Software requirements for percentage payout
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
- Westlaw Inline Boundary Correction
- 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)If progressives, bonus systems, merchandise and so on are external to a game’s prize pool, the values shall not be included in the percentage-payout calculation. The independent testing laboratory approved by the commission shall provide the minimum and maximum theoretical payout percentage for the game within a certification report, unless otherwise noted. Additional external awards added to a game shall require a re-evaluation of the theoretical payout percentage, considering the value of the award and other relevant factors. The independent testing laboratory approved by the commission shall re-evaluate a game’s theoretical payout percentage when requested.
(b)Gaming devices that may be affected by player skill shall meet the requirement of this section when using a method of play that will provide the greatest return to the player over a period of continuous play.
(c)The minimum percentage requirement shall be met when playing at the lowest end of a non-linear pay table (i.e., if a game is continuously played at a minimum bet level for the cycle of the game and the theoretical return to the player is lower than the minimum percentage, then such pay table is not permissible).
(d)Double-up or gamble options shall have a theoretical return to the player of 100 percent.