Logic door and logic area
Compiled text through Nov 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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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)
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- Latest notice
- TAF-46-21-00009-P · Proposed rule · Nov 17, 2021
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Logic area.
The logic area shall be a separately locked cabinet area (with its own locked door), which houses electronic components that have the potential to influence significantly the operation of a gaming device. There may be more than one such logic area in a gaming device. The logic door shall be monitored.
(b)Electronic components.
Electronic components that are required to be housed in one or more logic areas shall be:
(1)a central processing unit and any program storage device that contains software that may affect the integrity of gaming, including, without limitation, the game accounting, system communication and peripheral firmware devices involved in, or that influence significantly, the operation and calculation of game play, game display, game result determination or game accounting, revenue or security. The commission may evaluate any exceptions on a case-by-case basis;
(2)communication controller electronics and components housing the communication program storage device. The commission may evaluate any exceptions on a case-by-case basis; and
(3)the non-volatile (NV) memory back-up device shall be kept within a locked logic area.