Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The
operator of a sports pool may utilize sports pool kiosks for wagering
transactions in conjunction with an approved sports pool system in a location
approved by the Division. Each sports pool kiosk shall have signage or a screen
display that any employee of a sports governing body or its member teams not
prohibited from sports pool wagering shall register with the Division prior to
wagering.
(b) A sports pool kiosk
used in accordance with this section shall not:
1. Issue or redeem a sports pool voucher with
a value of more than $ 3,000;
2.
Issue a ticket with a potential payout of more than $ 10,000; and
3. Redeem a ticket with a value of more than
$ 3,000.
(c) An operator
of a sports pool shall remove the bill validator boxes in the sports pool
kiosks (the sports pool kiosk drop) , pursuant to a schedule that has been
submitted to and approved by the Division. The sports pool kiosk drop shall be
monitored and recorded by surveillance. The operator of a sports pool shall
submit the sports pool kiosk drop schedule to the Division, which shall
include:
1. The time the drop is scheduled to
commence , which shall be performed at least once every seven days;
and
2. The number and locations of
sports pool kiosks.
(d)
A security department member and a cage cashier , soft count person, or sports
pool employee shall obtain the keys necessary to perform the sports pool kiosk
drop and/or currency cassette replacement in accordance with the permit
holder's key sign-out and sign-in procedures.
(e) A cage cashier , soft count person, or
sports pool employee with no incompatible functions shall place empty bill
validator boxes needed for the sports pool kiosk drop into a secured cart and
prepare a Sports Pool Kiosk Bill Validator drop form, which shall include the
following:
1. Gaming date;
2. Identification number of the secured
cart;
3. Number of empty boxes
placed into the secured cart;
4.
Signature of the cage cashier, soft count person, or sports pool employee
documenting that the number of empty boxes equals the number of kiosks utilized
by the permit holder.
(f) In the presence of a security department
member, a cage cashier , soft count person, or sports pool employee shall
complete the sports pool kiosk drop at each kiosk as follows:
1. Unlock the cabinet(s) housing the bill
validator boxes;
2. Remove the bill
validator boxes and place the removed bill validator boxes into a secured cart
and insert the empty bill validator boxes and reject bins;
3. Lock the cabinet(s) housing the bill
validator boxes; and
4. Transport
the secured cart to a count room or other location approved by the Division for
the count of the sports pool kiosk drop.
(g) The contents of the bill validator boxes
shall be counted by one or more accounting *or sports pool* department
employees with no incompatible function who shall:
1. Document the contents, by item and amount,
for each box on a Balance Receipt;
2. Prepare or generate a Sports Pool Kiosk
Drop Totals report that summarizes the total currency, sports pool tickets, and
sports pool vouchers counted;
3.
Verify that the number of bill validator boxes counted equals the number of
empty boxes initially recorded on the Sports Pool Kiosk Bill Validator drop
form. Any exceptions encountered during the drop and count process shall be
documented on this form;
4.
Transfer the currency to a main bank cashier with a copy of the Sports Pool
Kiosk Drop Totals report;
5.
Transport the sports pool tickets and vouchers to a secured location approved
by the Division for storage until destroyed pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
13:69D-1.8(g); and
6. Transport the Balance Receipts, the Sports
Pool Kiosk Drop Totals report, and Sports Pool Kiosk Bill Validator drop form
to the casino or racetrack accounting department.
(h) On a daily basis, an operator of a sports
pool shall replenish the currency cassettes in the sports pool kiosks. A
cashier , soft count person, or sports pool employee with no incompatible
functions shall prepare the currency cassettes to replenish the sports pool
kiosks, which shall be documented on a two-part Sports Pool Kiosk Cassette Fill
form. One copy of the form shall be retained by the cashier , soft count
person, or sports pool employee and the duplicate shall be used to document the
completion of the transaction. The form shall include:
1. Designation of the kiosk to which the fill
is to be performed;
2. For each
denomination, the number of bills and total value;
3. The total value of all currency
cassettes;
4. Date and time
prepared; and
5. Signature of the
cashier, soft count person, or sports pool employee.
(i) An accounting or sports pool department
employee shall place the replacement currency cassettes and empty reject bins
into a secured cart.
(j) In the
presence of a security department member, the accounting or sports pool
department employee shall complete the sports pool currency cassette
replenishment at each sports pool kiosk as follows:
1. Unlock the cabinet(s) housing the currency
cassettes and reject bins;
2.
Remove all currency cassettes and the reject bin, which shall be placed in a
secure cart and generate a Credit Receipt that, at a minimum, includes:
i. An identification number of the sports
pool kiosk;
ii. The date and
time;
iii. The denomination of each
currency cassette; and
iv. The
total value of the total number of bills per denomination remaining in each
currency cassette being replenished and the reject bin;
3. Insert the replacement currency cassettes
and currency cassette reject bin; and
4. Enter data into the sports pool kiosk that
describes the fill, and generate Fill Receipt that, at a minimum, includes:
i. An identification number of the sports
pool kiosk;
ii. The date and time
the fill was performed;
iii. The
denomination of currency for each currency cassette inserted into the machine;
and
iv. The total value of the
total number of bills per denomination, for each currency cassette being
inserted into the machine.
5. Lock the cabinet and sign the duplicate
copy of the Sports Pool Kiosk Cassette Fill attesting that the fill was
completed. The Fill Receipt and the Credit Receipt shall be deposited in a
locked accounting box.
6. Return
all removed currency cassettes and reject bins in a secured cart to the count
room or other location approved by the Division.
(k) One or more accounting or sports pool
department employees with no incompatible function shall count and document the
value of the contents of each removed currency cassette and currency cassette
reject bin as follows:
1. Document the count
of each currency cassette and reject bin on a Balance Receipt by sports pool
kiosk;
2. Prepare or generate a
Sports Pool Currency Cassette Replenishment Totals report that summarizes the
total currency counted;
3. Transfer
the currency to a main bank cashier with a copy of the Currency Cassette
Replenishment Totals report; and
4.
Transport the Balance Receipts and Currency Cassette Replenishment Totals
report to the casino or racetrack accounting department or to the accounting
department of the sports pool operator, as applicable.
(l) The casino , sports pool operator, or
racetrack accounting department shall reconcile the sports pool kiosks on a
daily basis pursuant to internal controls. Any variance of $ 500.00 or more
shall be documented by the accounting department and reported in writing to the
Division within 72 hours of the end of the gaming day during which the variance
was discovered. The report shall indicate the cause of the variance and shall
contain any documentation required to support the stated explanation.
