Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Any facility
manager may utilize coupons and a coupon system that has been tested and
approved by the commission under K.A.R. 112-107-3.
(b) The design specifications for the coupon
shall meet the requirements of article 110.
(c) The design specifications for the coupon
system shall meet the requirements of article 110.
(d) Each facility manager shall establish a
system of internal controls for the issuance and redemption of coupons before
issuing any coupon. The internal controls shall be submitted to and approved by
the commission under K.A.R. 112-104-1. The system of internal controls shall
include the following requirements:
(1) The
package containing the coupons shall be opened and examined by at least two
members of the accounting department. Each deviation between the invoice and
control listing accompanying the coupons, the purchase or requisition order,
and the actual coupons received shall be reported to the controller or to a
higher authority in a direct reporting line and to the director of internal
audit.
(2) Upon examination of the
coupons, the facility manager shall cause to be recorded in a coupon control
ledger the type and quantity of coupons received, the date of the receipt, the
beginning serial number, the ending serial number, the new quantity of unissued
coupons on hand, the purchase order or requisition number, any deviations
between the number of coupons ordered and the number received, and the
signature of any individual who examined the coupons.
(3) All unissued coupons shall be stored in
the cage, controlled by a cage department supervisor.
(4) A representative from the internal audit
department shall prepare a monthly inventory of unissued coupons. Any
deviations between the coupon inventory and the coupon control ledger shall be
reported to the controller and the director of internal audit.
(5) A representative of the facility manager
shall estimate the number of coupons needed by shift each day.
An accounting department employee shall obtain the quantity of
coupons to be issued. If a date indicating when the coupon becomes invalid is
not preprinted on the coupon, the accounting department employee shall affix a
stamp indicating the date the coupon becomes invalid. The following, at a
minimum, shall be recorded in the coupon control ledger:
(A) The date the coupons were
issued;
(B) the type of coupons
issued;
(C) the beginning serial
number of the coupons issued;
(D)
the ending serial number of the coupons issued;
(E) the quantity issued and the quantity
remaining; and
(F) the signatures
of the accounting department employee issuing the coupons and any other
department's employee receiving the coupons.
(6) The facility manager shall require unused
coupons obtained from the accounting department employee to be stored in a
locked cabinet until the coupons are distributed to patrons. All coupons
remaining unused at the end of a shift shall be either returned to the cage
department for receipt and redistribution or kept for use by the following
shift if accountability between shifts is maintained. All expired coupons shall
be returned to the cage department on a daily basis. Any coupons that are not
used by the expiration date indicated on the coupons shall be voided when
returned to the cage department.
(7) Documentation shall be prepared by a
representative of the facility manager for the distribution of coupons to
patrons. The documentation shall include the following information, at a
minimum:
(A) The date and time or the shift of
preparation;
(B) the type of
coupons used;
(C) the beginning
serial number of the coupons used;
(D) the ending serial number of the coupons
used;
(E) the total number of
coupons used;
(F) the total number
of coupons remaining for use by the next shift or returned to the accounting
department; and
(G) the signatures
of the facility manager's representatives who distributed the
coupons.
(8) The coupons
shall be redeemed in the following manner:
(A)
Coupons redeemable for cash or tokens shall be redeemed only by change persons
or at cashiers' booths, the cage, or at any other location within the gaming
facility approved by the commission. A change person, booth cashier, or general
cage cashier shall accept the coupons in exchange for the stated amount of cash
or tokens. Coupons accepted for redemption shall be cancelled by those
authorized to accept coupons. Cancellation of coupons shall be done in a manner
that cancels the coupon number and shall permit subsequent identification of
the individual who accepted and cancelled the coupon. Redeemed coupons shall be
maintained and shall be submitted to the main bank not less frequently than at
the conclusion of each day.
(B)
Coupons redeemable for wagers shall be accepted only in exchange for the wagers
stated on the coupons. Cancellation of coupons shall be done in a manner that
permits subsequent identification of the individual who accepted and cancelled
the coupon. Redeemed coupons shall be maintained and shall be submitted to the
main bank not less frequently than at the conclusion of each gaming
day.
(C) A coupon redeemable for
gaming chips shall be redeemed only by one of the following ways:
(i) At a gaming table and only by a dealer or
first-level supervisor who supervises the game, who shall accept the coupon in
exchange for the stated amount of gaming chips and shall deposit the coupon
into the drop box upon acceptance; or
(ii) by a chip person, who shall accept the
coupon only from a patron seated at a poker table at which a game is in
progress in exchange for the stated amount of gaming chips and shall cancel the
coupon upon acceptance. The coupon shall be cancelled in a manner that permits
subsequent identification of the individual who accepted and cancelled the
coupon. The cancelled coupons shall be exchanged with the main bank at the
conclusion of the chip person's shift, at a minimum.
(D) A match play coupon shall be redeemed
only at a gaming table that offers an authorized game in which patrons wager
only against the house. The coupon shall be redeemed only by a dealer and only
if accompanied by the proper amount of gaming chips required by the coupon. The
dealer shall accept the coupon as part of the patron's wager and deposit the
coupon into the drop box after the wager is won or lost.
(9) Documentation on unused coupons, voided
coupons, and redeemed coupons maintained shall be forwarded on a daily basis to
the accounting department, which shall perform the following regarding the
coupons:
(A) Review for the propriety of
signatures on documentation and for proper cancellation of coupons;
(B) examine for proper calculation,
summarization, and recording on documentation, including the master game
report;
(C) reconcile by the total
number of coupons given to representatives of the department making
distribution to patrons, returned for reissuance, distributed to patrons,
voided, and redeemed;
(D) record;
and
(E) maintain and control until
destruction of the coupons is approved by the commission.