Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each
facility manager's internal control system shall include internal controls for
the cage and the main bank. The internal controls shall be submitted to and
approved by the commission according to K.A.R. 112-104-1. Each gaming facility
shall have, adjacent to the gaming floor, a physical structure known as a cage.
The cage shall house the cashiers and serve as the central location in the
gaming facility for functions normally associated with the cage and the main
bank, including the following:
(1) The custody
of the cage inventory comprised of cash, cash equivalents, gaming chips, and
the forms, documents, and records normally associated with the functions of a
cage;
(2) the issuance, receipt,
and reconciliation of imprest funds used by gaming cashiers, parimutuel
tellers, and change persons in the acceptance of currency and coupons from
patrons in exchange for currency;
(3) the exchange of currency, coin, gaming
chips, and coupons for supporting documentation;
(4) the responsibility for the overall
reconciliation of all documentation generated by gaming cashiers, parimu-tuel
tellers, and change persons; and
(5) the receipt of currency, coupons, and
tickets from the count room.
(b) The cage and the main bank shall provide
maximum security for the materials housed, the employees located, and the
activities performed in the cage and the main bank. The cage and the main bank
shall meet all of the following requirements, at a minimum:
(1) The cage and the main bank shall be fully
enclosed except for openings through which materials, including cash, records,
and documents, can be passed to patrons, gaming cashiers, parimutuel tellers,
and change persons.
(2) The cage
and the main bank shall have manually triggered silent alarm systems located at
the cashiers' window, vault, and in adjacent office space. The systems shall be
connected directly to the monitoring room of the surveillance department and to
the security department.
(3) The
cage shall have a double-door entry and exit system that does not permit a
person to pass through the second door until the first door is securely locked.
In addition, all of the following requirements shall apply:
(A) The first door leading from the gaming
floor of the double-door entry and exit system shall be controlled by the
surveillance department through a commission-approved electronic access system
designed and administered to provide a record of each entry authorization,
including the authorizing employee's name and license number and the date and
time of the authorization.
(B) The
second door of the double-door entry and exit system shall be controlled by the
cage through a commission-approved electronic access system designed and
administered to provide a record of each entry authorization, including the
authorizing employee's name and license number and the date and time of
authorization.
(C) The double-door
entry and exit system shall have surveillance coverage, which shall be
monitored by the surveillance department.
(D) An entrance to the cage that is not a
double-door entry and exit system shall be an alarmed emergency exit door
only.
(4) Each door of
the double-door entry and exit system shall have two separate
commission-approved locking mechanisms.
(c) Any gaming facility may have one or more
satellite cages separate and apart from the cage, established to maximize
security, efficient operations, or patron convenience. The employees in a
satellite cage may perform all of the functions of the employees in the cage.
Each satellite cage shall be equipped with an alarm system in compliance with
paragraph (b)(2). The functions that are conducted in a satellite cage shall be
subject to the accounting controls applicable to a cage specified in K.A.R.
112-104-16.
(d) Each facility
manager shall maintain and make available to the commission, upon request, a
detailed and current list of the name of each employee meeting either of the
following conditions:
(1) Possessing the
combination to the locks securing the double-door entry and exit system
restricting access to the cage and the main bank, any satellite cage, and the
vault; or
(2) possessing the
ability to activate or deactivate alarm systems for the cage, the main bank,
any satellite cage, and the vault.
