Florida Administrative Code › 75 - FLORIDA GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION › 75 - Departmental › Chapter 75-14 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING FACILITY SLOT MACHINE OPERATIONS › Section 75-14.054 - Surveillance Equipment

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each slot
				machine licensee shall install, maintain and continuously operate an onsite
				closed circuit television surveillance system (surveillance system) at the
				facility.
(2) The surveillance
				system shall meet the following requirements:
(a) The surveillance system shall employ
				digital electronic technology with the acuity and clarity that is no less than
				that provided by magnetic tape systems. To insure that all movements are
				discernible upon review of recorded activity, the digital equipment shall
				record to a quality of 4 Common Intermediate Format and shall be capable of
				observing and recording at no less than 30 frames per second;
(b) The system shall utilize 30 frames per
				second in light sensitive color cameras with pan, zoom, and tilt capabilities
				that can be placed behind domes or one-way mirrors that conceal the cameras
				from view and permit clear, unobstructed views with sufficient video monitors
				to simultaneously cover the following various vantage points:
1. Patrons, spectators, slot machine
				employees with an assigned work station and other persons in the slot machine
				gaming area with sufficient clarity to permit identification of such person,
2. The movement of cash, tickets
				or vouchers used for play, drop boxes, drop buckets, tip boxes and other gaming
				equipment within the slot machine licensee's facility,
3. All areas and activities occurring within
				the count rooms, with audio-capability in those rooms, during any occupancy of
				those rooms,
4. All slot change
				booths, with sufficient clarity to permit identification of all transactions,
				cash and paperwork conducted therein,
5. Each slot machine with sufficient clarity
				as to determine the display of the screen of the slot machine, the denomination
				of any bill, voucher or ticket used in the slot machine or any information
				printed on a player card inserted into a slot machine and the identification
				numbers affixed to each machine; and,
6. All areas where slot machines are
				repaired.
(c) The system
				may utilize less than 30 frames per second, but no less than 15 frames per
				second in light sensitive color cameras with pan, zoom, tilt capabilities
				and/or fixed cameras that can be placed behind domes or one-way mirrors that
				conceal the cameras from view and permit clear, unobstructed views with
				sufficient video monitors to simultaneously cover the areas not listed above in
				paragraph (b), to specifically include the following:
1. All entrance and exit doors to the slot
				machine licensee's facility including the armored car bay, and any man trap
				located in the facility; and,
2.
				All parking areas owned by the slot machine licensee with sufficient lighting
				in those areas to provide for clear viewing and recording.
(d) Video-printers that possess the
				capability to generate instantaneously upon command, a clear, still copy of the
				image depicted on the video recording using a minimum of four colors at 720 x
				480 dots per inch on photo quality paper;
(e) All images and audio shall be digitally
				recorded and stored on a system with backup and retrieval capabilities
				including a duplication system to allow for the play-back of suspected illegal
				activity while the master tape continues to record activities on the designated
				slot machine gaming area. Recording systems shall be locked by the manufacturer
				to disable the erase and reformat functions and to prevent access to the system
				data files. The system shall provide uninterrupted recording while the playback
				or copy function is used. If the slot machine licensee chooses to use a network
				for the digital recording equipment, it shall be a closed network with limited
				access. The slot machine licensee shall provide the division and FDLE with the
				necessary software and hardware to review a downloaded recording;
(f) The system shall have a failure
				notification system that provides an audible alarm, as well as a visual alert
				of any failure in the surveillance system or the media storage system. The
				alarm and alert system shall advise the division as well as the facility
				surveillance department of the failure;
(g) The system shall have a media storage
				system that is configured so that a failure of any single component shall not
				result in the loss of any data from the media storage system;
(h) All digital video disks or other storage
				media produced from the surveillance system shall contain the data with the
				time and date it was recorded superimposed by the media player to provide
				images with a video verification encryption code;
(i) A video verification encryption code,
				shall be submitted to the division, before the inspection and approval of the
				system;
(j) Any slot machine that
				makes plays with credits equal to twenty-five dollars ($25) or more shall be
				covered by a dedicated surveillance camera and recorder. Such a slot machine
				shall not be played without the surveillance coverage required by this
				subsection; and,
(k) A slot machine
				licensee's surveillance system shall not have more than eight cameras required
				in the first stage of concentration, unless the licensee has a fault tolerant
				or redundant system so there is no loss of data in the event of a failure of a
				single first stage of concentration.