Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) No casino
license shall be issued unless the casino and, if applicable, the casino
simulcasting facility, are located within an approved hotel as defined in
Sections 27 and 83 of the Act, and unless the facilities conform to the
facilities requirements in Sections 1, 6, 27, 80.1, 80.2, 83, 84, 98, 100, 103
and 136 of the Act and the rules of the Division, including, without
limitation, the following:
1. The casino
hotel shall contain a CCTV system approved by the Division;
2. Restricted areas shall be designated for
the inspection, repair and storage of gaming equipment which, in the case of
each slot machine repair room, shall include, at a minimum, CCTV coverage of
the room;
3. Each emergency exit
from the casino floor or, if applicable, from the casino simulcasting facility,
shall be equipped with an audible alarm system, approved by the Division, that
produces a loud warning sound, discernible in the vicinity of the exit,
whenever the emergency door is opened and that can only be deactivated and
reset by a key maintained and controlled by the casino security
department;
4. The casino licensee
shall maintain adequate facilities for the detention of individuals taken into
custody by its security department, the Division or any authorized law
enforcement agency, which facilities shall include, at a minimum, a bench or
other apparatus which is permanently affixed to the facility and to which the
person in custody can be handcuffed with as little discomfort to that person as
is reasonably possible under the circumstances; and
5. The casino licensee shall adequately
maintain suitable space, including an onsite office, equipment, partitions and
supplies to meet the Division's continuing needs at the approved hotel in order
for the Division to perform its duties and responsibilities effectively,
including, at a minimum, the following:
i.
Within the onsite Division office, a direct telephone line between the
Division's office in the approved hotel and the monitoring rooms required by
13:69D-1.10 and the casino
licensee's security podium;
ii.
Adequate parking spaces in the approved hotel, or in lots or a parking garage
ancillary thereto, which are clearly marked for Division use only;
iii. Adequate computer equipment in the
office of the Division, to meet the Division's continuing data-processing and
related needs; and
iv. Such other
facilities and office space elsewhere in the approved hotel as the Division
shall require during the course of performing audit, compliance or other
reviews at the approved hotel.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in (a) above to
the contrary, each approved hotel containing a casino and, if applicable, a
casino simulcasting facility for which a casino license is issued shall satisfy
the facilities requirements enumerated in (a) above throughout the duration of
the license and during the period of any applicable conservatorship.
