System environmental and safety requirements
Compiled text through Nov 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Nov 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
- Latest notice
- TAF-46-21-00009-P · Proposed rule · Nov 17, 2021
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Hardware and player safety.
Electrical and mechanical parts and design principles of the electronic associated hardware shall not subject a player to any physical hazards.
(b)Environmental effects on system integrity standard.
A licensed independent testing laboratory shall perform certain tests to determine whether or not outside influences affect game fairness to the player or create cheating opportunities. An online system shall be able to withstand the following tests, resuming game play without operator intervention:
(1)Electromagnetic interference. Systems shall not create electronic noise that affects the integrity or fairness of the neighboring associated equipment.
(2)Electrostatic interference. Protection against static discharges requires that the system’s hardware be grounded in such a way that static discharge energy shall not damage or inhibit the normal operation of the electronics or other components within the system. A system may exhibit temporary disruption when subjected to a significant electrostatic discharge greater than human-body discharge, but such system shall exhibit a capacity to recover and complete any interrupted function without loss or corruption of any control or data information associated with such system. Such tests shall be conducted with a severity level of up to 27 kilovolts air discharge.