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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 2 - LICENSING › Chapter 13 - LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Rule 13-2-13.7 - Qualification Procedure

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) In order to be
				qualified, every officer, agent and principal employee of a labor organization,
				union or affiliate thereof required to register with the Commission pursuant to
				the regulations of the Commission shall file with the Commission a "labor
				organization individual disclosure form," which shall be completed, signed and
				filed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, provided, however,
				that such a form need not be filed by an officer of a national or international
				labor organization where that officer exercises no authority, discretion or
				influence over the operation of such labor organization with regard to any
				employment matter relating to employees holding work permits and employed by a
				licensee; and provided, further, that any such officer of a national or
				international labor organization may be directed by the Commission to file a
				"labor organization individual disclosure form" or to provide any other
				information in the same manner and to the same extent as may be required of any
				other officer of a labor organization which is required to register under this
				chapter.
(b) Each officer, agent or
				principal employee required to file a "labor organization individual disclosure
				form" shall do so initially at the time the pertinent labor organization, union
				or affiliate thereof applies or should apply for registration within thirty
				(30) days of the date the individual is elected, appointed or hired, whichever
				is later.
(c) Following an initial
				finding of qualification, each qualified individual who has filed an initial
				"labor organization individual disclosure form" shall annually file with the
				Commission a properly completed, updated "labor organization individual
				disclosure form." Such form shall be filed with the Commission at the same time
				as the related labor organization renewal application. (Adopted:
				01/20/1993.)
Source; Miss. Code Ann.
				  §
										75-76-139
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 2 - LICENSING › Chapter 13 - LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Rule 13-2-13.8 - Waiver of Disqualification Criteria

Current through June 25, 2024
Notwithstanding the qualification requirements as to any such
				  officer, agent or principal employee, the Commission may waive any
				  disqualification criteria upon a finding that the interests of justice so
				  require. (Adopted: 01/20/1993.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-131
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 2 - LICENSING › Chapter 13 - LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Rule 13-2-13.9 - Interest in Licensee Prohibited

Current through June 25, 2024
Neither a labor organization, union, or affiliate thereof nor
				  its officers, agents and principal employees not otherwise individually holding
				  work permits in accordance with the Gaming Control Act and employed by a
				  licensee may hold any financial interest whatsoever in the licensee whose
				  employees they represent. (Adopted: 01/20/1993.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-131
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 2 - LICENSING › Chapter 13 - LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Rule 13-2-13.10 - Failure to Comply; Consequences

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) No labor
				organization, union or affiliate thereof required to register with the
				Commission shall receive any dues from or on behalf of or administer any
				pension, retirement or welfare funds from or on behalf of any employee holding
				a work permit and employed by a licensee or its agent:
1. If the said labor organization, union, or
				affiliate thereof shall fail to properly register with the Commission or
				provide all information requested by the Commission in accordance with the
				provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the Commission;
2. If any officer, agent or principal
				employee of such labor organization, union, or affiliate thereof shall fail to
				qualify in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of
				the Commission; or
3. If the said
				labor organization, union, affiliate thereof or any officer or agent thereof
				shall hold a prohibited interest in a licensee.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.1 - Methods of Operation

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) It is the
				policy of the Commission to require that all establishments wherein gaming is
				conducted in this state be operated in a manner suitable to protect the public
				health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants of
				the State of Mississippi.
(b)
				Responsibility for the employment and maintenance of suitable methods of
				operation rests with the licensee, and willful or persistent use or toleration
				of methods of operation deemed unsuitable will constitute grounds for license
				revocation or other disciplinary action. (Adopted: 09/25/1991; Amended:
				09/17/1996.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.3 - Unauthorized Games

Current through June 25, 2024
No licensee shall permit any game other than those
				  specifically named in the Act as a "game" or "gambling game" to be operated
				  without first applying for and receiving permission from the Commission to
				  operate such game and, if permission is granted, thereafter obtaining all
				  required licenses for the same. (Adopted: 09/25/1991; Amended:
				  09/17/1996.)
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.4 - Changing Of Games

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) The Commission
				will issue to all nonrestricted licensees a certificate of payment of fees
				indicating the actual games authorized to be exposed for play in the
				establishment. When a licensee wishes to change games he shall request
				permission of the Executive Director and obtain an amended certificate from the
				Commission.
(b) Failure to comply
				with the above requirements will result in assessment of fees on the new game
				without allowance of credit for the game replaced. Penalties provided by law
				for failure to pay license fees when due may also be assessed. (Adopted:
				09/25/1991; Amended: 09/17/1996.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-99
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.5 - Unlicensed Games Or Devices

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) No gambling
				games shall be operated upon the premises of a licensee, nor shall a licensee
				expose in an area accessible to the public any game, or gaming device which may
				be used in the operation of a gambling game without first having paid all
				current fees and taxes applicable to such games.
(b) Whenever a licensee desires to
				temporarily remove or suspend a game from a licensed status, the licensee shall
				provide advanced written notice to the Executive Director stating the type and
				number of games sought to be suspended, the initial date and duration of the
				proposed suspension, and in addition to such notice, the licensee shall
				thereafter physically remove the game or gaming device from any area exposed to
				the public; provided, however, a game or gaming device may remain in a public
				area while in an unlicensed status if the licensee, in addition to the
				foregoing written notification, removes from the game or gaming device all
				detachable fixtures such as drop boxes, chip racks, wheelheads, cages, and
				other similar removable items, and also covers any nondetachable chip rack and
				any chip rack space with a device capable of being locked and sealed in place;
				thereafter, the game or gaming device shall be inspected and sealed by the
				Executive Director and allowed to remain in a public area.
(c) Before any game or gaming device
				suspended from a licensed status in accordance with the foregoing procedure may
				be reactivated and placed into play, the licensee shall advise the Executive
				Director in writing of its intention and date to reactivate such game, and pay
				all fees and taxes applicable to said game, and upon the Executive Director's
				reinspection of any game or gaming device previously sealed, the game or gaming
				device may be exposed to play. (Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-99
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.6 - Posting Of Rules

Current through June 25, 2024
Each licensee shall conspicuously display the rules of each
				  gambling game it exposes for play.
This section may be satisfied if published rules are
				  maintained in a location readily accessible to players and notice of the
				  location of such rules is posted conspicuously in the casino. (Adopted:
				  09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.7 - Publication Of Payoff

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Payoff
				schedules or award cards applicable to every licensed game or slot machine
				shall be displayed at all times either on the table or machine or in a
				conspicuous place immediately adjacent thereto. In the case of crap, keno and
				faro games the foregoing requirement will be satisfied if published payoff
				schedules are maintained in a location readily accessible to players and notice
				of the location of such schedule is posted on or adjacent to the
				game.
(b) Payoff schedules or award
				cards must accurately state actual payoffs or awards applicable to the
				particular game or device and shall not be worded in such manner as to mislead
				or deceive the public. Maintenance of any misleading or deceptive matter on any
				payoff schedule or award card or failure on the part of a licensee to make
				payment in strict accordance with posted payoff schedules or award cards may be
				deemed an unsuitable method of operation. (Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.8 - Gaming By, and Issuance of Gaming Credit to Owners, Directors, Officers And Employees

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided in Subsection 2, no officer, director, owner, general manager, or key
				employee of an entity which holds a gaming license in this state, or of an
				affiliate or an affiliated company of an entity which holds a gaming license in
				this state, shall play or place a wager at any gambling game or slot machine
				owned, leased or possessed:
1. By that gaming
				licensee; or
2. By an affiliate or
				an affiliated company of that gaming licensee.
i. Subsection 1 shall not apply to the
				playing or wagering on poker.
ii.
				An employee may not play or place a wager at any gambling game or slot machine
				located on the premises of the employing licensee or an affiliate or an
				affiliated company of that employing licensee:
1. That is part of a wide area progressive
				slot system or network; or
2. while
				dressed in any uniform required by the employing licensee to be worn during the
				performance of his or her job duties.
3. A licensee shall not issue credit for
				purposes of gaming to any employees of that licensee or of an affiliate or
				affiliated company of an entity which holds a gaming license in this state,
				whether or not such credit is evidenced by a player card, wagering account or
				credit instrument.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.10 - Finder's Fees

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Except as
				limited by subsection (b), the term "finder's fee" means any compensation in
				money in excess of the sum of $10,000, or real or personal property valued in
				excess of the sum of $10,000 which is paid or transferred or agreed to be paid
				or transferred to any person in consideration for the arranging or negotiation
				of an extension of credit to a licensee, a registered company, or applicant for
				licensing or registration if the proceeds of such extension of credit are
				intended to be used for any of the following purposes:
1. The acquisition of an interest in a gaming
				establishment or registered company.
2. To finance the gaming operations of a
				licensed gaming establishment.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.11 - Collection Of Gaming Credit

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Only bonded,
				duly licensed collection agencies, or a licensee's employees, junket
				representatives, attorneys, or affiliated or wholly-owned corporation and their
				employees may collect, on the licensee's behalf and for any consideration,
				gaming credit extended by the licensee.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of
				subsection (a), no licensee shall permit any person who has been found
				unsuitable, or who has been denied a gaming license or work permit, or who has
				had a work permit revoked, to collect, on the licensee's behalf and for any
				consideration, gaming credit extended by the licensee.
(c) Each licensee shall maintain for the
				Executive Director's inspection records that describe credit collection
				arrangements and that include any written contracts entered into with the
				persons described in subsection (a), unless such persons are the licensee's key
				employees or junket representatives.
(Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-181
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.12 - Reports Of Violations

Current through June 25, 2024
Each licensee shall immediately notify the Commission by
				  telephone of the discovery of any violation or suspected violation of any
				  criminal statute of this state or the United States, the Act or any regulation
				  promulgated thereunder.
(Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-27
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.13 - Minimum Bankroll Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
Each licensed gaming establishment shall maintain, in such
				  manner and amount as the Executive Director may approve or require, cash or
				  cash equivalents in an amount sufficient to reasonably protect the licensee's
				  patrons against defaults in gaming debts owed by the licensee; and sufficient
				  to reasonably protect the licensee's creditors and vendors against defaults on
				  short-term debts owed by the licensee. The Executive Director shall distribute
				  to licensees and make available to all interested persons a formula approved by
				  the Commission by which licensees determine the minimum bankroll requirements
				  of this section. If at any time the licensee's available cash or cash
				  equivalents should be less than the amount required by this section, the
				  licensee must immediately notify the Executive Director of this deficiency.
				  Failure to maintain the minimum bankroll required by this section, or a higher
				  bankroll as required by the Executive Director pursuant to this section, or
				  failure to notify the Executive Director of any deficiencies, constitutes
				  reasonable cause for disciplinary action.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.14 - Posting Of Address Of Gaming Commission

Current through June 25, 2024
Each licensed gaming establishment shall conspicuously post
				  on the premises the address of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. (Adopted:
				  09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 1 - IN GENERAL › Rule 13-3-1.15 - Admission Fees

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) All licensees
				charging an admission fee must give a ticket good for one admission to each
				person having entered the casino operation for the purpose of gambling. Said
				ticket shall be valid for a period of the next twenty-four (24) hours after the
				patron's initial admission and shall have the date and time of initial
				admission imprinted on the ticket.
(b) All licensees charging an admission fee
				shall have an entrance that has been approved by the Executive Director. Said
				entrance shall not block ingress or egress to the casino. All patrons must
				enter through an approved entrance. (Adopted:12/30/1992; Amended:
				12/16/93.)
(c) All monies collected
				from admission fees shall be accounted for and itemized on a form provided by
				the Commission, which are due on a weekly basis as directed by the Executive
				Director.
(d) All fees free passes
				shall be logged with the patron's name and the day in which the pass was issued
				and utilized. Such logs are not public records within the meaning of the Gaming
				Control Act and shall only be made available for inspection by Gaming
				Commission enforcement personnel.
(e) All persons who have oral or written
				arrangements with a licensee regarding junkets, admissions or transportation to
				and from the casino, shall be immediately identified and brought forward to the
				Commission for an investigation of suitability, pursuant to MGC Reg. Part 3
				Chapter 7.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 2 - OPERATION OF GAMING DEVICES › Rule 13-3-2.1 - Counting Of Gaming Devices For Purposes Of Tax And License Fees

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Tax and license fees shall be paid on one
				slot machine when:
1. Only one person has the
				opportunity to insert one or more coins, currency, tokens or similar object
				into a single receptacle; and
2.
				That person has the opportunity to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens
				or anything of value whatsoever based upon a single means of determining such
				win or based upon multiple payout lines within a single display unit.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 2 - OPERATION OF GAMING DEVICES › Rule 13-3-2.2 - Progressive Slot Machines

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section:
1. "Progressive jackpot" means a slot
				machine payoff that increases automatically over time or as the machine or
				another operated by a single licensee is played.
2. "Base amount" means the amount of the
				progressive jackpot initially offered before it increases.
3. "Incremental amount" means the difference
				between the amount of a progressive jackpot and its base amount.
4. "Wide area progressive jackpot" means a
				payoff on a slot machine that is part of a network of machines located at the
				establishments of more than one licensee, which payoff increases automatically
				over time or as that machine or others that are part of the network are
				played.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.1 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
				  meanings:
(a) Ante: A player's initial wager or predetermined
				  contribution to the pot prior to the dealing of the first hand.
(b) Call: A wager made in an amount equal to the immediately
				  preceding wager.
(c) Card game shill: An employee engaged and financed by the
				  licensee as a player for the purpose of starting and/or maintaining a
				  sufficient number of players in a card game.
(d) Card room bank: An imprest fund which is a part of and
				  accountable to the licensee's casino cage or bankroll but which is maintained
				  in the card room exclusively for the purposes set forth in sections 5 and 7 of
				  this regulation.
(e) Card table bank: An imprest inventory of cash and chips
				  physically located in the table tray on the card table and controlled by the
				  licensee through accountability established with the card room bank. The card
				  table bank shall be used only for the purposes set forth in section 5 of this
				  regulation.
(f) Check: To waive the right to initiate the wagering, but
				  to retain the right to call after all the other players have either wagered or
				  folded.
(g) Hand: One game in a series, one deal in a card game, or
				  the cards held by a player.
(h) Pot: The total amount anted and wagered by players during
				  a hand.
(i) Promotional Progressive Pots and Pools: Pots and pools
				  that are contributed to by poker patrons and distributed back to poker patrons
				  based upon the occurrence of a predetermined event.
(j) Proposition player: A person paid a fixed sum by the
				  licensee for the specific purpose of playing in a card game who uses his own
				  funds and who retains his winnings and absorbs his losses.
(k) Raise: A wager made in an amount greater than the
				  immediately preceding wager.
(l) Rake-off: A percentage of the pot which may be taken by
				  the licensee for maintaining or dealing the game.
(m) Stake: The funds with which a player enters a
				  game.
(n) Stakes player: A person financed by the licensee to
				  participate in a game under an arrangement or understanding whereby such person
				  is entitled to retain all or any portion of his winnings.
(o) Table tray: A receptacle used to hold the card table
				  bank.
(p) Time buy-in: A charge to a player, determined on a time
				  basis, by the licensee for the right to participate in a
				  game.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										75-76-5,
				  75-76-23
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.3 - Sale Of Stakes

Current through June 25, 2024
No cash or chips received for the sale of stakes shall be
				  commingled with any rake-offs or other compensation received by the licensee
				  from the players for the right to play. (Adopted:
				  09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-23
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.4 - Accounting For Transactions Between Card Table Bank And Card Room Bank

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) When the card table bank is to be
				replenished with chips from the card room bank, all cash or chips to be
				transferred must be counted down by the dealer in public view on the card table
				and verified by the person who transports the cash or chips.
(b) The transfer shall be preceded by the
				placement of appropriately designated marker buttons on the card table of a
				value equivalent to the cash or chips to be transferred to the card room bank.
				Such marker buttons may only be removed by the dealer after the transaction has
				been completed.
(c) Upon written
				approval of the Executive Director, those licensees wishing to utilize the
				casino cage in lieu of a card room bank may do so provided that the same
				procedures as set forth in this section and Rule
				3.5 and Rule 3.11 of this regulation,
				and related provisions thereto, shall be followed by the casino cage for such
				transactions.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-45
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.5 - Limitations On The Use Of Card Room Banks And Card Table Banks

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Card room banks shall be used exclusively
				for the purposes of the issuance and receipt of shill funds, the maintenance of
				card table banks used in card games, and the purchase and redemption of chips
				by players.
(b) Card table banks
				shall be used only for the purposes of making change or handling player
				buy-ins. (Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-45
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.6 - Rake-off And Time Buy-in

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) The amount of
				any rake-off must be conspicuously posted at or near the table. Rake-offs shall
				only be pulled from the pot by the dealer in an obvious manner after each wager
				and call or at the completion of the hand. The rake-off shall be placed in a
				designated rake circle and shall remain in the designated rake circle until a
				winner is declared and paid. The rake-off shall then be dropped into the card
				game drop box.
(b) The designated
				rake circle must be clearly visible to all players and shall be positioned in a
				location on the table where it is at least four inches from and in front of the
				table tray and at least eight inches from the table drop slot, unless the table
				is equipped with a drop slot located at least two inches to the right of and
				even with the top right-hand corner of the table tray, with a cover over the
				drop slot, which when activated will cause the rake to drop directly into the
				drop box; such drop slot shall serve as the rake circle.
(c) All time buy-ins or other fees charged
				shall be immediately placed into the card game drop box.
(d) The amount of any jackpot rake must be
				conspicuously posted at or near the table. The jackpot rake shall only be
				pulled from the pot by the dealer in an obvious manner as specified in the
				jackpot rules and procedures.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-45
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.7 - Posting of Card Game Rules

Current through June 25, 2024
Each licensee shall conspicuously display the rules of each
				  card game it exposes for play. This section may be satisfied if published rules
				  are maintained in a location readily accessible to players and notice of the
				  location of such rules is posted conspicuously in the casino card
				  room.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-33
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.8 - Bad Beat Jackpot

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) A licensee may
				elect to offer a card room promotional activity involving a jackpot for one or
				more pre-designated high value hands when such a hand is held by a player as a
				losing hand. Such a promotion is defined as a Bad Beat Jackpot.
(b) The jackpot shall be paid from a separate
				fund created and maintained from pot contributions at tables where a Bad Beat
				Jackpot will be offered. This fund shall meet the following criteria:
(1) The fund shall consist of a primary
				jackpot amount with no more than two additional jackpot amounts. The primary
				jackpot will be the current Bad Beat Jackpot, which the amount shall be
				prominently and conspicuously displayed in the card room.
(2) The remaining levels, if utilized, may be
				maintained without public display. The next available jackpot amount will
				automatically become the primary jackpot once the current Bad Beat Jackpot is
				paid out.
(3) A separate escrow
				account shall be maintained for the purpose of re-seeding the lowest jackpot
				level. Funds in the escrow account shall be used for the purpose of re-seeding
				the Bad Beat Jackpot.
(4) A second
				separate fund may be established by the casino licensee to fund card room
				promotions provided the funds are awarded to card room patrons participating in
				jackpot eligible card games of the type supplying the funds.
(5) No more than thirty percent (30%) of the
				jackpot rake shall be distributed into the promotional fund.
(6) The Bad Beat Jackpot levels shall not be
				capped or frozen.
(7) The Bad Beat
				Jackpot levels shall not be used to fund promotional activities except that a
				small percentage of the primary jackpot may be offered as a mini-bad beat
				jackpot.
(8) Any changes to the bad
				beat promotion may only be implemented after the current Bad Beat Jackpot is
				won.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.9 - Discontinuing a Bad Beat Jackpot

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Once a bad beat
				jackpot has been established, the licensee shall not discontinue the jackpot
				except by a player winning the jackpot or unless the Executive Director
				approves otherwise.
(b) The
				licensee shall submit a proposal for discontinuing the bad beat jackpot to the
				local Mississippi Gaming Commission District Office. The proposal shall include
				the:
(1) Proposed date for discontinuation of
				the jackpot.
(2) Proposed manner
				for dispersing all jackpot levels and the escrow fund (i.e. changing the
				qualifying hands, etc.).
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.10 - Card Tournaments

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) The rules and
				procedures for all card room tournaments shall be submitted by the licensee to
				the Mississippi Gaming Commission at least ten (10) working days prior to
				commencement of the tournament.
(b)
				A casino licensee may offer complimentary card room tournament entries provided
				the dollar value of the entry is added to the tournament prize pool.
(c) All tournament wagers must be made with
				approved tournament chips provided by the licensee. No currency or other things
				of value shall be used as wagers.
(d) Tournament chips shall never be redeemed
				for cash or other things of value except that the total represented by the
				players' accumulation of tournament chips shall be used to determine the winner
				and/or final place in a tournament.
(e) Card room tournaments shall only be
				conducted upon the licensees' premises and only in areas approved by the
				Mississippi Gaming Commission.
(f)
				Card room tournaments shall be video recorded by the licensees' surveillance
				department.
(g) Card room
				tournament rules may permit remaining players at the
final
				table
to split the prize pool between or among themselves
				without the necessity of continuing tournament play to finality, provided:
1. The agreement is unanimous.
2. The agreement is voluntary.
3. The option to split the prize pool is
				clearly stated in the tournament rules.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.11 - Restrictions On Use Of Shills And Proposition Players

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Shills may not check and raise or play in
				any manner between themselves or in collusion with others to the disadvantage
				of other players within the game.
(b) Each establishment employing shills or
				proposition players shall identify such shills or proposition players upon
				request and shall display a sign clearly legible from each table which states:
				"Mississippi gaming regulations allow the use of shills and proposition
				players. Shills and proposition players shall be identified by management upon
				request."
(c) Each licensee shall
				maintain, in a manner as in the case of all other employees, employment records
				on each individual engaged as a shill or proposition player. Each licensee must
				also maintain a list of all shills and proposition players at the card room
				bank, readily available for inspection.
(d) Persons who participate in the management
				or supervision of games subject to this regulation shall not be permitted to
				act as a shill or proposition player.
(e) All advances to and winnings of a shill
				shall be utilized only for wagering in card games or turned in to the card room
				bank at the conclusion of play.
(f)
				No more than a combination of two shills and proposition players may play in a
				card game.
(g) Shills may only
				wager chips or coins.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-23
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.12 - Restrictions On Other Players

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Stakes players
				shall not be utilized by any licensee.
(b) No dealer may wager in any game in which
				he is dealing.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-25
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 3 - CARD GAMES › Rule 13-3-3.13 - Promotional Progressive Pots and Pools

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) The dollar
				amount of funds contributed by players into the pools is returned when won in
				accordance with the posted rules with no commission or administrative fee
				withheld. Payouts for promotional progressive pots, pools and any other
				promotion are to be prominently displayed or readily made available for patron
				review.
(b) Payouts for promotional
				progressive pots or pools of any amount and any other promotion for an amount
				greater than or equal to $600.00 are documented to show the date, time, dollar
				amount of payout or description of personal property (e.g., car), reason for
				the payout (e.g., promotion name) and the signatures of the two employees one
				of which
must be a card room manager verifying the
				payout.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-33
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 4 - OTHER GAMES › Rule 13-3-4.1 - Operation Of Progressive Keno Games

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Prior to
				operating a progressive keno game, the licensee must have systems of record
				keeping, surveillance, and internal controls relative to the operation of the
				progressive keno game approved by the Executive Director.
(b) A licensee may impose a limit on a
				progressive keno game provided the limit imposed by the licensee is greater
				than the amount showing on the payoff indicator at the time the limit is
				imposed.
(c) Notice of the
				progressive keno game payoff limit must be prominently posted at the location
				of the progressive keno game, and information as to how and in what amount the
				payoff amount is advanced until the limit is reached shall be readily available
				to the public in the vicinity of the progressive keno game.
(d) A payoff indicator on a progressive keno
				game shall not be turned back to a lesser amount unless:
1. A player wins the amount displayed on the
				payoff indicator;
2. An adjustment
				becomes necessary to prevent the payoff indicator from showing a payoff greater
				than the limit; or
3. There is a
				malfunction, in which case an explanation must be entered as part of the system
				of records required by section (a) of this section; or
4. There is a dispute, as governed by
				subsections (f) and (g) of this section.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.1 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
As used in this regulation:
(a) "Chip" means a non-metal or partly metal representative
				  of value, redeemable for cash, and issued and sold by a licensee for use at
				  table games or counter games at the licensee's gaming establishment.
(b) "Token" means a metal representative of value, redeemable
				  for cash, and issued and sold by a licensee for use in slot machines or for use
				  in slot machines and at table games or counter games at the licensee's gaming
				  establishment.
(Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-33
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.2 - Approval Of Chips And Tokens; Applications And Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) A licensee shall not issue any chips or
				tokens for use in its gaming establishment, or sell or redeem any such chips or
				tokens, unless the chips or tokens have been approved in writing by the
				Executive Director. A licensee shall not issue any chips or tokens for use in
				its gaming establishment, or sell or redeem any such chips or tokens that are
				modifications of chips or tokens previously approved by the Executive Director
				unless the modifications have been approved in writing by the Executive
				Director.
(b) Applications for
				approval of chips, tokens, and modifications to previously-approved chips or
				tokens must be made, processed, and determined in such manner and using such
				forms as the Executive Director may prescribe. Each application must include,
				in addition to such other items or information as the Executive Director may
				require:
1. An exact drawing, in color of
				each side and the edge of the proposed chip or token, drawn to actual size or
				drawn to larger than actual size and in scale, and showing the measurements of
				the proposed chip or token in each dimension;
2. Written specifications for the proposed
				chips or tokens;
3. The name and
				address of the manufacturer; and
4.
				The licensee's intended use for the proposed chips or tokens.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.3 - Specifications For Chips And Tokens

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Chips and
				tokens must be designed, manufactured, and constructed in compliance with all
				applicable statutes, regulations, and policies of the United States, this
				state, and other states, and so as to prevent counterfeiting of the chips and
				tokens to the extent reasonably possible. Chips and tokens must not deceptively
				resemble any current or past coinage of the United States or any other
				nation.
(b) In addition to such
				other specifications as the Executive Director may approve:
1. The name of the issuing gaming
				establishment must be inscribed on one side of each chip and token;
2. The value of the chip or token must be
				inscribed on one side of each chip and token, other than chips used exclusively
				at roulette;
3. The manufacturer's
				name or a distinctive logo or other mark identifying the manufacturer must be
				inscribed on at least one side of each chip and token; and
4. Each chip must be designed so that when
				stacked with chips and tokens of other denominations and viewed on
				closed-circuit, black-and-white television, the denominations of the chip can
				be distinguished from that of the other chips and tokens in the
				stack.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.4 - Additional Specifications For Tokens

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Tokens must not
				be manufactured from material possessing sufficient magnetic properties so as
				to be accepted by a coin mechanism, other than that of a slot
				machine.
(b) Tokens must not be
				manufactured from a three-layered material consisting of a copper-nickel alloy
				clad on both sides of a pure copper core, nor from a copper-based material,
				unless the total of zinc, nickel, aluminum, magnesium, and other alloying
				materials is at least twenty percent (20%) of the token's weight. (Adopted:
				09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-33
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.5 - Use Of Chips And Tokens

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) A licensee that
				uses chips or tokens at its gaming establishment shall:
1. Comply with all applicable statutes,
				regulations, and policies of this state and of the United States pertaining to
				chips or tokens;
2. Sell chips and
				tokens only to patrons of its gaming establishment and only at their
				request;
3. Promptly redeem its own
				chips and tokens from its patrons;
4. Post conspicuous signs at its
				establishment notifying patrons that federal law prohibits the use of the
				licensee's tokens, and that state law prohibits the use of the licensee's
				chips, outside the establishment for any monetary purpose whatever;
				and
5. Take reasonable steps,
				including examining chips and tokens and segregating those issued by other
				licensees to prevent sales to its patrons of chips and tokens issued by another
				licensee.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.6 - Redemption And Disposal Of Discontinued Chips And Tokens

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) A licensee that permanently removes from
				use or replaces approved chips or tokens at its gaming establishment, or that
				ceases operating its gaming establishment whether because of closure or sale of
				the establishment or any other reason, must prepare a plan for redeeming
				discontinued chips and tokens that remain outstanding at the time of
				discontinuance. The licensee must submit the plan in writing to the Executive
				Director not later than thirty (30) days before the proposed removal,
				replacement, sale, or closure, unless the closure or other cause for
				discontinuance of the chips or tokens cannot reasonably be anticipated, in
				which event the licensee must submit the plan as soon as reasonably
				practicable. The Executive Director may approve the plan or require reasonable
				modifications as a condition of approval. Upon approval of the plan, the
				licensee shall implement the plan as approved. Any discontinued chips or tokens
				must be destroyed within 3 years of being removed from the gaming floor unless
				otherwise approved by the Executive Director.
(b) In addition to such other reasonable
				provision as the Executive Director may approve or require, the plan must
				provide for:
1. Redemption of outstanding,
				discontinued chips and tokens in accordance with this regulation for at least
				120 days after the removal or replacement of the chips or tokens or for at
				least 120 days after operations cease as the case may be, or for such longer or
				shorter period as the Executive Director may for good cause approve or
				require;
2. Redemption of the chips
				and tokens at the premises of the gaming establishment or at such other
				location as the Executive Director may approve;
3. Publication of notice of the
				discontinuance of the chips and tokens and of the redemption and the pertinent
				times and locations in at least two newspapers of general circulation in this
				state at least twice during each week of the redemption period, subject to the
				Executive Director's approval of the form of the notice, the newspapers
				selected for publication and the specific days of publication;
4. Conspicuous posting of the notice
				described in paragraph (3) at the gaming establishment or other redemption
				location; and
5. Destruction or
				such other disposition of the discontinued chips and tokens as the Executive
				Director may approve or require.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.7 - Destruction Of Counterfeit Chips And Tokens

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) As used in
				this section, "counterfeit chips or tokens" mean any chip-or token-like objects
				that have not been approved pursuant to this regulation, including objects
				commonly referred to as "slugs," but not including coins of the United States
				or any other nation.
(b) Unless a
				peace officer instructs or a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise
				in a particular case, licensees shall destroy or otherwise dispose of
				counterfeit chips and tokens discovered at their establishments in such manner
				as the Executive Director may approve or require.
(c) Unless a peace officer instructs or a
				court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise in a particular case,
				licensees may dispose of coins of the United States or any other nation
				discovered to have been unlawfully used at their establishments by including
				them in their coin inventories or, in the case of foreign coins, by exchanging
				them for United States currency or coins and including same in their currency
				or coin inventories, or by disposing of them in any other lawful
				manner.
(d) Each licensee shall
				record, in addition to such other information as the Executive Director may
				require:
1. The number and denominations,
				actual and purported, of the coins and counterfeit chips and tokens destroyed
				or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this section;
2. The month during which they were
				discovered;
3. The date, place, and
				method of destruction or other disposition, including, in the case of foreign
				coin exchanges, the exchange rate and the identity of the bank, exchange
				company, or other business or person at which or with whom the coins are
				exchanged; and
4. The names of the
				persons carrying out the destruction or other disposition on behalf of the
				licensee.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.8 - Promotional And Tournament Chips And Tokens

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) As used in
				this section, "promotional chip" means a chip- or token-like object issued by a
				licensee for use in promotions or tournaments at the licensee's gaming
				establishment.
(b) Promotional
				chips must be designed, manufactured, approved, and used in accordance with the
				provisions of this regulation applicable to chips and tokens, except as
				follows:
1. Promotional chips must be of such
				shape and size and have such other specifications so as to be distinguishable
				from other chips and tokens as determined by the Executive Director;
2. Each side of each promotional chip must
				conspicuously bear the inscription "No Cash Value";
3. Promotional chips must not be used, and
				licensees shall not permit their use, in transactions other than the promotions
				or tournaments for which they are issued; and
4. The provisions of Rule 5.7 of this
				regulation shall not apply to promotional chips.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.9 - Other Instrumentalities

Current through June 25, 2024
Other instrumentalities with which gaming is conducted must
				  be designed, manufactured, approved, used, discontinued, destroyed, or
				  otherwise disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this regulation
				  applicable to chips and tokens, except as follows:
(a) Such other instrumentalities must be of
				such shape, size, and design and have such other specifications as the
				Executive Director may approve or require; and
(b) The Executive Director, in his
				discretion, may deny approval of instrumentalities other than chips and tokens
				or may grant approval subject to such conditions as he considers appropriate.
				(Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-33
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 3 - OPERATIONS › Chapter 5 - CHIPS AND TOKENS › Rule 13-3-5.10 - Receipt Of Gaming Chips Or Tokens From Manufacturer Or Distributor

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) When chips or tokens are received from
				the manufacturer or distributor thereof, they shall be opened and checked by at
				least two (2) employees of the licensee from different departments. Any
				deviation between the invoice accompanying the chips or tokens and the actual
				chips or tokens received or any defects found in such chips or tokens shall be
				reported promptly to the Executive Director.
(b) After checking the chips received, the
				licensee shall record in a chip inventory ledger the denomination of the chips
				received, the number of each denomination of chip received, the description of
				all chips received, the date of such receipt, and the signature of the
				individuals who checked such chips.
(c) If any of the chips received are to be
				held in reserve and not utilized either at the gaming tables or at a cashier's
				cage, they shall be stored in a separate locked compartment either in the vault
				or in a cashier's cage and shall be recorded in the chip inventory ledger as
				reserve chips.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-33