Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) When boxes
of dice are received for use in the casino or casino simulcasting facility from
the manufacturer or distributor thereof, at least two individuals, one of whom
shall be from the casino games department and the other from the casino
security department or casino accounting department, shall record on an
inventory log as required in (b) below, the number of dice received. The
individuals shall place boxes of dice in a locked cabinet in the cashiers' cage
or within a primary or other secure storage area approved by the Division.
Secure storage areas shall be used for the storage of surplus dice. Dice
maintained in secure storage areas shall not be distributed to gaming pits or
tables for use in gaming until the dice have been moved to a primary storage
area.
(b) The casino licensee shall
maintain a log for each approved storage area, to separately account for dice
in accordance with the casino licensee's internal control procedures. The
internal controls shall require the following:
1. A dice inventory system, which shall
include, at a minimum, the recordation of the following:
i. Balance of dice on hand and their
location;
ii. Dice received from
the vendor;
iii. Dice removed from
storage;
iv. Dice returned to
storage;
v. Date of:
(1) Receipt from vendor;
(2) Removal from storage;
(3) Return to storage; or
(4) Physical inventory of dice; and
vi. Signatures of the casino games
department and casino security and/or accounting department representatives
participating in the transaction;
2. A reconciliation, on a daily basis, of the
dice distributed, destroyed, and cancelled; returned to the storage area; in
use on an open gaming table for more than 24 hours; and in dice reserve, if
any; and
3. A physical inventory of
the dice at least once every three months.
i.
This inventory shall be performed by an individual with no incompatible
functions and shall be verified to the balance of dice on hand as required in
accordance with (b)1 above.
ii. Any
discrepancies shall immediately be reported to the Division.
(c) All approved storage
areas and pit stands used to store dice for more than one gaming day, other
than the cashiers' cage, shall have two separate locks. The casino security
department shall maintain one key and the casino games department or cashiers'
cage shall maintain the other key; provided, however, that no person employed
by the casino games department below the table games shift manager in the
organization hierarchy shall have access to the casino games department key.
Dice stored in a cabinet within the cashiers' cage shall be secured by a lock,
the key to which shall be maintained by a table games shift manager or casino
games supervisor thereof.
(d) When
removing dice from the primary storage area, a representative of the casino
games department, in the presence of a casino security officer, shall remove
the appropriate number of dice. The representative of the casino games
department shall be the table games shift manager or a casino games supervisor
thereof, or an employee of the casino games department who reports directly to
the shift manager, shall be required to be licensed as a casino key employee,
and shall have no direct supervisory responsibilities over the operation and
conduct of the table games in a pit during that gaming day. The table games
shift manager or casino games supervisor thereof or the designated casino key
employee shall distribute sufficient dice to the table games supervisor. Dice
in the pit stand shall be placed in a locked compartment, the keys to which
shall be in the possession of the table games supervisor or supervisor thereof.
If dice are stored in the pit stand for more than one gaming day, the pit stand
shall be equipped with a second lock, the key to which shall be maintained and
controlled by the security department. The security lock on the pit stand shall
be used whenever the pit is closed.
(e) All envelopes and containers used in this
section for dice pre-inspected at the pit stand or in a primary storage area
and for those collected by security shall be transparent. The envelopes or
containers and the method used to seal them shall be designed or constructed so
that any tampering shall be evident.
(f) No dice may be scribed until ready to be
held in a secure area or inspected and moved to a gaming table in accordance
with this section. All dice shall be inspected and distributed to the gaming
tables in accordance with one of the following applicable alternatives:
1. Alternative No. 1: Distribution to and
inspection at craps, mini-craps, mini-dice, automated craps, or sic bo tables
shall be as follows:
i. The table games shift
manager or casino games supervisor thereof and the casino security officer who
removed the dice from the primary storage area shall distribute sufficient dice
directly to the casino games supervisor in each pit, or place them in a locked
compartment in the pit stand, the keys to which shall be in the possession of
the casino games supervisor or a supervisor thereof;
ii. Immediately upon opening a table for
gaming, the casino games supervisor shall distribute a set of dice to the
table. At the time of receipt, a boxperson at each craps table and the
floorperson at each sic bo, mini-dice, mini-craps, or automated craps table, in
order to ensure that the dice are in a condition to ensure fair play and
otherwise conform to the Act and the rules of the Division, shall, in the
presence of the dealer, inspect the dice given to him or her with a micrometer
or any other approved instrument that performs the same function, a balancing
caliper, a steel set square, a magnet, and, if used at the property, a scribing
tool that can make a unique mark that identifies the dice that are to be used
on the craps tables for that gaming day. These instruments shall be kept in a
compartment at each craps table or pit stand and shall be at all times readily
available for use by the Division;
iii. Following the inspection in (f)1ii
above:
(1) For craps, the boxperson shall, in
the presence of the dealer, place the dice in a cup on the table for use in
gaming, and while the dice are at the table, they shall never be left
unattended;
(2) For mini-craps, the
floorperson shall, in the presence of the dealer, place the dice in a cup on
the table for use in gaming, and while the dice are at the table, they shall
never be left unattended; and
(3)
For sic bo, mini-dice, and automated craps, the floorperson shall in the
presence of the dealer, place the required number of dice into the shaker and
seal or lock the shaker. For sic bo, the floorperson shall then secure the sic
bo shaker to the table in the presence of the dealer who observed the
inspection. For mini-dice, the floorperson shall then give the sealed mini-dice
shaker to the dealer, who shall be primarily responsible for the security of
the shaker at all times while the shaker is available for use at the table;
and
iv. The casino games
supervisor shall place extra dice for dice reserve in the pit stand. Dice in
the pit stand shall be placed in a locked compartment, the key to which shall
be in the possession of the casino games supervisor or a supervisor thereof. No
dice taken from this reserve shall be used for actual gaming until and unless
inspected and, if scribing is utilized at the property, scribed by the table
game supervisor in accordance with (f)1ii above.
2. Alternative No. 2: Distribution to and
inspection at the pit stand shall be as follows:
i. The table games shift manager or
supervisor thereof and the casino security officer who removed the dice from
the primary storage area shall distribute the dice directly to the casino games
supervisor identified in (f)2ii below, who will perform the inspection in each
pit.
ii. The inspection of the dice
at the pit stand shall be performed by:
(1)
For craps and mini-craps, a boxperson or floorperson in the presence of another
boxperson or floorperson, both of whom are assigned the responsibility of
supervising the operation and conduct of a craps game; and
(2) For sic bo, mini-dice, automated craps,
pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, or asia poker, a floorperson, in the
presence of another floorperson, both of whom are assigned the responsibility
of supervising the operation and conduct of such games.
iii. To ensure that the dice are in a
condition to ensure fair play and otherwise conform to the Act and the rules of
the Division, the dice shall be inspected with a micrometer or any other
approved instrument that performs the same function, a balancing caliper, a
steel set square, a magnet, and, if used at the property, a scribing tool that
can make a unique mark that identifies the dice that are to be used on the
craps tables for that gaming day. These instruments shall be kept at the pit
stand and shall be at all times readily available for use by the Division. The
inspection shall be performed on a flat surface, which allows the dice
inspection to be observed through closed circuit television cameras and by any
persons in the immediate vicinity of the pit stand.
iv. After completion of the inspection, the
dice shall be distributed as follows:
(1) For
craps and mini-craps, the boxperson or floorperson who inspected the dice
shall, in the presence of the other boxperson or floorperson who observed the
inspection, distribute such dice to the boxperson assigned at each craps table
or to the floorperson assigned at each mini-craps table. The craps boxperson or
the mini-craps floorperson shall, in the presence of the dealer, place the dice
in a cup on the table for use in gaming, and while the dice are at the table
they shall never be left unattended;
(2) For sic bo, mini-dice, and automated
craps, the floorperson who inspected the dice shall, in the presence of the
other floorperson who observed the inspection, place the required number of
dice into the shaker and seal or lock the shaker. For sic bo, the floorperson
shall then secure the sic bo shaker to the table in the presence of the other
floorperson who observed the inspection. For mini-dice, the floorperson shall
then give the sealed mini-dice shaker to the dealer, who shall be primarily
responsible for the security of the shaker at all times while the shaker is
available for use at the table; and
(3) For pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai
gow, or asia poker, the floorperson who inspected the dice shall, in the
presence of the other floorperson who observed the inspection, distribute such
dice directly to the dealer at each pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, or
asia poker table. The dealer shall immediately place the dice in the pai gow,
pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, or asia poker shaker.
v. The casino games supervisor shall place
extra sets of dice for dice reserve in the pit stand, as follows:
(1) Dice in the pit stand shall be placed in
a locked compartment, the key to which shall be in the possession of the casino
games supervisor or a supervisor thereof.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in (f)2vi
and vii below, all dice taken from the reserve shall be reinspected by a casino
games supervisor in the presence of another casino games supervisor in
accordance with the inspection procedures set forth in (f)2ii and iii above,
prior to their use for actual gaming.
vi. In accordance with (f)2v(2) above,
previously inspected reserve dice may be used for gaming without being
reinspected, if they are maintained in a locked compartment in the pit stand,
the key for which shall be in the possession of the casino games supervisor or
casino games supervisor thereof.
vii. In accordance with (f)2v(2) above and as
an additional alternative to (f)2vi above, previously inspected reserve dice
may be used for gaming without being reinspected, if they are maintained in a
locked compartment in the pit stand in accordance with the following
procedures:
(1) For craps and mini-craps, a
set of at least five dice, after being inspected, shall be placed in a sealed
envelope or container. A label that identifies the date of inspection and
contains the signatures of those responsible for the inspection shall be
attached to each envelope or container.
(2) For sic bo and mini-dice, the required
number of dice, after being inspected, shall be placed in a sealed envelope or
container or sealed or locked in a sic bo or mini-dice shaker. A label or seal
that identifies the date of inspection and contains the signatures of those
responsible for the inspection shall, respectively, be attached to each
envelope or container or placed over the area that allows access to open the
sic bo or mini-dice shaker.
(3) For
pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, and asia poker, a set of three dice,
after being inspected, shall be placed in a sealed envelope or container. A
label that identifies the date of inspection and contains the signatures of
those responsible for the inspection shall be attached to each envelope or
container.
(4) For automated craps,
at least one set of two dice, after being inspected, shall be placed in a
sealed envelope or container. A label that identifies the date of inspection
and contains the signatures of those responsible for the inspection shall be
attached to each envelope or container.
3. Alternative No. 3: Inspection in primary
storage area and distribution to tables shall be as follows:
i. Inspection of dice for all table games in
an approved primary storage area shall be performed by a casino games
supervisor and a table games shift manager, in the presence of a casino
security officer.
ii. The dice
shall be inspected with a micrometer or any other approved instrument that
performs the same function, a balancing caliper, a steel set square, and a
magnet to ensure that the dice are in a condition to assure fair play and
otherwise conform to the Act and the rules of the Division. These instruments
shall be maintained in the storage area and shall be at all times readily
available for use by the Division.
iii. After completion of the inspection, the
person performing the inspection shall seal the dice as follows:
(1) For craps and mini-craps, after each set
of at least five dice are inspected, they shall be placed in a sealed envelope
or container; provided, however, that reserve dice may be placed in individual
sealed envelopes or containers. A label that identifies the date of the
inspection and contains the signatures of those responsible for the inspection
shall be attached to each envelope or container;
(2) For sic bo and mini-dice, after each set
of dice are inspected, they shall be sealed or locked in a manual shaker. A
seal that identifies the date of the inspection and contains the signatures of
those responsible for the inspection shall then be placed over the area that
allows access to open the shaker;
(3) For pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai
gow, or asia poker, after each set of three dice are inspected, they shall be
placed in a sealed envelope or container. A label that identifies the date of
the inspection and contains the signatures of those responsible for the
inspection shall be attached to each envelope or container; and
(4) For automated craps, after at least one
set of two dice are inspected they shall be placed in a sealed envelope or
container; provided, however, that sets of reserve dice may be placed in
individual sealed envelopes or containers. A label that identifies the date of
the inspection and contains the signatures of those responsible for the
inspection shall be attached to each envelope or container.
iv. At the beginning of each
gaming day and at such other times as may be necessary, a table games shift
manager or casino games supervisor thereof and a casino security officer shall
distribute the dice as follows:
(1) For craps
and mini-craps, the sealed envelopes or containers of dice shall be distributed
to a casino games supervisor in each craps or mini-craps pit or placed in a
locked compartment in the pit stand by the casino games supervisor. When the
sealed dice are distributed to the craps or mini-craps table, a boxperson at
each craps table or a floorperson at each mini-craps table, after ensuring the
seals are intact and free from tampering, shall open the sealed envelope or
container in the presence of the dealer, if scribing is utilized at the
property, make a unique mark by using the scribing tool that identifies the
dice that are to be used on the craps tables for that gaming day, and place the
dice in a cup on the table for use in gaming. While dice are on the table, they
shall never be left unattended.
(2)
For sic bo and mini-dice, the sealed manual shakers shall be distributed to the
casino games supervisor supervising the game. For sic bo, the casino games
supervisor shall then secure the manual sic bo shaker to the table. For
mini-dice, the casino games supervisor shall give the sealed mini-dice shaker
to the dealer who shall be primarily responsible for the security of the shaker
at all times while the shaker is available for use at the table.
(3) For automated craps, pai gow, pai gow
poker, supreme pai gow, or asia poker, the sealed envelope or container shall
be distributed to a casino games supervisor in each automated craps, pai gow,
pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, or asia poker pit or placed in a locked
compartment in the pit stand. When the sealed dice are distributed to the
automated craps, pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, or asia poker table
by the casino games supervisor, a floorperson, after assuring the seal and
envelopes or containers are intact and free from tampering, shall open the
sealed envelope or container, in the presence of the dealer, and place the dice
in the automated craps, pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai gow, or asia poker
shaker.
v. When the
envelope or container or the seal is damaged, broken, or shows indication of
tampering, the dice shall not be used for gaming activity unless the dice are
reinspected as follows:
(1) For craps,
mini-craps, automated craps, mini-dice, and sic bo, in accordance with the
procedures in (f)1 or 2 above; and
(2) For pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai
gow, or asia poker, in accordance with the procedures in (f)2 above.
vi. The casino games supervisor
shall place extra dice for dice reserve in the pit stand. Dice in the pit stand
shall be placed in a locked compartment, the key to which shall be in the
possession of the casino games supervisor or supervisor thereof.
vii. A micrometer or any other approved
instrument that performs the same function, a balancing caliper, a steel set
square, and a magnet shall also be maintained in a locked compartment in each
pit stand, and each such instrument shall be at all times readily available for
use by the Division.
viii. Any
primary storage area in which dice are inspected in accordance with this
paragraph, shall be equipped with closed circuit television camera coverage
capable of observing the entire inspection procedure.
(g) The casino licensee shall
remove any dice at any time of the gaming day if there is any indication of
tampering, flaws, or other defects that might affect the integrity or fairness
of the game or at the request of the Division.
(h) At the end of each gaming day or at such
other times as may be necessary, the casino games supervisor identified in (i)
below shall visually inspect each die for evidence of tampering. Such evidence
discovered at this time or at any other time shall be immediately reported to
the security department and the Division. A security department member shall
complete a two-part Discrepancy Report (Report) comprised of an original and
duplicate, which along with the evidence, shall be retrieved by an agent of the
Division. The original and duplicate shall contain at a minimum:
1. Date and shift of inspection;
2. Name of casino games supervisor conducting
the inspection. The inspection required by this subsection shall be performed
by a casino games supervisor other than the one who originally inspected the
dice;
3. Pit number, table number,
and type of game;
4. Description
(for example, shaved corners);
5.
Signature of casino games supervisor conducting the inspection;
6. Signature of casino security
representative taking custody of the die; and
7. The signature of the agent of the Division
inspecting or accepting the die. The Division agent shall retain the original
and return the duplicate to the security department. A receipt shall be issued
to the agent of the Division for any die retained by the Division. The receipt
shall be signed by the security representative releasing the die to the
Division and the agent of the Division accepting the die. The receipt shall be
retained with the security department copy of the Report. Any die not retained
by the Division shall be destroyed in accordance with the licensee's
destruction procedures.
(i) Any dice showing evidence of tampering
shall be placed in a sealed envelope or container.
1. A label shall be attached to each envelope
or container, which shall identify the table number, date, and time and shall
be signed by a person assigned to directly operate and conduct the game at that
table and a casino games supervisor assigned the responsibility for supervising
the operation and conduct of such game.
2. The casino security officer taking custody
of the dice and delivering the dice to the Division shall also sign the
label.
(j) All other dice
not showing evidence of tampering shall be put into envelopes or containers at
this time.
1. A label shall be attached to
each envelope or container which shall identify the table number, date, and
time and shall be signed by the appropriate persons identified in (h)
above.
2. The envelope or container
shall be appropriately sealed and maintained within the pit until collection by
a casino security officer.
(k) All extra dice in dice reserve that are
to be destroyed or cancelled shall be placed in a sealed envelope or container,
with a label attached to each envelope or container that identifies the date
and time and is signed by the casino games supervisor.
(l) At the end of each gaming day or, in the
alternative, at least once each gaming day at the same time each day, as
designated by the casino licensee, and at such other times as may be necessary,
a casino security officer shall collect and sign all envelopes or containers of
used dice and any dice in dice reserve that are to be destroyed or cancelled
and shall transport them to the casino security department for cancellation or
destruction. No dice that have been placed in a cup or shaker for use in gaming
shall remain on a table for more than 24 hours.
(m) At the end of each gaming day or, in the
alternative, at least once each gaming day at the same time each day, as
designated by the casino licensee and, and at such other times as may be
necessary, a table games shift manager or casino games supervisor thereof may
collect all extra dice in dice reserve.
1. If
collected, dice shall be returned to the primary storage area; provided,
however, that any dice that have not been inspected and sealed pursuant to the
requirements in (f)3 above (Alternative No. 3) shall, prior to use for actual
gaming, be inspected as follows:
i. For
craps, mini-craps, automated craps, mini-dice, or sic bo, in accordance with
the requirements in (f)1 or 2 above; and
ii. For pai gow, pai gow poker, supreme pai
gow, or asia poker, in accordance with the requirements in (f)2
above.
2. If not
collected, all dice in dice reserve must be reinspected in accordance with
(f)1, 2, or 3 above, prior to their use for gaming, except for those dice
maintained in a locked compartment pursuant to (f)2v(1) or 3vi above.
(n) Other than dice retained for
Division inspection, dice shall be cancelled or destroyed within 72 hours of
collection by the security department. In addition, once dice retained as
evidence by the Division are released to the security department, the dice
shall immediately be destroyed or cancelled.
1. Destruction and cancellation of dice shall
take place in a secure place, the location and physical characteristics of
which shall be approved by the Division. The adequacy of the destruction and
cancellation process shall be approved by the Division.
2. Destruction of dice shall be by shredding
by the security department or a vendor approved by the Division.
3. Cancellation of dice by the security
department shall be by drilling a circular hole of at least one fourth of an
inch in diameter through the center of each die.
