Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Slot machines,
electronic wagering terminals and fully automated electronic gaming tables must
be equipped with a bill validator configured to accept any combination of
currency, gaming vouchers, coupons and other instruments authorized by the
Board for incrementing credits on a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal
or fully automated electronic gaming table.
(b) Access to the bill validator must be
controlled by at least one lock, the key to which shall be controlled by the
slot operations department.
(c) The
bill validator in a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully
automated electronic gaming table must contain a secure tamper resistant
container known as a slot cash storage box or table game drop box. Currency,
gaming vouchers, coupons and Board-approved instruments inserted into the bill
validator shall be deposited into the slot cash storage box or table game drop
box.
(d) The slot cash storage box
or table game drop box on a fully automated electronic gaming table or an
electronic wagering terminal must be secured to the bill validator by two
separate locks, the keys to which shall be different from each other, one of
which may be the lock to the belly door or main door of the slot machine,
electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming table and a
second of which is the lock on the release mechanism on the slot cash storage
box or table game drop box. If there is not a full door on the bill validator,
the lock on the release mechanism on the slot cash storage box or table game
drop box must detect and display whether it is locked or unlocked and
communicate whether it is locked or unlocked to a slot monitoring system. The
keys shall be maintained and controlled as follows:
(1) The key to the main door and belly door,
if applicable, of the slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully
automated electronic gaming table shall be maintained and controlled by the
slot operations department. The slot operations department may, immediately
prior to the commencement of the drop, issue its main door and belly door key,
if applicable, to the finance department. A key transferred from the slot
operations department to the finance department shall be returned immediately
following the conclusion of the drop. The slot operations department shall
establish sign in and sign out procedures in its internal controls documenting
this transfer.
(2) The key to the
lock securing the release mechanism on the slot cash storage box or table game
drop box shall be maintained and controlled by the security department. The
security department shall establish a sign out and sign in procedure with
regard to this key which includes documentation of this transfer.
(e) A slot cash storage box or
table game drop box from a fully automated electronic gaming table or an
electronic wagering terminal must:
(1) Have at
least one lock securing the contents of the slot cash storage box or table game
drop box, the key to which shall be maintained and controlled by the finance
department.
(2) Have a slot opening
through which currency, gaming vouchers and coupons can be inserted into the
slot cash storage box or table game drop box.
(3) Have a mechanical arrangement or device
that prohibits removal of currency, gaming vouchers and coupons from the slot
opening whenever the slot cash storage box or table game drop box is removed
from the bill validator.
(4) Be
fully enclosed, except for openings that may be required for the operation of
the bill validator or the slot cash storage box or table game drop box.
However, the location and size of the openings may not affect the security of
the slot cash storage box, the table game drop box, its contents or the bill
validator.
(5) Have an asset number
that is permanently imprinted, affixed or impressed on the outside of the slot
cash storage box or table game drop box which corresponds to the asset number
of the slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic
gaming table to which the bill validator has been attached. In lieu of the
asset number, a slot machine licensee may develop and maintain, with prior
Board approval, a system for assigning a unique identification number to its
slot cash storage boxes or table game drop boxes. The system must ensure that
each slot cash storage box or table game drop box can readily be identified,
either manually or by computer, when in use with, attached to and removed from
a particular bill validator. Each unique identification number must be
permanently imprinted, affixed or impressed on the outside of each slot cash
storage box or table game drop box that does not otherwise bear an asset
number. The asset number or unique identification number must be conspicuous
and clearly visible to persons involved in removing or replacing the slot cash
storage box or table game drop box in the bill validator and through the slot
machine licensee's surveillance system. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
emergency slot cash storage boxes and emergency table game drop boxes for fully
automated electronic gaming tables or electronic wagering terminals may be
maintained without an asset number or a unique identification number, provided
the word "emergency " is permanently imprinted, affixed or impressed thereon,
and when put into use, are temporarily marked with the asset number of the slot
machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming
table to which the bill validator is attached.
(6) Be designed and installed in a manner
that renders the slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated
electronic gaming table inoperable in the event of the removal or absence of
the slot cash storage box or table game drop box.
(f) A table game in a licensed facility that
is not a fully automated electronic gaming table or an electronic wagering
terminal must have a secure tamper-resistant table game drop box attached to it
in which the following shall be deposited:
(1)
All cash exchanged at the gaming table for gaming chips and plaques.
(2) Issuance copies of Counter Checks
exchanged at the gaming table for gaming chips and plaques.
(3) Copies of Fill Request Slips, Fill Slips,
Credit Request Slips, Credit Slips and Table Inventory Slips.
(4) Other table game wagering instruments as
approved by the Board.
(g) A table game drop box from a table game
that is not a fully automated electronic gaming table or electronic wagering
terminal must have:
(1) Two separate locks
securing the contents placed into the table game drop box, the keys to which
must be different from each other.
(2) A separate lock securing the table game
drop box to the gaming table, the key to which must be different from each of
the keys to the locks securing the contents of the table game drop
box.
(3) A slot opening through
which currency, value chips or Poker rake chips for nonbanking games, other
table game wagering instruments as approved by the Board, and required forms
and documents can be inserted into the table game drop box.
(4) A mechanical device that must
automatically close and lock the slot opening upon removal of the table game
drop box from the gaming table.
(5)
Permanently imprinted or impressed thereon, and clearly visible to
surveillance, either:
(i) A number
corresponding to a unique permanent number on the gaming table to which the
table game drop box is attached and a letter or letters which indicate the type
of game.
(ii) The word
"emergency."
(6) In
addition to the information required under paragraph (5)(i), a table game drop
box may also be identified by a bar code label that is securely affixed to the
table game drop box. Each bar code label affixed to a table game drop box must
be:
(i) Encoded, at a minimum, with the
information required under paragraph (5)(i).
(ii) Prepared in accordance with the slot
machine licensee's approved internal controls.
(h) The key utilized to release the table
game drop boxes from table games that are not fully automated electronic gaming
tables or electronic wagering terminals shall be maintained and controlled by
the security department. The security department may, immediately prior to the
commencement of the table game count process, issue its release key to the
count room supervisor for the purpose of resetting the release mechanism on
empty table game drop boxes. A key transferred from the security department
shall be returned immediately following the conclusion of the count of the
table game drop boxes. The security department shall establish sign in and sign
out procedures in its internal controls documenting this transfer and
procedures governing the control of the key during any breaks taken by the
count room personnel.
(i) The key
to one of the locks securing the contents of a table game drop box from a table
game that is not a fully automated electronic gaming table or an electronic
wagering terminal shall be maintained and controlled by the finance department.
The key to the second lock securing the contents of the table game drop box
from a table game that is not a fully automated electronic gaming table or an
electronic wagering terminal shall be maintained and controlled by the casino
compliance representatives.
(j)
Prior to using a table game drop box labeled "Emergency" for a table game that
is not a fully automated electronic gaming table or an electronic wagering
terminal, the certificate holder shall:
(1)
Notify and obtain the verbal approval of the casino compliance
representatives.
(2) Temporarily
mark the emergency table game drop box with the number of the gaming table and
a letter or letters that indicate the type of game.
The provisions of this § 465a.17 amended under
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Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30),
1207, 13A 02(1)-(6), 13A25,
13A62(a) and 1322.
