California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 18 - California Gambling Control Commission › Chapter 7 - Conditions of Operation for Gambling Establishments › Article 3 - Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) for Cardroom Business Licensees › Section 12384 - Drop and Drop Collection

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  policies and procedures for all Tiers must meet or exceed the following
				  standards for the drop and collection of the drop for non-electronic gambling
				  tables:
(1) Drop collection fees must be
				  deposited into a secure container, known as a "drop box," that must be securely
				  attached to the gambling table. A drop box must be constructed and controlled
				  in a manner to provide for the security of its contents.
(2) If a jackpot or any other player-funded
				  gaming activity is offered, jackpot collections must be deposited into a
				  separate drop box, or otherwise segregated, and accounted for
				  separately.
(3) Drop boxes must
				  have all of the following:
(A) A lock securing
				  the contents.
(B) A separate lock
				  securing the drop box to the gambling table. This lock must be keyed
				  differently from the lock securing the contents of the drop box.
(C) An individual identifier that corresponds
				  to the gambling table to which the drop box is attached and the shift, if
				  applicable, for which it is used, and that can be documented when the box is
				  removed from the table. Visible drop box identifiers must be imprinted or
				  impressed on the box and capable of being seen and read in video surveillance
				  recordings, either while attached to the table or when removed from the table
				  and immediately displayed to a surveillance camera. If a bar code or an
				  equivalent system is used, in addition to the imprinted or impressed
				  identifiers, it must have the capability to identify each drop box by shift and
				  table, the person or persons performing the collection, and the date and time
				  of the collection.
(D) An opening
				  through which chips collected for fees must be inserted.
(4) An emergency, interim, or temporary drop
				  box may be maintained without a number or marking, if the applicable
				  designation is permanently imprinted or impressed thereon and, when put into
				  use, it is temporarily marked as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3)
				  above.
(5) A drop box, when removed
				  from a gambling table, whether in use or not, must be afforded security
				  sufficient to protect the drop box and its contents and must be stored in a
				  secure area while awaiting the count.
(6) A drop box, when not in use during a
				  shift, may be stored on a gambling table.
(7) The cardroom business licensee must
				  establish and schedule the time(s) for the collection of drop boxes and must
				  ensure that the entire drop collection process is recorded by video
				  surveillance. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the drop box
				  collection may be performed more frequently or less frequently than the time(s)
				  scheduled by the cardroom business licensee when circumstances warrant a
				  reasonable deviation from the established schedule.
(8) The drop collection must be performed by
				  at least one licensed or permitted individual.