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