California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 18 - California Gambling Control Commission › Chapter 7 - Conditions of Operation for Gambling Establishments › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 12360 - Chapter Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Except as otherwise provided in Section
				  12002 and in subsection (b) of this
				  section, the definitions in Business and Professions Code section
				  19805
				  govern the construction of this chapter.
(b) As used in this chapter:
(1) "Active Licensee" means a valid cardroom
				  business licensee who has generated revenue for at least the last year as
				  reported pursuant to Section
				  12313.
(2) "Annual fee" is the amount that a
				  cardroom business licensee is required to pay to cover non-application costs
				  pursuant to Section
				  12368.2.
(3) "Application Cost" means all costs,
				  including the deposit, related to the processing of an application.
(4) "Cage bank" means a fund consisting of
				  monetary assets including, but not limited to, gambling chips, cash, and cash
				  equivalents, maintained inside a cage for use in gambling operations.
(5) "Cashier bank" means an imprest fund
				  consisting of monetary assets including, but not limited to, gambling chips,
				  cash, and cash equivalents, maintained for or by an individual cashier inside a
				  cage.
(6) "Confidential document"
				  means any document or record, whether maintained in writing or electronically,
				  concerning any entity, individual, or group of individuals that contains any
				  private financial or personal information directly obtained from or provided by
				  the subject (e.g., credit and check cashing information, exclusion lists, Title
				  31 reports, etc.), or documents that are otherwise protected under any other
				  provision of law, and includes documents and information the public disclosure
				  of which may jeopardize the safety and security of patrons, employees, and
				  their property, the assets of the cardroom business licensee, or the integrity
				  of gambling operations.
(7) "Floor
				  bank" means an imprest fund consisting of monetary assets including, but not
				  limited to, gambling chips, cash, and cash equivalents, maintained outside a
				  cage on or near the gambling floor.
(8) "Gambling equipment" means any equipment,
				  devices, or supplies used or intended for use in the play of any controlled
				  game, and includes, but is not limited to, playing cards, tiles, dice, dice
				  cups, card shufflers, and gaming tables.
(9) "House rules" means a set of written
				  policies and procedures, established by a cardroom business licensee, which set
				  general parameters under which that cardroom business licensee operates the
				  play of controlled games.
(10)
				  "Non-Application Cost" means all costs other than application costs borne by
				  the Commission, Department of Justice, and all other State operations
				  expenditures for the administration and enforcement of the Act.
(11) "Non-Operational Licensee" means a
				  cardroom business licensee that maintains a valid cardroom business license or
				  registration, and has not generated revenue in the past year as reported
				  pursuant to Section
				  12313.
(12) "Security department" means the
				  operational entity within a gambling establishment that is responsible, but not
				  necessarily solely responsible, for patrol of the public areas of the
				  establishment, and to assist in:
(A)
				  Maintaining order and security;
(B)
				  Excluding underage patrons;
(C)
				  Responding to incidents involving patrons or others;
(D) Detecting, reporting and deterring
				  suspected illegal activity; and
(E)
				  Completing incident reports.
(13) "Surrendered or Revoked Licensee" means
				  a former cardroom business licensee who stopped operating and ceased to
				  maintain a cardroom business license prior to August 31 of the year the
				  invoices are created.
(14)
				  "Surveillance unit" means the operational system or entity within a gambling
				  establishment that is responsible for the video recording, as may be specified
				  in Article 3 of this chapter, of all activities required to be under
				  surveillance, monitored and/or recorded pursuant to the Act and this division
				  for the purposes of detecting, documenting and reporting suspected illegal
				  activities, including suspected gambling by persons under 21 years of age, and
				  assisting the personnel of the security department in the performance of their
				  duties.