5. Accounting Meters

The objective of the requirements in this section is to ensure audit and reconciliation of Wagering Instrument transactions, revenue and Game payout.

5.1 Accounting Meters

5.1.1 Appropriate information pertaining to Wagering Instrument transactions, revenue and payout must be captured and maintained to enable reconciliation of Wagering Instruments, payout calculations, and audits to be performed.

Guidance:

This standard may necessitate having separate accounting meters for separate Gaming Devices, e.g. separate meters may need to be available to account for the payout from different sources such as Game Play and external bonus, mystery, or progressive controllers.

5.1.2 For multi-game and multi-denomination Gaming Devices, accounting meters necessary in order to calculate payout must be maintained separately for each paytable.

5.1.3 For gaming devices that contain paytables with a  difference in theoretical return to player which is greater than four (4) percent between wager categories, accounting meters to enable calculation of the payout percentage for each wager category with a different theoretical payout percentage and a weighted average payback percentage must be maintained.

5.1.4 All accounting meters must be capable of being displayed on demand.

5.1.5 Accounting meters must be accurately communicated to the Slot Accounting System used to collect accounting information.