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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: July 17, 2024) |
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61. Department of Business and Professional Regulation |
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61D. Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering |
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61D-14. Pari-Mutuel Wagering Facility Slot Machine Operations |
1(1) If the slot machine game or progressive 9system 10contains a bonus feature including a “game within a game,” the following requirements shall be met:
27(a) The game shall display to the player which game rules apply to the current game state;
44(b) The number of plays remaining for the free game event shall be displayed as each free game is played;
64(c) If a bonus or feature game requires extra credits to be wagered the game shall provide the player an opportunity to not participate;
88(d) The probability of obtaining winning events or symbols on the base game shall not decrease as the game progresses; and,
109(e) The game shall display to the player that the game is in a bonus feature mode.
126(2) Any 128“game within a game” or bonus feature of a progressive 138system 139slot machine shall:
142(a) Be a function of the base game;
150(b) Not add bonus feature amounts to the progressive jackpot total; and,
162(c) Not increase or decrease a patron’s probability of winning the progressive jackpot other than to add additional credits for future play or cash out when the cash out button is engaged.
194(3) If a mystery progressive jackpot is offered:
202(a) All machines of the same play denomination linked to the mystery progressive jackpot must have the same probability of winning the mystery progressive jackpot and shall notify the patron of the award, or
236(b) All machines of differing denominations linked to the mystery progressive jackpot shall have an adjusted probability of winning the mystery jackpot based upon the contribution to the jackpot and shall notify the patron of the award.
273Rulemaking Authority 275551.103(1), 276551.122 FS. 278Law Implemented 280551.103(1)(c), 281(d), (e), (g), 284551.121(5) FS. 286History–New 6-25-06, Amended 8-14-11, 5-30-17.
