Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY › Subtitle 05 - TABLE GAMES › Chapter 36.05.03 - Table Game Procedures › Section 36.05.03.03 - Procedures for Opening a Table Game

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. When a table game is to be opened for
				gaming activity, a security department employee shall transport directly from
				the cage to the gaming table the locked container with the table inventory and
				the duplicate copy of the Table Inventory Slip if the Slip is not already
				attached to the gaming table.
B.
				Immediately prior to opening the table game for gaming, the floorperson
				assigned to the gaming table shall unlock the container with the table
				inventory after assuring that it is the proper container for that gaming
				table.
C. The dealer or boxperson
				assigned to the gaming table shall count the contents of the table inventory in
				the presence of the floorperson assigned to the gaming table and reconcile the
				count to the totals on the duplicate copy of the Table Inventory Slip removed
				from the container.
D. The dealer
				or boxperson assigned to the table, and the floorperson who observed the dealer
				or boxperson count the contents of the container, shall attest to the accuracy
				of the information recorded on the duplicate copy of the Table Inventory Slip
				by signing the duplicate copy of the Table Inventory Slip.
E. After the duplicate copy of the Table
				Inventory Slip has been signed as required under §D of this regulation,
				the dealer, boxperson or floorperson shall immediately deposit the slip into
				the table game drop box attached to the gaming table.
F. If there is a discrepancy between the
				amount of gaming chips and plaques counted and the amount of the gaming chips
				and plaques recorded on the duplicate copy of the Table Inventory Slip:
(1) The discrepancy shall be immediately
				verbally reported to the floorperson or above, the security department and a
				Commission compliance representative;
(2) In the presence of the floorperson or
				above, the dealer or boxperson assigned to the table shall recount the table
				inventory and complete a new Table Inventory Slip reflecting the results of the
				dealer's or boxperson's recount of the table inventory;
(3) The floorperson or above shall:
(a) Prepare an Error Notification Slip, which
				shall be a three-part form containing:
(i)
				The date and time;
(ii) The type of
				game;
(iii) The table number and
				pit; and
(iv) An explanation of the
				discrepancy;
(b) Write
				"Incorrect Copy" on the copy of the Table Inventory Slip that was in the table
				inventory;
(c) Sign the "Incorrect
				Copy"; and
(d) Write "Correct Copy"
				on both copies of the Table Inventory Slip required to be prepared by the
				dealer or boxperson under §F(2) of this regulation.
(4) The "Correct Copy" shall be signed by the
				dealer or boxperson who recounted the table inventory, the security department
				employee who witnessed the recount and the floorperson or above.
(5) After the signatures required under
				§F(4) of this regulation have been obtained, the dealer or boxperson shall
				deposit in the drop box the "Incorrect Copy" Table Inventory Slip, both copies
				of the "Correct Copy" Table Inventory Slip and the first copy of the Error
				Notification Slip.