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Bingo and casino technical requirements
Bingo and casino technical requirements under section 85 and section 89 of the Gambling Act 2005.
4 - Specific error conditions and alert requirements - Bingo technical requirements
4.1 Devices must detect, display and alert the operator to the types of error conditions and significant events listed. If the error or event affects the game-play in any way, then the device should 'lock up' and allow no further game-play until the error or event is cleared either automatically or by operator intervention:
a. events or errors related to payment to play, for example, coins, notes
b. events or errors related to operation of the device, for example, battery failure, programme error
c. events or errors related to security, for example, door open
d. events or errors related to payouts, for example, printer jam, hopper empty.
Equipment used for the playing of interval bingo games but which by reason of its design cannot meet the above requirement must indicate to the player whether they are entered into the game.
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