Virginia Law

A. Terminals shall not dispense currency. Payment to patrons shall only be accomplished by means of a printed voucher.

B. All vouchers shall contain the following printed information at a minimum:

1. Licensee name and site identifier, which may be contained on the ticket stock itself;

2. Terminal number or cashier booth location;

3. Date and time stated in a 24-hour format according to the local time zone;

4. Alpha and numeric dollar amount;

5. Ticket or voucher sequence number;

6. Validation number;

7. Bar code or any machine-readable code representing the validation number;

8. Type of transaction or other method of differentiating voucher types. If the voucher is a noncashable item, the ticket shall explicitly express that it has "no cash value"; and

9. The expiration period from date of issue, or date and time the ticket or voucher will expire in a 24-hour format according to the local time zone. This information may be contained on the ticket stock itself. Payment on valid pari-mutuel tickets, including tickets where refunds are ordered, shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of valid pari-mutuel tickets to the licensee within 180 days after the purchase of the ticket. Failure to present any valid pari-mutuel ticket to the licensee within 180 days after the purchase of the ticket shall constitute a waiver of the right to payment.

C. A system approved by the commission shall be used to validate the payout ticket or voucher. The ticket or voucher information on the central system shall be retained for two calendar years after a voucher is valid at that location.

D. Payment by voucher as a method of credit redemption shall only be permissible when the terminal is linked to a computerized voucher validation system that is approved by the commission.

E. The validation system must be able to identify a duplicate ticket or voucher to prevent fraud.

F. Terminals must meet the following minimum requirements to incorporate the ability to issue offline vouchers after a loss of communication has been identified by a wagering terminal:

1. The wagering terminal shall not issue more offline vouchers than it has the ability to retain and display in the wagering terminal maintained voucher-out log;

2. The wagering terminal shall not request validation numbers used in the issuance of vouchers until all outstanding offline voucher information has been fully communicated to the voucher validation system;

3. The wagering terminal shall request a new set of validation numbers used in the issuance of online or offline vouchers if the current list of validation numbers has the possibility of being compromised, which shall include:

a. After power has been recycled, or

b. Upon exit of a main door condition; and

4. Validation numbers must always be masked when viewable through any display supported by the wagering terminal such that only the last four digits of the validation number are visible.

G. Vouchers may be inserted in any terminal participating in the validation system providing that no credits are issued to the terminal prior to confirmation of voucher validity.

H. The offline voucher redemption may be validated as an internal control process at the specific terminal that issued the voucher. A manual handpay may be conducted for the offline voucher value.