Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 45 - Missouri Gaming Commission › Chapter 5 - Conduct of Gaming › Section 11 CSR 45-5.184 - Table Game Cards-Receipt, Storage, Inspections, and Removal from Use

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment makes these rules consistent
				  with other regulations, enables security to better identify handheld cards to
				  ensure proper inspection, allows decks to be pre-inspected at an alternate
				  table in a closed pit, and reduces the supervision requirements for table games
				  per industry request.
(1)
				When decks of table game cards are received for use in the facility from a
				licensed supplier, the boxes shall be promptly inspected and the decks shall be
				stored in a primary or secondary storage area by at least (2) employees, one
				(1) of whom shall be from the table games department and the other from the
				security department. The primary card storage area shall be located in a secure
				place, the location and physical characteristics of which shall be approved by
				the commission. Secondary storage areas, if needed, shall be used for the
				storage of surplus cards. Cards maintained in secondary storage areas shall be
				transferred to the primary card storage area before being distributed to the
				pits or tables. All secondary storage areas shall be located in secure areas,
				the location and physical characteristics of which shall be approved by the
				commission.
(2) All primary and
				secondary storage areas shall have two (2) separate locks. The security
				department shall be the authorized user of one (1) key and the pit manager,
				poker room manager, or supervisor thereof in the organizational hierarchy shall
				be the authorized user of the other key.
(3) Immediately prior to the commencement of
				each gaming day and at other times as may be necessary, the pit manager, poker
				room manager, or supervisor thereof, in the presence of a security officer,
				shall remove the appropriate number of decks of table games cards from the
				primary card storage area for that gaming day.
(4) Once removed from the primary card
				storage area, the pit manager, poker room manager, or supervisor thereof, in
				the presence of a security officer, shall take the decks to the pit(s) and
				distribute the decks to the floor supervisor(s) for distribution to the dealer
				at each table.
(5) The pit manager,
				poker room manager, or supervisor thereof, shall place extra decks into a
				single locked compartment of a pit stand located within the pit(s). The floor
				supervisor or above shall have access to the extra decks of cards to be used
				for that gaming day.
(6) Cards will
				not be moved outside of the enclosed or encircled area without a security
				escort and notification to surveillance except when being collected by
				security.
(7) Prior to being
				placed into play, all decks shall be inspected by the dealer, and the entire
				inspection observed by a floor supervisor or above. Card inspection at the
				gaming table shall require each deck to either be sorted into sequence and into
				suit or processed through an automated shuffler or similar device capable of
				reading the card faces to ensure that all cards are in the deck. For decks that
				may be used more than once, the inspection shall also require the dealer to
				check the back of each card to ensure that it is not flawed, scratched, or
				marked in any way. Card inspection for games may be conducted at an alternate
				table in the same pit or at an alternate table in a closed pit. In these
				instances, the floor supervisor or above shall notify surveillance and
				surveillance shall record on the surveillance shift log both the table number
				where the card inspection is conducted and the table number at which the cards
				are to be placed into play.
(8)
				When cards are placed in play, the Class B licensee shall record on each
				deck/multi-deck box the table number, the date, and the time the cards were
				placed on the table for use.
(9)
				All envelopes and containers used to hold or transport cards collected by
				security shall be transparent.
(A) The
				envelopes or containers and the method used to seal them shall be designed or
				constructed so that any tampering shall be evident.
(B) The envelopes or containers and seals
				shall be approved by the commission.