(1) Prior to the
issuance or amendment of an Operation Certificate and the commencement of
gaming or simulcast wagering, a gaming licensee shall obtain commission
approval for the floor plans of its gaming area, simulcasting area (if any),
and any restricted areas. The gaming establishment shall be arranged in such a
manner as to provide optimum security for the gaming establishment
operations.
(2) Each floor plan
required by 205 CMR 151.02(1) shall accurately depict the entire layout,
including equipment positioning, in the gaming area and support areas; shall be
drawn to at least one-eighth inch scale (c inch = one foot); and shall depict,
at a minimum, the location of the following:
(a) The gaming area, and any simulcasting
facility, including, at a minimum, the proposed total square footage thereof
and a clear delineation of the respective perimeter of each;
(b) Each gaming pit, its pit location number,
and any alternate configurations;
(c) Each table game, noting its pit and table
game location number;
(d) Each CCTV
camera, noting its type and camera number;
(e) Each slot booth, noting its booth
number;
(f) Each cashier's cage and
its component offices and areas;
(g) Each separate master coin bank;
(h) Each window at the cashiers' cage, noting
its window number;
(i) Each count
room;
(j) Each slot zone, its slot
zone location letter or number and the total number of authorized slot machine
locations within that slot zone, and at the gaming licensee's option, a maximum
of four alternate configurations or locations for that slot zone and the
alternate slot zone location number for each (for example, Slot Zone
2A);
(k) Each authorized slot
machine or other gaming device location, which location shall contain no more
than one slot machine and bill changer at a time, noting its slot machine
location number and any slot zone location letter or number;
(l) Each slot stool authorized for use, if
any;
(m) Each automated coupon
redemption machine, noting its location number;
(n) Each automated jackpot payout machine,
noting its location number;
(o)
Each gaming voucher redemption machine, noting its location number;
(p) Each satellite cage and its component
offices and areas;
(q) Each coin
vault;
(r) Each area approved for
the storage of gaming chips or plaques;
(s) Each room or area approved for the
storage of dice or playing cards;
(t) Each other room or area that is
accessible directly from the gaming area;
(u) For those establishments with a
simulcasting facility:
1. Each simulcast
counter and any ancillary simulcast counter, along with their component
offices, areas and equipment;
2.
Each credit voucher machine, noting its location number;
3. Each self-service pari-mutuel machine,
noting its location number; and
4.
Each other area or room designated by the commission.
(3) A gaming licensee, after
obtaining the commission's approval of its floor plans submitted in accordance
with 205 CMR 151.02, shall not commence gaming or simulcast wagering in the
areas depicted on the floor plan until an Operation Certificate has been
issued, and a copy of the floor plans has been delivered to the commission's
IEB office in the establishment, an electronic copy has been sent to the IEB's
main office, and a printed copy thereof has been delivered to each of the
following:
(a) The gaming licensee's security
podium; and
(b) The gaming
licensee's monitoring rooms.
