Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) A facility
manager or applicant for a facility manager certification shall have a
surveillance system before beginning gaming operations. The surveillance system
shall include a digital video system capable of the following:
(1) Instant replay;
(2) recording by any camera in the system;
and
(3) allowing simultaneous and
uninterrupted recording and playback.
(b) The surveillance system shall include a
communication system capable of monitoring the gaming facility, including the
security department.
(c) The
surveillance system shall be connected to all facility alarm systems.
(d) The surveillance system shall be capable
of monitoring the entire property, except private offices and
restrooms.
(e) The surveillance
system shall include the following features:
(1) Redundant system drives;
(2) a backup power supply capable of
operating all surveillance equipment during a power outage. The backup power
supply shall be tested on a monthly basis;
(3) backup storage components that will
automatically continue or resume recording in the event of failure of any
single component of the system, so that the failure of any single component
will not result in the loss of any data from the system; and
(4) automatic restart if a power failure
occurs.
(f) The digital
video system shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Function as a closed network;
(2) have its access limited to the personnel
identified in the surveillance system plan;
(3) be equipped to ensure that any
transmissions are encrypted, have a firewall at both ends, and are
password-protected;
(4) be equipped
with a failure notification system that provides an audible and visual
notification of any failure in the surveillance system or the digital video
recording storage system;
(5)
record all images and audit records on a hard drive;
(6) be locked by the manufacturer to do the
following:
(A) Disable the erase and reformat
functions; and
(B) prevent access
to the system data files; and
(7) be equipped with data encryption or
watermarking so that surveillance personnel will be capable of demonstrating in
a court of law that the video was not altered or manipulated in any
way.
(g) The
surveillance system shall include cameras dedicated to monitoring the following
with sufficient clarity to identify any person:
(1) The entrances to and exits from the
gaming facility;
(2) the count
rooms;
(3) the vaults;
(4) the surveillance room;
(5) the security rooms;
(6) all cage areas; and
(7) all exterior entrances to and exits from
the property.
(h) The
surveillance system required by this regulation shall be equipped with
light-sensitive cameras with lenses of sufficient magnification to allow the
operator to read information on an electronic gaming machine reel strip and
credit meter and be capable of clandestine monitoring in detail and from
various vantage points, including the following:
(1) The conduct and operation of electronic
gaming machines, lottery facility games, and parimutuel wagering;
(2) the conduct and operation of the
cashier's cage, satellite cashier's cages, mutuel lines, count rooms, and
vault;
(3) the collection and count
of the electronic gaming bill validator canisters; and
(4) the movement of cash and any other gaming
facility assets.
(i) All
cameras shall be equipped with lenses of sufficient magnification capabilities
to allow the operator to clearly distinguish the value of the following:
(1) Chips;
(2) dice;
(3) tokens;
(4) playing cards;
(5) positions on the roulette wheel;
and
(6) cash and cash
equivalents.
(j) The
surveillance system shall provide a view of the pit areas and gaming tables
capable of clearly identifying the following:
(1) The dealers;
(2) the patrons;
(3) the hands of all participants in a
game;
(4) facial views of all
participants in a game;
(5) all pit
personnel;
(6) the activities of
all pit personnel;
(7) the chip
trays;
(8) the token
holders;
(9) the cash
receptacles;
(10) the tip
boxes;
(11) the dice;
(12) the shuffle machines;
(13) the card shoes, which are also called
dealing boxes;
(14) the playing
surface of all gaming tables with sufficient clarity to determine the
following:
(A) All wagers;
(B) card values; and
(C) game results; and
(15) roulette tables, which shall be viewed
by the surveillance system with color cameras.
(k) The surveillance of the electronic gaming
devices shall be capable of providing the following:
(1) A view of all patrons;
(2) a facial view of all patrons with
sufficient clarity to allow identification of each patron;
(3) a view of the electronic gaming device
with sufficient clarity to observe the result of the game;
(4) an overall view of the areas around the
electronic gaming device;
(5) a
view of each bill validator with sufficient clarity to determine bill value and
the amount of credit obtained; and
(6) a view of the progressive games,
including the incrementation of the progressive jackpot.
(l) All surveillance system display screens
shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be equipped with a date and time
generator synchronized to a central clock that meets the following
requirements:
(A) Is displayed on any of the
surveillance system display screens; and
(B) is recorded on all video pictures or
digital images;
(2) be
capable of recording what is viewed by any camera in the system; and
(3) be of a sufficient number to allow the
following:
(A) Simultaneous recording and
coverage as required by this article;
(B) off-line playback;
(C) duplication capabilities;
(D) single-channel monitors in the following
areas:
(i) Each entry and each
exit;
(ii) the main bank and cages;
(iii) table games; and
(iv) count rooms; and
(E) no more than four channels per monitor in
all other areas where surveillance is required.
(m) The surveillance system shall be
connected to at least one video printer. Each video printer shall be capable of
generating clear color copies of the images depicted on the surveillance system
display screen or video recording.
(n) The surveillance system shall allow audio
recording in any room where the contents of bill validator canisters are
counted.
(o) All wiring within the
surveillance system shall be tamper-resistant.
(p) The surveillance system shall be linked
to the commission's security office with equipment capable of monitoring or
directing the view of any system camera.
(q) The commission's director of security
shall be notified at least 48 hours in advance of the relocation of any camera
on the surveillance system's floor plan.
