More Aggressive Slot Machine Regulation Needed

The Colorado Gaming Commission needs to look at how they are spending their money on slot machine regulation. It has been found that they have the least amount of regulators out of the 11 states that offer slot machines commercially, and because of those numbers, they are lacking in regulatory controls. The slot machines that are on the floor have been found to be illegal or working improperly and some have been that way for more than two years.

Other states have a much more aggressive commitment to the slot machine industry; they ensure that the public is playing a legal slot machine, as well as one that is working properly. They discovered that Missouri not only have one regulator for every 1,600 slot machines, but they also check each and every slot machine before it goes on the floor. If it is found to be lacking in any way, it is immediately removed. New Jersey does the same thing, and has one regulator to every 1,300 slot machines.

Nevada has 182 slot inspectors, but they also have the most slot machines in the country. However, it still works out to one official for every 1,100 slots. Colorado no longer checks the slot machines before they go out on the floor, which could mean that a faulty slot machine ends up on the game floor before anyone even has looked at it. The state has 90 days to check out the machine, but if something is wrong with it, it has been operating for 90 days.

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