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 12387 - Security and Use of Floor Banks; Security of Gambling Equipment and Confidential Documents

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 security of floor banks:
(1) When kept, held, or stored in any public
				  area of the gambling establishment, a floor bank must be secured in a
				  receptacle, drawer, or compartment with a locking mechanism securing the
				  contents. The receptacle, drawer, or compartment must remain locked at all
				  times, except when being accessed by assigned cardroom category licensees in
				  the performance of their duties. If a keyed lock or locking mechanism is used,
				  the key must not be left in the lock when the drawer or compartment is not
				  being accessed. All keys, combinations, and access codes are subject to the
				  applicable key security and control provisions of Section
				  12395.
(2) The lock or locking mechanism of each
				  receptacle containing a floor bank, must be keyed differently from the lock or
				  locking mechanism of any other receptacle, drawer, or compartment of any
				  furnishing, fixture, cabinet, appurtenance, or device (hereafter cabinet) in
				  the gambling establishment, except in the following circumstances:
(A) When a single assigned cardroom employee
				  type licensee requires access to multiple receptacles in the performance of his
				  or her duties; that access is limited solely to that employee during his or her
				  assigned shift; and each of the receptacles contains a floor bank, those
				  receptacles may have a key, combination, or access code in common with each
				  other.
(B) Cardroom owner type
				  licensees and key employee supervisor licensees whose duties include the
				  supervision or oversight of cardroom employee type licensees who utilize and
				  have access to floor banks in the performance of their assigned duties, may
				  have a master or duplicate key that will open some or all of the locking
				  mechanisms for the receptacles containing a floor bank to which any of their
				  subordinate employees have access.
(3) Any cabinet having a drawer, compartment,
				  or receptacle containing or intended to contain a floor bank must be located so
				  that it is clearly visible for security and surveillance purposes. The cabinet
				  must be kept under continuous recorded video surveillance, in accordance with
				  the applicable provisions of Section
				  12396. The camera coverage must be
				  adequate to enable monitoring and recording of the contents of any drawer when
				  open, to the extent reasonably possible, and of all activities involving the
				  floor bank. If a mobile cabinet is used, it must be kept at a fixed secure
				  location under continuous recorded video surveillance when not being actively
				  used on the gambling floor.
(4) No
				  gambling equipment, documents, supplies, or other materials that are not
				  directly related to a floor bank may be commingled with or kept in the same
				  receptacle with a floor bank. Neither the cabinet nor any other drawer,
				  compartment, or receptacle therein, may be used to hold, store, keep, or
				  safeguard any personal property or possession of any cardroom employee type
				  licensee, patron, or any other person, nor any equipment, documents, supplies,
				  or other materials that are not directly related to the conduct of gambling
				  operations.
(5) Each floor bank
				  must be individually balanced not less than daily and the imprest amount
				  verified. Any shortages or overages must be documented in an exception report
				  and included in the appropriate cage bank reconciliation.
(6) The cardroom business licensee must
				  establish a maximum imprest amount that may be assigned to each floor bank
				  based on a reasonable estimate of the amount necessary for the activities
				  associated with the bank during any shift. The maximum imprest amount that may
				  be assigned to a floor bank in a mobile cabinet may not exceed $30,000 at any
				  time.
(7) The cardroom business
				  licensee's policies and procedures must include specific provisions governing
				  the sale or distribution of gambling chips and the disbursement of cash to
				  patrons from a floor bank by the assigned cardroom employee type licensee. The
				  redemption of chips by a patron from a floor bank may not exceed a total of
				  $500, except when that floor bank is being temporarily operated as a cage and
				  all applicable provisions of Section
				  12386 are complied with. No chip
				  redemptions may be transacted at any time from a floor bank in a mobile
				  cabinet.