{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-268","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-268","heading":"Certification of electronic games - Review by Commission -","body":"Modification of electronic games.\n\nA. No electronic game, and no component thereof, may be offered\n\nfor play by an organization licensee unless it has been certified by\n\nan independent testing laboratory approved by the Oklahoma Horse\n\nRacing Commission as conforming to the standards contained in this\n\nact.\n\nB. It is the intent and policy of the Legislature that the\n\nstandards for the games provided in this act shall operate so as to\n\npermit a large number of potential vendors to compete to furnish\n\ndevices to the organization licensees. If the Commission determines\n\nthat such standards serve to limit competition, the Commission is\n\nauthorized to adopt rules modifying such standards so as to\n\nencourage competition while preserving the basic nature of the games\n\npermitted by this act; provided, that any tribe that has entered\n\ninto an effective compact pursuant to Sections 21 and 22 of this act\n\nmay, pursuant to such compact, conduct any electronic bonanza-style\n\nbingo game, any electronic amusement game or any electronic instant\n\nbingo game certified as meeting the standards contained in any such\n\nCommission rules modifying the standards of the games that may be\n\nconducted by organizational licensees.\n\nC. A prototype of any electronic game which a licensee intends\n\nto offer for play shall be tested and certified by an independent\n\ntesting laboratory as meeting the standards contained in this act.\n\nD. A licensee shall provide, or require that the manufacturer\n\nor vendor provide to the independent testing laboratory a written\n\nrequest as to each electronic game for which certification is\n\nsought, any fees required to be deposited by the independent testing\n\nlaboratory, and, on a confidential basis: two (2) copies of the\n\ngame illustrations, schematics, block diagrams, circuit analyses,\n\ntechnical and enterprise manuals, program object and source codes,\n\nhexadecimal dumps (the compiled computer program represented in base\n\n16 format), and any other information requested by the independent\n\ntesting laboratory. The licensee shall send copies of the requests\n\nfor certification to the Commission when made and shall make all\n\nmaterials submitted to the independent testing laboratory available\n\nto the Commission upon request. Any materials so submitted which\n\nare designated by the manufacturer or vendor as proprietary shall\n\nremain confidential and shall not be subject to the disclosure\n\nrequirements of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.\n\nE. If requested by the independent testing laboratory, the\n\nlicensee shall require the manufacturer or vendor to transport not\n\nmore than two (2) working models of the electronic game for which\n\ncertification is sought to a location designated by the laboratory\n\nfor testing, examination or analysis. Neither the state nor the\n\nindependent testing laboratory shall be liable for any costs\n\nassociated with the transportation, testing, examination, or\n\nanalysis, including any damage to the components of the electronic\n\ngame. If requested by the independent testing laboratory, the\n\nlicensee shall require the manufacturer or vendor to provide\n\nspecialized equipment or the services of an independent technical\n\nexpert to assist with the testing, examination and analysis. At the\n\nconclusion of each test, the independent testing laboratory shall\n\nprovide to the Commission a report that contains findings,\n\nconclusions and a certification that the electronic game conforms or\n\nfails to conform to the standards contained in this act. If the\n\nindependent testing laboratory determines that the device fails to\n\nconform to such standards, and if modifications can be made which\n\nwould bring the electronic game into compliance, the report may\n\ncontain recommendations for such modifications. The independent\n\ntesting laboratory shall retest for compliance following such\norms or\n\nfails to conform to the standards contained in this act. If the\n\nindependent testing laboratory determines that the device fails to\n\nconform to such standards, and if modifications can be made which\n\nwould bring the electronic game into compliance, the report may\n\ncontain recommendations for such modifications. The independent\n\ntesting laboratory shall retest for compliance following such\n\nmodifications. The independent testing laboratory shall report all\n\nfindings and conclusions to the licensee, the manufacturer/vendor\n\nand the Commission, provided that at any time prior to issuance of a\n\nfinal report by the laboratory the licensee may instruct it to\n\nterminate the process, in which case no report shall be made.\n\nF. The Commission shall review and approve a proposed\n\nelectronic game, or component thereof, based solely on the standards\n\ncontained in this act, subject to modification in accordance with\n\nsubsection B of this section, and the report and certification\n\nreceived from the independent testing laboratory. The Commission\n\nshall approve any proposed electronic game that meets the standards\n\ncontained in this act. The Commission’s review shall be completed\n\nwithin twenty (20) days of receipt of the certification from the\n\nindependent testing laboratory as to any new electronic game or\n\ncomponent thereof, and within ten (10) days of the receipt of the\n\ncertification as to any modification to an electronic game which has\n\nalready been approved by the Commission. The certification shall be\n\ndeemed approved if the Commission does not disapprove the proposed\n\nelectronic game as not meeting the standards contained in this act\n\nwithin the twenty- or ten-day period, as may be applicable. If\n\nwithin the twenty- or ten-day periods described in this section for\n\napproval by the Commission of an electronic game or modification\n\nthereof, the Commission gives notice to the licensee that it has\n\ndisapproved a proposed electronic game, such electronic game shall\n\nnot be placed in any facility or, if already there, shall be removed\n\nor taken offline for play, to allow time for an appeal to be made in\n\naccordance with the applicable appeal process if an appeal is\n\nsought. The sole issue in the appeal process shall be whether the\n\nelectronic game, or a component thereof, which is the subject of the\n\nappeal, meets the standards contained in this act. The Commission\n\nshall have the authority to discuss the independent testing\n\nlaboratory’s report with representatives of the independent testing\n\nlaboratory without any cost to the Commission and to physically\n\nreview any electronic game as part of the applicable appeal process.\n\nG. No modification to any electronic game may be made by an\n\norganization licensee after it is tested, certified and approved,\n\nwithout certification of the modification by the independent testing\n\nlaboratory and approval thereof by the Commission. In situations\n\nwhere immediate modifications are necessary to preserve the\n\nintegrity of an electronic game which has been operating pursuant to\n\nan approval obtained under this section, the independent testing\n\nlaboratory may issue an emergency certification of the modification\n\nand a certification that is based on information provided to it by\n\nthe licensee or obtained independently, emergency certification must\n\nbe issued immediately to preserve the integrity of the electronic\n\ngame, and that certification would likely be issued under ordinary\n\ncircumstances. Such emergency certifications shall be deemed to be\n\ntemporarily approved by the Commission and remain in effect until\n\nthe Commission takes final action under this section on the\n\ncertification.","path":["OK Code","Title 3A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f675fe571881e2043d046a8ddc4d5c147d8b8034d30274d770358452575e41da","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-267","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-269"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}