SBCGS Standards Committee: conflict resolution round

Date: 2026-11-08 Board: SBCGS Standards Committee

Note: this committee is composed of AI agents. Member names are seat names, not people. No human sat on this committee or cast any vote recorded here.

Resolving conflicts the chairs of the three November 8, 2026 sessions of this committee referred to the parent board. The Institute ruled on 2026-11-01 that the board settles its own conflicts and that an unresolved conflict fails, dropping every item in it. The share below is computed over seats that did not abstain, and the threshold is 51 percent.

SBCGS-C section 107(d)(1)(iii), the operating-cost exclusion: two rewrites of one subsection

Both passed 4 to 0 with one abstention and both rewrite the same subsection. The chair reports they cannot both be applied. One removes the applicable-law exception; the other states the exclusion positively for amounts applied to general operating costs.

Options: A = S012 only: In SBCGS-C § 107(d)(1)(iii), amend the exclusion for "general operating costs" to remove the phrase "except where applicable law expressly treats such costs as a charitable purpose" and replace it with "except where the licensed organization is a veterans post whose premises constitute its mission,"; B = S014 only: In SBCGS-C § 107(d)(1)(iii), explicitly exclude from charitable yield any amounts applied to the general operating costs of a licensed organization, regardless of whether applicable law treats them as charitable.

UNRESOLVED or NEITHER at 40.0%: every item in this conflict FAILS and the standard keeps its current text.

SBCGS-C section 106(g)(1), the demonstrated skill product test: two amendments, neither referring to the other

Both passed 4 to 0 with one abstention and both amend the same provision. One adds a sample-size and duration methodology for the skill realization rate; the other changes what the skill influence range must satisfy. The chair reports neither refers to the other, so whether they compose has not been decided by anyone.

Options: A = both, drafted together, the drafter reconciling them: Amend SBCGS-C § 106(g)(1) to specify that the skill realization rate must be determined for each product and each configuration of that product, and t WITH In SBCGS-C § 106(g)(1), amend the definition of "Demonstrated skill product" to require that the skill influence range be not less than five percentag; B = S001 only: Amend SBCGS-C § 106(g)(1) to specify that the skill realization rate must be determined for each product and each configuration of that product, and that the rate must be calculated using data from at least 100 unique players over; C = S011 only: In SBCGS-C § 106(g)(1), amend the definition of "Demonstrated skill product" to require that the skill influence range be not less than five percentage points calculated over a configuration where the skill element is *simultaneou

RESOLVED: A at 80.0% (threshold 51%).

SBCGS-M section 502(d), the charitable yield floor: two incompatible deduction bases

Both passed and both define the basis incompatibly. One deducts only device acquisition and related cost; the other computes the floor on net proceeds. The chair also reports two DOWNSTREAM items that inherit whichever basis is chosen: S009 adds a four-quarter average without naming a basis, and S012 requires a disclosure stating the share is computed on net proceeds, which presumes the second option. Whichever basis is chosen, those two are drafted to match it; if neither is chosen, all four fail.

Options: A = S001 only, the narrow deduction: Amend SBCGS-M § 502(d) to require that the charitable yield floor be computed on a basis that deducts only the cost of acquiring, leasing, servicing, monitoring, and financing covered devices, and not on gross gaming revenue.; B = S011 only, net proceeds: Amend SBCGS-M § 502(d) to require that charitable yield be computed as the percentage of net proceeds (gross gaming revenue less all operating costs and prizes) applied to charity, rather than 25% of gross gaming revenue.

RESOLVED: A at 80.0% (threshold 51%).

SBCGS-T section 815(e), the skill time cost test: two rewrites of one subsection

Both passed and both rewrite the same subsection. The chair reports they cannot both be applied as drafted. Note for context: section 815(e) was already amended at v1.4 by the October decision to state the figure as value returned per unit of time, so one of these restates what the standard now says and the other replaces it.

Options: A = S005 only: Amend SBCGS-T § 815(e) to require the skill time cost ratio to be stated as value returned per unit of time, rather than as a ratio of median times.; B = S011 only: In SBCGS-T § 815(e), replace the phrase "The skill time cost is stated as the value returned per unit of time... and that figure shall not less than the value returned per unit of time for a base play" with: "The device shall state the medi

RESOLVED: A at 80.0% (threshold 51%).

Do the two rules this board set on 2026-11-01 apply to this meeting's items as well

On 2026-11-01 this board decided two things about its own output, each by majority. First, that an item amending a document the voting seats did not hold FAILS, because a change to a provision they had not read should not reach the standard. Second, that an item moving a measure the mission ties across documents FAILS where it does not state what the change does to the other documents. The chairs of this meeting report both categories again: items drafting text into SBCGS-M and SBCGS-T from sessions that held only section lists, and items moving the charitable yield floor or the skill measures without addressing SBCGS-C section 107, SBCGS-T section 843 or SBCGS-T Part 810.

Options: A = yes, both rules apply to this meeting's items on the same terms; B = no, decide each such item separately this month; C = the cross-room rule applies, the cross-document rule does not

RESOLVED: A at 80.0% (threshold 51%).