs incurred by the Commission to audit the initial installation
of a shutter card bingo system in the state of Texas.
(h) Any subsequent changes or modifications to an approved
shutter card bingo system require compliance with this section and
must be re-submitted to the Commission for approval prior to use.
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