---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 502.7"
title: "25"
number: "502.7"
heading: "Electronic, computer or other technologic aid."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/502.7"
---

# §502.7. Electronic, computer or other technologic aid.

- (a) Electronic, computer or other technologic aid means any machine or device that:
  - (1) Assists a player or the playing of a game;
  - (2) Is not an electronic or electromechanical facsimile; and
  - (3) **Is operated in accordance with applicable Federal communications law.**
- (b) Electronic, computer or other technologic aids include, but are not limited to, machines or devices that:
  - (1) Broaden the participation levels in a common game;
  - (2) Facilitate communication between and among gaming sites; or
  - (3) **Allow a player to play a game with or against other players rather than with or against a machine.**
- (c) Examples of electronic, computer or other technologic aids include pull tab dispensers and/or readers, telephones, cables, televisions, screens, satellites, bingo blowers, electronic player stations, or electronic cards for participants in bingo games.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 41172, June 17, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 12392, Apr. 9, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 41172, June 17, 2002]