Abstract: A system and method to determine the total cost of regulatory compliance and the total cost of product quality. The system and method are particularly directed to recording the costs of staff member activities, associated expenses and fees relating to testing and approving of gaming equipment, including electronic gaming machines such as slot and video games as well as gaming systems such as player tracking, slot accounting, and progressive systems. The method and system are implemented on a server accessible by users to record time and costs. The total cost of compliance and the total cost of product quality can be determined based on the recorded costs including internal costs, external costs, delay costs and probability of failure costs.

Abstract: A system and method to test and certify equipment for regulatory compliance. The system and method are particularly directed to testing, certification and approval of gaming equipment, including electronic gaming machines such as slot and video games as well as gaming systems such as player tracking, slot accounting, and progressive systems. The method and system are implemented between a gaming laboratory and a manufacturer and provide efficiencies to increase the speed and reduce the costs of approving tested equipment.