Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 7 - ACCOUNTING RECORDS › Chapter 10 - MINIMUM STANDARDS OF INTERNAL CONTROL FOR CARD GAMES › Rule 13-7-10.1 - Minimum Standards Required for Card Game

Current through June 25, 2024
This regulation prescribes the minimum standards for adoption
				  by each licensee and which apply to card games such as poker, bridge, whist,
				  solo, and panguingui.
(a) The procedure
				for the collection of card game drop boxes and the count of the contents
				thereof will comply with all procedures applicable to the table game drop
				boxes. The card games drop boxes shall be removed on the same schedule with the
				table games and the contents therein counted on the same schedule. Removal of
				the boxes at any other time is prohibited.
(b) A person functioning as a supervisor of
				equal or higher authority than those being supervised shall be present at all
				times the card room is operating.
(c) Card table banks shall be used only for
				the purposes of making change or handling player buy-ins. It is to be
				physically located in the table tray (a receptacle used to hold the card table
				bank) on the card table. The card room bank is to be used only for the purposes
				of 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. All
				advances to and winnings or a shill shall be utilized only for wagering in card
				games or turned into the card room bank at the conclusion of play.
(d) Transfers between the card table banks
				and the card room bank, or casino cage if a card room bank is not used, must be
				authorized and verified by the supervisor, card room dealer and the
				runner.
(e) If applicable,
				transfers between the card room bank and the casino cage are to be properly
				authorized and documented by the card room supervisor, cashier and the
				runner.
(f) 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 transported the cash or chips (runner) and
				the dealer.
(g) Rake-off, which is
				a percentage of the pot taken by the licensee for maintaining or dealing a
				game, shall only be pulled from the pot by the dealer in an obvious manner
				after call or at the completion of the hand. The rake-off shall be placed in a
				designated rake circle and shall remain there until a winner is declared and
				paid. The rake-off shall then be deposited into the drop box. The rake circle
				must be clearly visible to all players.
(h) All time buy-ins, which is a charge to a
				player determined on a time basis by the licensee for the right to participate
				in a game, or any other fees charged to a patron shall be immediately placed in
				the drop box.
(i) 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.
				Stakes are the funds with which a player enters the game.
(j) Playing cards, both used and unused, are
				to be maintained in a secure location to prevent unauthorized access and to
				reduce the possibility of tampering.
(k) The amount of the main card room bank is
				to be counted, recorded and reconciled on, at least, a daily basis. At the end
				of the shift the amount of the table bank is counted, recorded, and reconciled
				by at least two persons with such count being attested to by signatures on the
				checkout form.
(l) Issuance of
				shill funds shall have the written approval of the supervisor, shill returns
				shall be recorded and verified, and the replenishment of shill funds is to be
				documented. (Adopted: 04/21/1994; Readopted: 04/29/1995)
Miss. Code Ann. §
										75-76-51