Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) A request for a
credit to remove value chips, coins and plaques from table games that are not
fully automated electronic gaming tables or electronic wagering terminals shall
be prepared by a pit clerk or floorperson or above using a Credit Request Slip.
Access to the blank Credit Request Slips shall be restricted to pit clerks and
floorpersons or above.
(b) A Credit
Request Slip must be a two-part form on which the following information shall
be recorded:
(1) The date, time and shift of
preparation.
(2) The denomination
of chips, coins and plaques to be removed from the gaming table.
(3) The total amount of each denomination of
value chips, coins and plaques to be removed from the gaming table.
(4) The game and table number from which the
value chips, coins and plaques are to be removed.
(5) The signature of the floorperson or above
assigned to the gaming table from which the value chips, coins and plaques are
to be removed.
(c) After
the preparation of a Credit Request Slip, the security department employee
shall transport the chip bank copy of the Credit Request Slip directly to the
chip bank.
(d) The dealer or
boxperson shall place the drop box copy of the Credit Request Slip in view of
the slot machine licensee's surveillance system on the gaming table from which
the value chips, coins and plaques are to be removed. The drop box copy of the
Credit Request Slip may not be removed until the drop box and acknowledgement
copies of the Credit Slip are received from the chip bank.
(e) Notwithstanding the requirements of
subsections (a)-(d), a request for a credit may be prepared electronically if
the input data for preparation of the credit is entered by, and ability to
input data is restricted to, the pit clerk or a floorperson or above, and a
Credit Slip is generated in the chip bank as a direct result of the
input.
(f) A Credit Slip shall be
prepared by a chip bank cashier or, if the required information was inputted in
conformity with subsection (e), the Credit Slip may be electronically generated
in the chip bank.
(g) Credit Slips
must be serially prenumbered forms. Each series of Credit Slips shall be used
in sequential order. The series numbers of all Credit Slips received by a
certificate holder shall be accounted for by employees with no incompatible
functions. All copies of voided Credit Slips shall be marked "Void" and signed
by the preparer.
(h) When Credit
Slips are manually prepared, the following procedures and requirements shall be
observed:
(1) Each series of Credit Slips must
be a four-part form and shall be inserted in a locked dispenser or bound in a
Credit Slip form book that permits an individual Credit Slip in the series and
its copies to be written upon while still locked in the dispenser or bound in
the Credit Slip form book.
(2) The
Credit Slip dispenser must discharge the drop box, acknowledgement and chip
bank copies of the Credit Slip while the accounting copy remains in a
continuous, unbroken form in the dispenser. If a Credit Slip form book is
utilized, the accounting copy must remain in the bound Credit Slip form book
until removed in accordance with paragraph (3).
(3) Access to the copies of the Credit Slips
shall be maintained and controlled by finance department employees with no
incompatible functions who shall be responsible for controlling and accounting
for the unused supply of the Credit Slips, placing Credit Slips in the
dispensers, and removing the accounting copies of the Credit Slips from the
dispensers or Credit Slip form book each gaming day.
(i) When Credit Slips are electronically
prepared, each series of Credit Slips must be a three-part form and:
(1) Be inserted in a printer that
simultaneously prints drop box, acknowledgement and chip bank copies of the
Credit Slip in the chip bank.
(2)
Store, in machine-readable form, the information printed on the drop box,
acknowledgement and chip bank copies of the Credit Slip. The stored data may
not be susceptible to change or removal by any personnel after the preparation
of a Credit Slip after the Credit Slip has been prepared.
(j) Copies of the Credit Slip, and when
applicable, the stored data, must contain, at a minimum, the following
information:
(1) The denominations of the
value chips, coins and plaques being returned to the chip bank.
(2) The total amount of each denomination of
value chips, coins and plaques being returned.
(3) The total amount of all denominations of
value chips, coins and plaques being returned.
(4) The game and table number from which the
value chips, coins and plaques are being returned.
(5) The date and shift during which the
removal of value chips, coins and plaques occurs.
(6) The signature of the preparer or, if
electronically prepared, the identification code of the preparer.
(k) The time of preparation of the
Credit Slip shall be recorded on the drop box, acknowledgement and chip bank
copies of the Credit Slip upon preparation.
(l) After the Credit Slip has been prepared
by the chip bank cashier or has been printed in the chip bank as a result of
the information being inputted electronically by a pit clerk or floorperson or
above, the security department employee shall transport the drop box,
acknowledgement and chip bank copies of the Credit Slip directly to the gaming
table. The dealer or boxperson shall compare the value chips, coins and plaques
to be removed from the table inventory container with the drop box copy of the
Credit Slip and the Credit Request Slip, if applicable, and shall sign the
Credit Slip.
(m) Signatures on the
drop box, acknowledgement and chip bank copies of a Credit Slip attesting to
the accuracy of the information contained on the Credit Slip shall be required
of the following employees at the following times:
(1) The chip bank cashier upon
preparation.
(2) The dealer or
boxperson assigned to the gaming table who removed the value chips, coins and
plaques from the table inventory container and verified the Credit Slip and
Credit Request Slip, if applicable.
(3) The floorperson assigned to the gaming
table who observed the removal of the value chips, coins and plaques from the
table inventory container and the verification of the Credit Slip and Credit
Request Slip, if applicable.
(4)
The security department employee upon receipt of the value chips, coins and
plaques from the gaming table.
(n) After meeting the signature requirements
required under subsection (m):
(1) The
security department employee shall transport the value chips, coins and plaques
directly to the chip bank along with the acknowledgement and chip bank copies
of the Credit Slip.
(2) The dealer
or boxperson shall place the drop box copy of the Credit Slip on the gaming
table in view of the slot machine licensee's surveillance system.
(3) Upon receipt of the value chips, coins
and plaques from the security department employee, the chip bank cashier shall
compare the chip bank copy of the Credit Request Slip with the Credit Slip. If
the credit request is electronically generated in accordance with subsection
(e), the chip bank cashier shall compare the Credit Slip with the
electronically generated credit request. The chip bank cashier shall then sign
the acknowledgement and chip bank copies of the Credit Slip attesting to the
accuracy of the credit.
(4) After
transporting the acknowledgement copy of the Credit Slip back to the gaming
table from which the value chips, coins and plaques were removed, the security
department employee shall observe the immediate placement by the dealer or
boxperson of the drop box copy of the Credit Request Slip, if applicable, and
the drop box and acknowledgement copies of the Credit Slip into the drop
box.
(5) The chip bank copies of
the Credit Request Slip, if applicable, and Credit Slip shall be maintained
together by the chip bank cashier until forwarded to the finance
department.
(o) All parts
of voided Credit Slips, chip bank copies of Credit Request Slips, if
applicable, and the chip bank copies of the Credit Slips that are maintained
and controlled in conformity with subsection (n), shall be forwarded to the
finance department for agreement, on a daily basis, with:
(1) The drop box copies of the Credit Request
Slips, if applicable, and the drop box and acknowledgement copies of the Credit
Slips removed from the drop box on the gaming table.
(2) The electronically stored data and
accounting copies of Credit Slips, if applicable.
The provisions of this §465a.39 issued and amended
under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30),
1207, 13A 02(1)-(6), 13A25,
13A62(a) and 1322.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
465a.36 (relating to table
inventories).
