Indiana Administrative Code
Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION
Article 11 - INTERNAL CONTROL PROCEDURES
Rule 3 - Soft Count Procedure
Section 3-1 - General provisions
Universal Citation: 68 IN Admin Code 3-1
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 4-33-4; IC 4-35-4
Affected: IC 4-33; IC 4-35
Sec. 1.
(a) The following definitions apply throughout this rule:
(1) "Bill validator report" means a report
completed by the soft count team that documents the value of the currency
collected from the bill validator drop boxes. The report shall:
(A) be completed on a form prescribed or
approved by the commission; and
(B)
include the currency count by denomination and the total amount of currency
removed from the bill validator drop boxes.
(2) "Bill validator verification report"
means a report generated after the completion of the soft count that documents
the amount and denomination of the currency that was deposited into a bill
validator of an electronic gaming device. The report shall be completed on a
form prescribed or approved by the commission and shall include, at a minimum,
the following information:
(A) The electronic
gaming device from which the bill validator drop box was removed.
(B) The total dollar value of the currency
contained in the bill validator drop box.
(C) The number and denomination of each bill
contained in the bill validator drop box.
(3) "Currency collection team" means a team
of the casino licensee's employees that consists of at least three (3)
occupational licensees, at least one (1) of whom is a security officer. The
duties of the currency collection team shall include the following:
(A) For table games, the currency collection
team shall collect and replace drop boxes at least one (1) time per
day.
(B) For electronic gaming
devices, the currency collection team shall collect and replace drop boxes in
accordance with the casino licensee's approved internal controls.
(4) "Drop box" means the live
gaming device drop boxes or bill validator drop boxes.
(5) "Drop box storage cart" means the cart,
equipped with a secured compartment, used to transport drop boxes during the
currency collection process.
(6)
"Drop box verification report" means a report generated before the commencement
of the soft count that documents the activity that took place at each live
gaming device for the gaming day. The report shall be completed on a form
prescribed or approved by the commission and shall include, at a minimum, the
following information:
(A) The opening dollar
amount of each live gaming device inventory.
(B) The identifying number and dollar amount
of each live gaming device fill slip.
(C) The total dollar amount of table fill
slips.
(D) The identifying number
and dollar amount of each live gaming device credit slip.
(E) The total dollar amount of live gaming
device credit slips.
(F) The
closing dollar amount of each live gaming device inventory.
(G) The identifying number and dollar amount
of each counter check.
(H) The total
dollar amount of counter checks.
(I) The identifying number and dollar amount
of each front money withdrawal.
(J)
The total dollar amount of front money withdrawals.
(7) "Master gaming report" means a report
completed by the soft count team that documents the value of the currency
collected from the drop boxes of the live gaming devices. The report shall be
completed on a form prescribed or approved by the commission and shall include,
at a minimum, the following information:
(A)
The total amount of the opening live gaming device inventories.
(B) The total amount of the table fill
slips.
(C) The total amount of the
table credit slips.
(D) The total
amount of closing table game inventories.
(E) The total amount of counter
checks.
(F) The total amount of
front money withdrawals.
(G) The
total amount of currency and chips removed from live gaming device drop
boxes.
(H) The total win or
loss.
(8) "Recorder"
means the member of the soft count team responsible for ensuring that the
paperwork reconciles. The recorder shall not be responsible for completing the
table count slips.
(9) "Soft count
team" means a team of the casino licensee's employees that consists of at
least:
(A) one (1) employee of the soft count
department; and
(B) one (1) soft
count:
(i) supervisor;
(ii) manager;
(iii) lead; or
(iv) equivalent. The soft count team shall be
responsible for counting and bundling the currency collected from the live
gaming devices and bill validators. An employee from the accounting department
may assist the soft count team if the soft count team has a discrepancy in its
counts.
(b) Members of the currency collection team and soft count team shall wear clothing that is not conducive to the concealment of currency. Members of the currency collection team and soft count team shall not wear hats.
(c) The currency collection team and the soft count team shall be rotated on a routine basis to ensure the integrity of the currency collection process and the soft count. Members of the currency collection team can be members of the soft count team.
(d) On the last day of the month, the casino licensee shall drop each bill validator and complete a reconciliation of that month's soft drop.
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