Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each facility
manager's internal control system shall include internal controls for the
acceptance, verification, accounting for, and sending of wire transfers. The
internal controls shall be submitted to and approved by the commission
according to K.A.R. 112-104-1 and shall include the following:
(1) A cage log to record the following
information with regard to wire transfers accepted:
(A) A sequential number assigned by the
facility manager to the wire transfer transaction;
(B) the date and time of notification;
(C) the name of the financial
institution and account number to which the funds were transferred;
(D) the amount of funds transferred;
(E) the name of the patron for
whose benefit the funds were transferred;
(F) the name and address of the financial
institution from which the funds were transferred and the account number from
which the funds were debited;
(G)
the method by which the facility manager was notified of the receipt of the
wire transfer. The method shall be limited to one of the following:
(i) Direct telephone notification between the
facility manager's bank and a cage employee. When notice is provided by
telephone, the name and title of the person providing notice shall be recorded;
(ii) direct hard copy
communication sent by the facility manager's bank to a cage employee. The
document shall be dated, time-stamped, and signed by the cage employee
receiving the notification; or
(iii) direct computer access by the facility
manager to the wire transfer or electronic fund transfer transaction as it is
credited to the manager's operating account at its bank. The transaction shall
be printed from the computer screen and dated, time-stamped, and signed by the
cage employee receiving the notification;
(H) the method by which the facility manager
verified the wire transfer with the sending financial institution and, if
noticed by telephone, the name and title of the person verifying the transfer;
(I) the signature of the cage
employee receiving and recording the information required by this subsection;
and
(J) a notation that the wire
transfer has been reversed under subsection (d), when applicable;
(2) a requirement that a cage
supervisor other than the cage employee who initially documented receipt of the
wire transfer verify receipt of the wire transfer according to one of the
following:
(A) If notice was provided by
telephone or direct hard copy, verify the wire transfer with a previously
identified and authorized representative of the facility manager's financial
institution; or
(B) if notice was
provided by direct computer access, review the printout of the computer screen;
(3) a requirement that
the cage supervisor verifying receipt of the wire transfer document the
verification process performed in the log required under paragraph (a)(1),
including the following:
(A) The method by
which the receipt of the wire transfer was verified and, if verified by
telephone, the name and title of the person providing the verification;
(B) the date and time of
verification; and
(C) the
signature of the cage supervisor verifying receipt of the wire transfer;
(4) the procedures used
to perform the following:
(A) Establish,
verify, and document the identity of the patron;
(B) make the wire transfer proceeds available
to the patron at the cage; and
(C)
adjust the cage accountability;
(5) a cage log to record the following
information with regard to wire transfers sent on behalf of a patron:
(A) The name of the patron;
(B) the date of the transaction;
(C) the amount of funds transferred;
(D) the source of funds
transferred, whether cash, cash equivalent, or jackpot payout;
(E) the name and address of the financial
institution to which the funds will be transferred and the account number to
which the funds will be credited;
(F) the signature of the patron if the
request to send a wire transfer is made in person at the cage;
(G) documentation supporting the receipt of a
request by the facility manager to send a wire transfer on behalf of a patron
if the request was not made in person at the cage;
(H) the signature of the cage employee
receiving and recording the information required by this subsection; and
(I) the signature of the cage
supervisor or accounting department supervisor authorizing the wire transfer;
and
(6) when sending a
wire transfer on behalf of a patron, the procedures used to perform the
following:
(A) Verify and document the
identity of the patron; and
(B)
adjust the cage accountability.
(b) Each wire transfer accepted by a facility
manager on behalf of a patron to enable a patron to take part in gaming shall
be recorded in the facility manager's cage accountability documentation upon
acceptance.
(c) Each facility
manager shall take all steps necessary to return to a patron by wire transfer
the patron's residual balance if both of the following circumstances exist
after 14 gaming days following the patron's wired deposit:
(1) The wired funds remain in the facility
manager's operating account or cage accountability.
(2) The patron has engaged in minimal or
noEGMplay. Minimal shall mean less than 20% of the wired funds.
(d) The wire transfer returned
under subsection (c) shall be sent to the financial institution from which the
funds were debited. This reversal of the wire transfer shall be recorded in the
wire transfer log maintained under paragraph (a)(1).