Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Whenever a gaming table in a casino or
casino simulcasting facility is opened for gaming, operations shall commence
with an amount of gaming chips, coins and plaques to be known as the "table
inventory." No casino licensee shall cause or permit gaming chips, coins or
plaques to be added to, or removed from, such table inventory during the gaming
day except:
1. In exchange for cash, coupons,
issuance copies of Counter Checks, original pit redemption forms or documents
prepared to evidence a credit or debit card chip transaction;
2. In payment of winning wagers and
collection of losing wagers made at such gaming table;
3. In payment of the funds remaining in the
game account of a patron who has completed play at an electronic gaming
table;
4. In exchange for gaming
chips or plaques received from a patron having an equal aggregate face
value;
5. In conformity with the
Fill and Credit procedures;
6. Coin
used for the purpose of:
i. Marking
vigorish;
ii. Placing an ante wager
in an amount less than $ 1.00 and in denominations of $.25 or $.50 in a poker
game; and
iii. Paying a hand fee in
blackjack;
7. In
conformity with
13:69F-14.14, the rake collected
from patrons playing the game of poker;
8. In conformity with a table inventory
return device, utilized in authorized table games, the gaming chips wagered on
the progressive payout;
9. In
conformity with
13:69F-18.7, 18.8, and 18.9,
gaming chips placed on or in the wagering devices utilized for the optional
bonus wager in the game of let it ride poker pursuant to
13:69E-1.13H(e);
10. In redemption of a Counter
Check;
11. In exchange for value
gaming chips received as tips by the dealer for chips having an equal aggregate
face value;
12. In exchange for
value gaming chips collected for poker bad beat jackpots for chips having an
equal aggregate face value; and
13.
The collection of a table game hand fee.
(b) The table inventory at each gaming table
other than a craps, baccarat, or roulette table shall be kept in a table
inventory container which shall hold all the chips, coins, and plaques in a
single layer of horizontal stacks, separated by type or denomination. Stacks of
more than 20 chips shall be divided into groups of 20 each group separated by a
clear disk.
1. A casino licensee may
designate no more than 50 percent of the surface area of a table inventory
container as a separate "chip reserve compartment," which shall hold the chips
in stacks separated by type or denomination and, stacks of more than 20 chips
shall be divided into groups of 20, each group separated by a clear
disk.
2. Unless chips are being
placed into or removed from the chip reserve compartment, the chip reserve
compartment shall be covered at all times by a transparent cover while the
table is open for gaming activity.
3. Chips shall not be placed into or removed
from the chip reserve compartment unless:
i.
Pursuant to a Fill or a Credit;
ii.
A stack of 20 chips is moved directly from the table inventory container to the
chip reserve compartment;
iii. A
stack of 20 chips is moved directly to the open portion of the table inventory
container from the reserve compartment;
iv. The gaming table is being closed;
or
v. The chips are being counted
in accordance with (b)5 below.
4. Before any chips are placed into or
removed from the chip reserve compartment, the dealer shall provide advance
verbal notice to a casino supervisor and shall verify the denomination or type
of chips and count them.
5. At
least once during each gaming day and in the presence of a casino supervisor,
all chips in a chip reserve compartment shall be removed, verified as to
denomination or type and counted; thereafter, the chips shall immediately be
returned to the chip reserve compartment.
(c) The table inventory at each craps or
roulette table shall be maintained on the surface of the table layout, in a
location safeguarded and readily accessible by the boxperson or dealer,
whenever the table is open for gaming activity. The table inventory shall be
maintained in vertical stacks of 20 chips separated by type and
denomination.
(d) Whenever a gaming
table is not open for gaming activity, the table inventory shall be stored and
secured as follows:
1. For any gaming table
other than craps or roulette, in the table inventory container with a Table
Inventory Slip, by locking a clear cover on the container which shall be
conspicuously marked on the outside with the game and the gaming table number
to which it corresponds. The marking shall be discernable to the CCTV system.
The information on the Table Inventory Slip shall be visible from the outside
of the container. All table inventory containers shall be stored either in the
cashiers' cage or secured to the gaming table, provided that there is adequate
security; and
2. For a craps or
roulette table, under a locked clear cover on a section of the table. The
information on the Table Inventory Slip shall be visible from the outside of
the locked cover.
(e)
The keys to the locked table inventory containers or locked craps or roulette
table inventory storage areas shall be maintained and controlled by the casino
games department in a secure place and shall at no time be made accessible to
any cashiers' cage or security personnel.
(f) Whenever the table inventory container is
removed from or returned to the table, the surveillance department shall be
notified.
1. Upon removal, if the contents of
the table inventory container have not been credited, the table inventory
container shall be transported by a member of the security department and
secured in the casino cage. If the contents of the table inventory container
have been credited, the table inventory container may be removed after the
Closer has been placed by a casino supervisor in the drop box attached to the
table.
2. Upon return from the
cage, the table inventory container shall be transported by a member of the
security department and secured to the table.
