Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 35 - Department of Revenue › Part 5 - Gaming › Subpart 05 - Internal Controls › Chapter 04 - Minimum Standards of Internal Control for Keno › Section 35-5-05-04-100

Current through June 25, 2024
This regulation prescribes the minimum standards for
					 adoption by each licensee for the operation of keno at the gaming
					 establishment.
1. The keno write and
				  desk area is restricted to specified personnel.
2. Keno balls in use are to be safeguarded to
				  prevent tampering. Effective procedures are to be established for inspecting
				  new keno balls put into play as well as for those being used.
3. Procedures are to be established for
				  locking out or closing down all ticket writing/filming and timing mechanisms
				  while keno balls are being selected.
4. There are to be safeguards over electronic
				  equipment to prevent access and/or tampering.
5. The keys to the master panel which access
				  the electronic equipment and wiring, keys to the writer machines, keys to the
				  locked boxes which contain written duplicate keno tickets (if writer machines
				  are utilized) and the keys to microfilm equipment shall be maintained and
				  controlled by personnel from the accounting department or cashiers cage who are
				  independent of the keno department.
6. The person controlling inside keno tickets
				  shall be precluded from having access to cash proceeds and from writing tickets
				  unless procedures have been established for regrading all winning tickets
				  written by the desk person using a writer station designated for use solely by
				  him.
7. Both the inside (ticket
				  presented by customer for play) and outside (receipt ticket given customer by
				  keno writer) keno tickets are stamped with the date, ticket sequence number,
				  and game number (outside ticket only).
8. There are to be controls over inside keno
				  tickets after preparation and before they are transferred to personnel
				  performing the keno audit function.
9. There are to be controls to prevent the
				  writing of tickets after a game has been closed.
10. A camera shall be utilized to film the
				  empty "rabbit ears," time, date and game number prior to the calling of a
				  game.
11. Properly identified draw
				  tickets are to be punched as numbers are drawn.
12. A camera shall be utilized to film the
				  full "rabbit ears" (balls drawn), time, date and game number after all balls
				  are drawn.
13. The camera will
				  continuously film the rabbit ears or is to be controlled by master control
				  switches.
14. All winning tickets
				  are to be compared with the draw ticket by writer before being paid.
15. Payouts of $25 or more are to be verified
				  by actual examination of the inside tickets.
16. Wins of $500 or more also require
				  approval of supervisory personnel before being paid.
a. Any wins of $2,500 or more will require,
				  not only the approval of management personnel independent of the keno
				  department, but also the following: the development of film of the "rabbit
				  ears" prior to and after the game is called to determine that the same numbers
				  called were not left up from the prior game, the comparison of developed film
				  ("rabbit ears") to the draw ticket, the comparison of the winning ticket
				  presented for payment and the inside ticket to the restricted copy (carbon copy
				  contained in keno writing machine or to developed film of ticket, etc.), and
				  the regrading of the winning ticket.
b. These procedures must be documented for
				  later verification and reconciliation during the keno audit process.