GAMING MACHINE STANDARDS

SB 303, titled "GAMING MACHINE STANDARDS," would require all gaming machines in New Mexico to meet specific safety, fairness, and transparency standards to qualify for licensing. Key provisions include preventing machine manipulation to affect winning odds, mandating electronic meters to track all money transactions (including payouts and credits), requiring detailed ticket vouchers for non-coin payouts with timestamps and machine IDs, and ensuring a minimum 80% payback rate over time. The bill also requires machines to link to a central monitoring system and only offer games approved by the gaming board. This directly affects gaming machine operators and manufacturers who must comply with these new specifications to maintain licensure.