(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of this subdivision, the commission shall, within sixty days of its receipt of a complete application for the testing of a slot machine or other gaming equipment model, approve or reject the slot machine or other gaming equipment model. In so doing, the commission shall specify whether and to what extent any data from a private testing laboratory or governmental agency of a state was used in reaching its conclusions and recommendation. If the commission is unable to complete the testing of a slot machine or other gaming equipment model within this sixty day period, the commission may conditionally approve the slot machine or other gaming equipment model for test use by a gaming facility licensee provided that the commission represents that the use of the slot machine or other gaming equipment model will not have a direct and materially adverse impact on the integrity of gaming or the control of gross revenue. The commission shall give priority to the testing of slot machines or other gaming equipment that a gaming facility licensee has certified it will use in its gaming facility in this state.

(c) The commission shall, by regulation, establish such technical standards for licensure of slot machines, including mechanical and electrical reliability, security against tampering, the comprehensibility of wagering, and noise and light levels, as it may deem necessary to protect the player from fraud or deception and to insure the integrity of gaming. The denominations of such machines shall be set by the licensee; the licensee shall simultaneously notify the commission of the settings.

(d) The commission shall, by regulation, determine the permissible number and density of slot machines in a licensed gaming facility so as to:

(1) promote optimum security for gaming facility operations;

(2) avoid deception or frequent distraction to players at gaming tables;

(3) promote the comfort of patrons;

(4) create and maintain a gracious playing environment in the gaming facility; and

(5) encourage and preserve competition in gaming facility operations by assuring that a variety of gaming opportunities is offered to the public. Any such regulation promulgated by the commission which determines the permissible number and density of slot machines in a licensed gaming facility shall provide that all casinos shall be included in any calculation of the permissible number and density of slot machines in a licensed gaming facility.

(e) Any new gaming equipment that is submitted for testing to the commission or to a state licensed independent testing laboratory prior to or simultaneously with submission of such new equipment for testing in a jurisdiction other than this state, may, consistent with regulations promulgated by the commission, be deployed by a gaming facility licensee on the casino fourteen days after submission of such equipment for testing. If the gaming facility or casino vendor enterprise licensee has not received approval for the equipment fourteen days after submission for testing, any interested gaming facility licensee may, consistent with commission regulations, deploy the equipment on a field test basis, unless otherwise directed by the executive director. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to exchange or redeem chips for anything whatsoever, except for currency, negotiable personal checks, negotiable counter checks, other chips, coupons, slot vouchers or complimentary vouchers distributed by the gaming facility licensee, or, if authorized by regulation of the commission, a valid charge to a credit or debit card account. A gaming facility licensee shall, upon the request of any person, redeem that licensee's gaming chips surrendered by that person in any amount over one hundred dollars with a check drawn upon the licensee's account at any banking institution in this state and made payable to that person. 10. It shall be unlawful for any gaming facility licensee or its agents or employees to employ, contract with, or use any shill or barker to induce any person to enter a gaming facility or play at any game or for any purpose whatsoever. 11. It shall be unlawful for a dealer in any authorized game in which cards are dealt to deal cards by hand or other than from a device specifically designed for that purpose, unless otherwise permitted by the rules of the commission.