Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 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.
