New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69D - GAMING OPERATION ACCOUNTING CONTROLS AND STANDARDS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 13:69D-1.19 - Acceptance of tips or gratuities from patrons

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:69D-1.19

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) No casino key employee or any other casino employee who serves in a supervisory position shall solicit or accept, and no other casino employee shall solicit, any tip or gratuity from any player or patron of the casino or casino simulcasting facility where he or she is employed.

(b) Any tips and gratuities given to dealers in the casino and casino simulcasting facility, other than those permitted electronically in (h) below, shall be:

1. Immediately deposited in a transparent locked box reserved for that purpose, unless the table is equipped with the following:
i. A transparent tube attached to the locked box, in which a maximum of 25 chips can be vertically stacked; or

ii. A locked box, the design of which is approved by the division, which has a chip conversion area on top of the box in which a maximum of 25 chips can be placed;

2. Accounted for; and

3. Except for the game of poker, placed in a common pool for distribution pro-rata among all dealers in accordance with (g) below.

(c) If a casino elects to use the alternatives in (b)1i or ii above, the chips placed in the tube or chip conversion area shall only be up to a $ 25.00 denomination and visible to the CCTV system. The exchange of chips in the tube or chip conversion area from the chip reserve compartment may be authorized and shall be observed by a casino supervisor, provided, however, that no chip exchange may exceed $ 100.00. The dealer shall count and place the chips in the chip reserve compartment and then immediately deposit the equivalent value chip(s) in the locked tip box. When a table closes, any chips remaining in the tube or the chip conversion area on the lock box shall be immediately deposited in the locked box;

(d) If non-value chips are received at a roulette or pokette table, the marker button indicating their specific value shall not be removed until after a dealer, in the presence of a casino supervisor, has expeditiously converted them into value chips which shall then be immediately deposited in a transparent locked box reserved for that purpose;

(e) A casino licensee which offers the game of poker may either:

1. Establish a separate common pool for tips and gratuities received by its poker dealers;

2. Permit each poker dealer to retain his or her own tips and gratuities, in which case the tips and gratuities received by each poker dealer shall be deposited, in accordance with procedures set forth in (f) below, in a transparent locked box assigned to the particular dealer, which box shall be moved from table to table with the dealer; or

3. Designate a percentage of the prize pool or other such amounts as designated in its poker tournament submission to be withheld for distribution to the tournament dealers in accordance with (g) below.

(f) Upon receipt from a patron of a tip or gratuity, a dealer shall extend his or her arm in an overt motion, and deposit such tip or gratuity in the locked box, tube or conversion area reserved for such purpose. In addition, a poker dealer who is permitted to retain his or her own tips and gratuities shall verbally notify a supervisor prior to depositing any tip or gratuity with a value in excess of five dollars.

(g) Tips and gratuities placed in a common pool shall be distributed pro-rata among all the dealers in the pool based upon standards established by the casino licensee.

(h) A tip or gratuity may be provided electronically to a dealer upon initiation and authorization by a patron. A report listing all electronic tips shall be available from the system where the transaction occurred. The casino licensee shall have internal controls for the distribution of electronic tips or gratuities in accordance with this subsection.

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