New York Laws
Title 5 - Requirements for Conduct and Operation of Gaming
1335 - Games and Gaming Equipment.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of this subdivision,
the commission shall, within sixty days of its receipt of a complete
application for the testing of a slot machine or other gaming equipment
model, approve or reject the slot machine or other gaming equipment

model. In so doing, the commission shall specify whether and to what
extent any data from a private testing laboratory or governmental agency
of a state was used in reaching its conclusions and recommendation. If
the commission is unable to complete the testing of a slot machine or
other gaming equipment model within this sixty day period, the
commission may conditionally approve the slot machine or other gaming
equipment model for test use by a gaming facility licensee provided that
the commission represents that the use of the slot machine or other
gaming equipment model will not have a direct and materially adverse
impact on the integrity of gaming or the control of gross revenue. The
commission shall give priority to the testing of slot machines or other
gaming equipment that a gaming facility licensee has certified it will
use in its gaming facility in this state.
(c) The commission shall, by regulation, establish such technical
standards for licensure of slot machines, including mechanical and
electrical reliability, security against tampering, the
comprehensibility of wagering, and noise and light levels, as it may
deem necessary to protect the player from fraud or deception and to
insure the integrity of gaming. The denominations of such machines shall
be set by the licensee; the licensee shall simultaneously notify the
commission of the settings.
(d) The commission shall, by regulation, determine the permissible
number and density of slot machines in a licensed gaming facility so as
to:
(1) promote optimum security for gaming facility operations;
(2) avoid deception or frequent distraction to players at gaming
tables;
(3) promote the comfort of patrons;
(4) create and maintain a gracious playing environment in the gaming
facility; and
(5) encourage and preserve competition in gaming facility operations
by assuring that a variety of gaming opportunities is offered to the
public.
Any such regulation promulgated by the commission which determines the
permissible number and density of slot machines in a licensed gaming
facility shall provide that all casinos shall be included in any
calculation of the permissible number and density of slot machines in a
licensed gaming facility.
(e) Any new gaming equipment that is submitted for testing to the
commission or to a state licensed independent testing laboratory prior
to or simultaneously with submission of such new equipment for testing
in a jurisdiction other than this state, may, consistent with
regulations promulgated by the commission, be deployed by a gaming
facility licensee on the casino fourteen days after submission of such
equipment for testing. If the gaming facility or casino vendor
enterprise licensee has not received approval for the equipment fourteen
days after submission for testing, any interested gaming facility
licensee may, consistent with commission regulations, deploy the
equipment on a field test basis, unless otherwise directed by the
executive director.
9. It shall be unlawful for any person to exchange or redeem chips for
anything whatsoever, except for currency, negotiable personal checks,
negotiable counter checks, other chips, coupons, slot vouchers or
complimentary vouchers distributed by the gaming facility licensee, or,
if authorized by regulation of the commission, a valid charge to a
credit or debit card account. A gaming facility licensee shall, upon the
request of any person, redeem that licensee's gaming chips surrendered
by that person in any amount over one hundred dollars with a check drawn

upon the licensee's account at any banking institution in this state and
made payable to that person.
10. It shall be unlawful for any gaming facility licensee or its
agents or employees to employ, contract with, or use any shill or barker
to induce any person to enter a gaming facility or play at any game or
for any purpose whatsoever.
11. It shall be unlawful for a dealer in any authorized game in which
cards are dealt to deal cards by hand or other than from a device
specifically designed for that purpose, unless otherwise permitted by
the rules of the commission.