Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 7 - ACCOUNTING RECORDS › Chapter 9 - SLOT MACHINES › Rule 13-7-9.6 - Miscellaneous Slot Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) Every licensees
				written system of internal controls shall include procedures that will ensure
				that all gaming devices are accurately communicating all activity and
				inactivity of the gaming devices with the computer monitoring system, as
				required by Mississippi Gaming Commission Regulation IV., Section 5. (g).
				System communication testing shall be performed any time gaming devices are
				newly installed, converted, upgraded, or moved and any time communications with
				the computer monitoring system have been interrupted.
(b) Slot analysis reports, which compare
				actual hold to theoretical hold, are prepared on at least a monthly basis by
				the Accounting department for each slot machine. Any variances +/-4% must be
				investigated and findings documented. These records must be maintained at least
				three years and shall provide data on both month-to-date and year-to-date
				basis. Actual hold is equal to the dollar amount of win divided by the dollar
				amount of coin-in. Accurate theoretical hold worksheets must be maintained for
				all slot machines.
(c) Before
				machines are permanently or temporarily removed from the gaming floor, the
				licensee must obtain prior approval from the Commission for the drop and
				removal of the slot machines. The hopper contents will be bagged and labeled by
				a Slot Mechanic, under surveillance coverage, with Security present. The bagged
				hopper load will be placed inside the hopper for removal by the drop team or
				transported directly to the count room under surveillance coverage with
				Security escort. (NOTE: The hopper load can remain in the slot machine if the
				slot machine is being relocated on the floor.) Hopper loads will be counted and
				recorded by at least three count team members with appropriate documentation
				being routed to the Accounting department for proper recording. The contents of
				reserve fill cabinets are returned to the cage by a Slot Attendant or Slot
				Supervisor, with appropriate documentation. Permanent removal of a machine from
				the floor requires an adjustment to the general ledger to reduce the initial
				hopper load asset account by the dollar amount of the initial hopper load asset
				amount. Additionally, the dollar amount of the initial hopper load is not
				included in gross gaming revenue. The difference between the hopper contents
				and the initial hopper load dollar amount are adjustments to the slot revenue.
				Once the drop has been completed, the slot machine can be moved.
(d) Records shall be maintained for each slot
				machine which indicates the date the machine was placed into service, the date
				the machine was removed from operation, the date the machine was placed back
				into operation, and any changes in machine numbers and designations.
(e) A log shall be maintained inside of each
				slot machine to record all entries into the cabinet, in addition to a player
				tracking system that automatically records this information. Information is to
				include employees name, unique employee identification number, date (month, day
				and year) and reason for entry to the machine. These logs shall be monitored
				regularly by the slot managers/supervisors.
(f) EPROM duplication may only be performed
				by a licensed manufacturer or a licensee who has received Commission approval
				to duplicate EPROMs. The EPROMs of some manufacturers may be protected by
				federal copyright laws. The licensee should ensure that all applicable laws are
				complied with when duplicating EPROMs. Slot machines must have the CPU boards
				locked. (Amended: 03/15/2007.)
(g)
				Access to the master program EPROMs and EPROM duplicator equipment shall be
				secured in a locked cabinet and the key to the cabinet is maintained under log
				control at the casino cage or in the electronic key box. Procedures must be
				developed and implemented for copying from the master game program EPROM to
				another EPROM, verification of duplicated EPROMs prior to being offered for
				play, and destruction, as needed, of EPROMs with electrical failures. These
				procedures must take place in an area that is monitored by surveillance
				utilizing a PTZ camera. Surveillance will be required to maintain tapes of all
				active duplicating processes for a period of thirty (30) days. Records must be
				maintained documenting these procedures. The records must include the following
				information:
1. date;
2. slot machine n umber in which a duplicated
				EPROM is placed. Additionally, indicate the slot machine number of the source
				EPROM when duplicated from an EPROM of another slot machine;
3. manufacturer;
4. program number;
5. personnel involved;
6. reason for duplication; and
7. disposition of any permanently removed
				EPROM.