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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-36 - Required personnel for specific table games

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Pit areas may be on multiple levels or
			 locations within a gaming facility. Pit areas shall be described by facility
			 managers in their internal controls at a minimum by their locations,
			 configurations, and restrictions on access. Each full-size baccarat table shall
			 be in a separate room or clearly segregated area of the floor that functions as
			 a separate area from the other table games and is surrounded by baccarat
			 tables. For the purposes of access to a pit, card and dice control, and other
			 table games activities, a "pit" shall be more narrowly defined as a single,
			 separate area that is completely enclosed or encircled by gaming
			 tables.
(b) The number of required
			 table games supervisors shall be determined as follows:
(1) One table games supervisor shall not
			 oversee more than six open table games if no craps table is open.
(2) One table games supervisor shall not
			 oversee more than four open table games if one of the open table games is a
			 craps table.
(3) One table games
			 supervisor shall not oversee more than two open table games if both table games
			 are craps tables.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-37 - Instructional table games offered to public

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(a) A facility manager may offer
			 instructional table games if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Only cancelled cards and dice are
			 used.
(2) Gaming chips are marked
			 "no cash value" or are distinctively different from any value and non-value
			 chips used in the gaming facility and can be readily seen if intermingled into
			 a stack of active chips of a similar color.
(3) For roulette, non-value chips are
			 distinctively different in design than those used on the gaming floor or have
			 been drilled or otherwise cancelled.
(4) No wagering is permitted.
(5) No prizes are awarded in association with
			 the games.
(6) All participants are
			 at least 21 years of age.
(7) The
			 executive director gives approval to the facility manager to use the
			 instructional table game.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-38 - Minimum and maximum table game wagers

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(a) All minimum and maximum wagers shall be
			 posted at each table and may be changed between games by posting new table
			 limits.
(b) If the minimum or
			 maximum wager is changed, the sign shall be changed to reflect the new amount.
			 A facility manager may allow the following bets during a table limit change:
(1) Patrons who were playing when minimum
			 table limits were raised may continue to place bets under the old table minimum
			 limit; and
(2) patrons who were
			 playing when a maximum table limit was raised may be allowed to continue
			 placing bets under the previous table maximum bet.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-39 - Dealer and boxperson hand clearing

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(a) Each dealer and each boxperson shall
			 clear that individual's hands in view of all persons in the immediate area and
			 surveillance before and after touching that individual's body and when entering
			 and exiting the game. "Clearing" one's hands shall mean holding and placing
			 both hands out in front of the body with the fingers of both hands spread and
			 rotating the hands to expose both the palms and the backs of the hands to
			 demonstrate that the hands are empty.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-40 - Table games jackpot; employee pocketbooks

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(a) A table games jackpot slip or manual
			 jackpot form shall be used to pay any table games jackpot that triggers IRS
			 required reporting. If a manual jackpot form is used, the form shall include
			 all the information as required on the table games jackpot slip. The table
			 games jackpot slip or manual jackpot form shall be a sequentially numbered,
			 two-part form. One part shall be deposited in the table game drop box, and the
			 other copy shall be retained at the cashier's cage.
(b) Each employee shall be prohibited from
			 taking a pocketbook or other personal container into the pit area unless the
			 pocketbook or container is transparent.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-41 - Poker room; general

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(a)
			 Live poker games in which the dealer does not play a hand and a rake is
			 collected shall be played only in an approved poker room. All other poker games
			 in which the dealer plays a hand and the player competes against the dealer
			 shall be played at gaming tables that are part of a pit on the gaming
			 floor.
(b) The facility manager
			 shall have the current house rules in writing. These rules shall be available
			 in hard copy in the poker room for patrons, employees, and commission
			 personnel. All revised or rescinded house rules shall be kept on file and shall
			 be available for at least one year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-42 - Poker room; supervision

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(a) Each poker room shall be under the
			 general control of a poker room manager or table games manager and the direct
			 oversight of at least one poker room supervisor. Poker room supervisors shall
			 be solely dedicated to supervising poker room personnel and all activities
			 within the poker room when the poker room is opening, in operation, or closing
			 at the end of the gaming day. A poker room supervisor may operate the poker
			 room bank, if so authorized in the internal controls system. The poker room
			 shall be staffed with at least one poker supervisor for every one to eight
			 tables open.
(b) If a facility
			 manager uses job titles other than "poker room manager" or "poker room
			 supervisor," the internal controls shall specify which job titles used by the
			 facility manager correspond to these positions and ensure that the job
			 descriptions of those positions properly describe the duties
			 assigned.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-43 - Poker room; banks and transactions

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(a) If a facility manager uses a poker room
			 bank, the facility manager's internal controls shall state whether the bank is
			 operated as a branch of the main cage with a cashier's cage or if
			 accountability and staffing of the bank are the responsibility of the poker
			 room manager or poker room supervisor.
(b) Both the outgoing and incoming
			 individuals responsible for the bank shall sign the completed count sheet
			 attesting to the accuracy of the information at the beginning and ending of
			 each shift. If there is no incoming or outgoing individual, the countdown,
			 verification, and signatory requirements shall be performed by the individual
			 who is responsible for the bank and a cashier's cage employee or a supervisor
			 independent of the poker room.
(c)
			 Each transfer between any table banks and the poker room bank shall be
			 authorized by a poker room supervisor and evidenced by the use a transfer slip
			 as specified in the internal controls. The poker dealer and poker room
			 supervisor shall verify the amount of chips to be transferred. Transfers
			 between table banks, poker room banks, or cashier's cages within the poker room
			 shall not require a security escort.
(d) Transfers between the table banks, poker
			 room banks, or the cashier's cages outside the poker room shall be properly
			 authorized and documented by the poker room supervisor on an even exchange slip
			 as specified in the internal controls.
(e) A facility manager may permit patrons to
			 exchange cash for chips only at the poker room bank or cashier's cage and then
			 only within submitted and commission-approved buy-in procedures.
(f) When a poker table is opened, a poker
			 dealer shall count the poker table bank inventory, and the accuracy of the
			 count shall be verified by the poker room supervisor and attested to by their
			 signatures on a table inventory slip. The count shall be recorded and
			 reconciled when the poker table is closed.
(g) When a poker table is not open for play
			 for seven consecutive gaming days, the poker table inventory shall be counted
			 and verified by either two poker room supervisors or a poker room supervisor
			 and a dealer. The poker room supervisor shall prepare a new table inventory
			 slip and place the previous inventory slip in the table drop box.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-44 - Poker room; drops and counts

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The procedures for the collection of poker table drop boxes,
				toke boxes, and the count of the contents of these boxes shall meet the
				requirements of the internal control standards applicable to the table game
				drop boxes in
				K.A.R.
				112-108-48.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-45 - Bad beat and special hand

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(a) If the facility manager offers a bad beat
			 or special hand, all funds collected for the jackpot shall be used to fund the
			 primary, secondary, and tertiary jackpots and be available for poker players to
			 win. The percentage of the funds attributable to each jackpot shall be included
			 in the rules of the game in the facility manager's internal control
			 standards.
(b) When a patron wins a
			 bad beat or special hand, the following information shall be recorded on the
			 bad beat payout documentation, and copies of the internal revenue service
			 forms, if applicable, shall be attached:
(1) A
			 description of the cards that comprised the winning poker hand for that
			 game;
(2) a description of the
			 cards that comprised the winning bad beat hand;
(3) the name of the person that had the
			 winning poker hand for that game;
(4) the name of the person that had the
			 winning bad beat hand;
(5) the
			 names of the other players in the game; and
(6) the amount won by each person.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-46 - Gaming table drop device characteristics

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(a) Each gaming table in the gaming facility
			 shall have an attached drop device for the following items:
(1) Deposited currency;
(2) copies of table transaction documents;
			 and
(3) mutilated chips.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-47 - Emergency gaming table drop devices; drop procedures

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(a) The facility manager shall maintain
			 emergency gaming table drop devices with the same physical characteristics as
			 those specified in K.A.R. 112-108-46, except for the game and table number
			 markings. The emergency drop device shall be permanently marked with the word
			 "EMERGENCY" and shall have an area for the temporary marking of the game and
			 table number.
(b) Emergency drop
			 devices shall be maintained in the soft count room or in a secured area as
			 approved by the commission. The storage location, controls, and authorized
			 access shall be described in the internal control system.
(c) At least two individuals shall be
			 responsible for performing the emergency drop. One individual shall be a
			 security department employee, and one individual shall be a level I or level II
			 employee independent of the table games department. The table games department
			 shall notify the commission security agent on duty that an emergency drop is
			 needed. Security staff shall notify surveillance that an emergency drop is
			 needed.
(d) The internal control
			 procedures for emergency drop devices shall include the following items:
(1) Procedures for retrieval of the emergency
			 drop device;
(2) the process for
			 obtaining drop device release keys;
(3) procedures for removal of the drop
			 device; and
(4) the location and
			 safekeeping of the replaced drop device.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-48 - Procedures for the collection and transportation of drop devices

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(a) Each facility
			 manager shall submit the current drop schedule to the commission's security
			 agent showing the times and days when the drop devices will be removed from the
			 gaming tables. At a minimum, the gaming table drop devices shall be dropped at
			 the end of each gaming day.
(b)
			 Each facility manager shall be allowed to conduct drops while patrons are
			 present in accordance with commission-approved drop procedures.
(c) The internal control system shall state
			 which job titles will participate in each drop ensuring that there are at least
			 two employees, one of whom shall be a security employee. The actual removal of
			 the drop devices from the gaming tables shall be performed by an employee
			 independent of the table games department.
(d) The collection and transportation of
			 gaming table drop devices containing funds shall be conducted using locked
			 storage carts that shall be escorted by a security department employee at all
			 times.
(e) The collection and
			 transportation procedures of each type of drop device shall be described in the
			 internal control system, including alternative procedures for malfunctions,
			 emergencies, and occasions when multiple trips are required to transport the
			 drop devices to the count room.
(f)
			 Access to stored drop devices that contain funds shall be restricted to
			 authorized members of the drop and count teams.
(g) Each drop device collection process,
			 including transportation of drop devices, shall be continuously monitored by
			 surveillance personnel and recorded.
(h) Each drop and count team member, except
			 security department employees, assigned to the collection of drop devices shall
			 wear a one-piece, pocketless jumpsuit, or other apparel approved by commission,
			 as supplied by the facility manager. Drop apparel shall be issued immediately
			 before use by the facility manager.
(i) A security department employee shall be
			 present for and observe the entire drop process. All drop devices shall be
			 observed by security staff from the time the drop devices are no longer secured
			 in the gaming device until the drop devices are secured in the respective count
			 rooms.
(j) All drop devices shall
			 be transported to the soft count room. The facility manager shall describe, in
			 the internal control system, security procedures to be used when the empty drop
			 storage carts must be stored elsewhere because of space limitation in the count
			 rooms.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-49 - Exchange and storage of foreign chips

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(a) Foreign chips shall mean chips that are
			 not authorized for use at a specific gaming facility.
(b) Foreign chips inadvertently received in
			 the rake shall be recorded as drop for adjusted gross receipt
			 purposes.
(c) Foreign chips shall
			 be separated from the facility manager's chips and stored in a locked
			 compartment in the main bank or vault.
(d) The internal control system shall
			 describe procedures for the storage of and accountability concerning foreign
			 chips.
(e) Facility managers
			 exchanging foreign chips with other gaming facilities shall ensure that each
			 employee performing the exchange is independent of the transaction.
(f) Foreign chips shall be exchanged only for
			 an equal value of the facility manager's chips, a check, or cash.
(g) Each facility manager shall maintain
			 documentation of the exchange of foreign chips. The documentation shall include
			 the signatures of all the individuals involved in the exchange and an inventory
			 of all the items exchanged.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-50 - Procedures for monitoring and reviewing game operations

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(a) Each facility manager shall establish
			 procedures for monitoring and reviewing daily table games transactions for the
			 following activities:
(1) Table
			 games;
(2) gaming facility
			 cashiering;
(3) currency
			 transaction reporting;
(4)
			 sensitive key access; and
(5)
			 reconciliation of numerical sequence of forms used, matching and reviewing all
			 copies of forms, matching computer monitoring system reports with actual fill
			 and payout forms, and examination of voided forms.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-51 - Maintaining table game statistical data

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(a) Each facility manager shall maintain
			 records showing the statistical drop, statistical win, and statistical
			 win-to-drop percentages for each gaming table and type of game. These records
			 shall be maintained by day, cumulative month-to-date, and cumulative
			 year-to-date.
(b) Each facility
			 manager shall prepare and distribute statistical reports to gaming facility
			 management on at least a monthly basis. Fluctuations outside of the standard
			 deviation from the base level shall be investigated, and the results shall be
			 documented in writing and retained, with a copy submitted to the commission.
			 For the purposes of this regulation, the "base level" shall be defined as the
			 facility manager's win-to-drop percentage for the previous business year or
			 previous month in the initial year of operations.
(c) The gaming facility management shall
			 investigate with pit supervisory personnel any fluctuations outside of the
			 standard deviation from the base level in table game statistics. At a minimum,
			 investigations shall be performed for a month for all percentage fluctuations
			 in excess of three percent from the base level. The results of each
			 investigation shall be documented in writing and maintained for at least seven
			 years by the licensee.
(d) Reports
			 of daily table game drop, win or loss, and percentage of win or loss shall be
			 given to the commission, as requested. In addition, if gaming facility
			 management has prepared an analysis of specific table wins, losses, or
			 fluctuations outside of the standard deviation from the base level, these
			 reports shall also be given to the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-52 - Required internal audits

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(a)
			 The internal audit procedures specified in this regulation shall be conducted
			 on at least a semiannual basis, except for the annual cash count. If a
			 procedure does not apply to the operations of the facility manager, this fact
			 shall be noted in the audit report.
(b) Table game audit procedures, which shall
			 be performed by a member of the facility's audit department, shall include the
			 following requirements:
(1) Five table
			 openings and five table closings shall be observed for compliance with the
			 commission-approved internal controls and this article. The related
			 documentation shall be reviewed for accuracy and required
			 information.
(2) A total of 10
			 table fills and three table credits shall be observed. The observations shall
			 occur over at least three different gaming days. If a member of the facility's
			 audit department is unable to observe three credit fills, the staff member
			 shall verify procedures through interview.
(3) Table game drop and collection procedures
			 as defined in the commission-approved internal controls and this article shall
			 be observed and reviewed for two gaming days with one day being a 24-hour
			 gaming day or a weekend day.
(4)
			 Soft count procedures for table games and poker drops shall be observed and
			 reviewed as defined in the commission-approved internal controls and this
			 article, including the subsequent transfer of funds to the main bank or
			 vault.
(5) Dice inspection
			 procedures shall be observed and reviewed as outlined in the
			 commission-approved internal controls and this article.
(6) Card inspection procedures shall be
			 observed and reviewed as defined in the commission-approved internal controls
			 and this article.
(7) Card and dice
			 inventory control procedures shall be reviewed and verified.
(8) Statistical reports for table game drop,
			 win, and win-to-drop percentages shall be reviewed to determine if fluctuations
			 in excess of three percent from the base level are investigated.
(9) Supervision in the pits shall be verified
			 as required by the commission-approved internal controls and this
			 article.
(10) Dealer tip
			 collection, count verification, and recording procedures shall be
			 observed.
(11) Table game
			 operations shall be observed to ensure compliance with the commission-approved
			 internal controls and this article pertaining to table games, including poker.
			 This observation shall include a representative sample of all table games over
			 a two-day observation period.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-53 - Found items

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All cash, chips, tickets, cards, dice, gaming equipment,
				records, and any other items found in unauthorized or suspicious locations or
				circumstances shall be reported by the finder to the commission security agent
				on duty.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-54 - Waiver of requirements

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(a)
			 On the commission's initiative, one or more of the requirements of this article
			 applicable to table games may be waived by the commission upon a determination
			 that the non-conforming control or procedure meets the operational integrity
			 requirements of the act and this article.
(b) A facility manager may submit a written
			 request to the commission for a waiver for one or more of the requirements in
			 this article. The request shall be filed on an amendment waiver and request
			 form and shall include supporting documentation demonstrating how the table
			 game controls for which the waiver has been requested will still meet the
			 operational integrity requirements of the act and this article.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-55 - Shipment of table games and table game mechanisms

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(a) Each facility manager shall ensure that
			 the shipment of any table game or table game mechanism for use in a gaming
			 facility shall be approved in advance by the executive director. The person
			 causing the shipment shall notify the executive director of the proposed
			 shipment at least 15 days before the shipment, unless otherwise approved by the
			 executive director. The notice shall include the following information:
(1) The name and address of the person
			 shipping the table game or table game mechanism;
(2) the name and address of the person who
			 manufactured, assembled, distributed, or resold the table game or table game
			 mechanism, if different from the person shipping the item;
(3) the name and address of a new owner if
			 ownership is being changed in conjunction with the shipment;
(4) the method of shipment and the name and
			 address of the third-party carrier, if applicable;
(5) the name and address of the person to
			 whom the table game or table game mechanism is being sent and the destination
			 of the item, if different from that address;
(6) the quantity of table games or table game
			 mechanisms being shipped and the manufacturer's make, model, and serial number
			 of each item;
(7) the expected date
			 and time of delivery to, or removal from, any authorized location within this
			 state;
(8) the port of entry or
			 exit, if any, of the table game or table game mechanism if the origin or
			 destination of the table game or table game mechanism is outside the
			 continental United States; and
(9)
			 the reason for shipping the table game or table game mechanism.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-56 - Handling chips

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A dealer shall "prove chips" when opening or closing a table,
				filling a table, or exchanging chips for a patron by displaying and counting
				the chips in full view of either of the following, in accordance with the
				facility's procedures:
(a)
			 Surveillance and either the pit manager or an employee in a higher position;
			 or
(b) surveillance and the
			 affected patron.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 108 - TABLE GAMES › Section 112-108-57 - Progressive table games

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(a) A
			 facility manager shall place a table game that offers a progressive jackpot
			 only if the executive director has approved the following:
(1) The initial and reset amounts for the
			 progressive meters;
(2) the system
			 for controlling the keys and applicable logical access controls to the table
			 games;
(3) the proposed rate of
			 progression for each jackpot;
(4)
			 the proposed limit for progressive jackpot, if any; and
(5) the calculated probability of winning
			 each progressive jackpot. The probability shall not exceed 50 million to
			 one.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-1 - Adoptions by reference

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The following texts by gaming laboratories international (GLI)
				are hereby adopted by reference:
(a)
			 "GLI-11: gaming devices in casinos," version 2.0, dated April 20, 2007, except
			 the following:
(1) Each reference to a "75%
			 payout percentage," which shall be replaced with "an average of not less than
			 87% of the amount wagered over the life of the machine";
(2) section 1.1;
(3) section 1.2;
(4) section 1.4; and
(5) the section titled "revision
			 history";
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-2 - Central computer system accounting

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(a) Each central computer system (CCS)
			 provided to the commission shall include an accounting and auditing
			 mechanism.
(b) Each CCS shall be
			 capable of supporting a network of 15,000 EGMs and the location controllers and
			 validation stations needed to support the EGMs.
(c) Each CCS shall meet all of the following
			 requirements:
(1) The CCS computers shall
			 obtain all meter reading data in real time, which shall be no longer than two
			 and one-half minutes after any meter acquisition request.
(2) The CCS shall keep accurate records,
			 maintaining a total of at least 14 digits, including cents, in length for each
			 type of datum required and of all income generated by each electronic gaming
			 machine (EGM).
(3) The CCS shall be
			 capable of monitoring the operation of each game and EGM.
(4) The CCS shall be capable of creating
			 reports from the following information by EGM and by game, if applicable:
(A) The number of cents wagered;
(B) the number of cents won;
(C) the number of cents paid out by a printed
			 ticket;
(D) the number of cents
			 accepted from a printed ticket;
(E)
			 the number of cents accepted from each coin, bill, ticket, or other instrument
			 of value;
(F) the number of cents
			 electronically transferred to the EGM;
(G) the number of cents electronically
			 transferred from the EGM;
(H) the
			 number of cents paid out by hand pay, which means the payment of credits that
			 are not totally and automatically paid directly from an EGM, or canceled
			 credit;
(I) the number of cents
			 paid out by jackpot;
(J) the number
			 of cumulative credits representing money inserted by a player;
(K) the number of cents on the credit
			 meter;
(L) the number of games
			 played;
(M) the number of games
			 won;
(N) the number of times the
			 logic area was accessed; and
(O)
			 the number of times the cash door was accessed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-3 - Central computer system security

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(a) Each CCS's database shall contain LFG
			 data for at least the prior 24 months. Older data shall also be available from
			 archives for at least seven years. The CCS's vendor shall provide archived data
			 within 24 hours of a request for the data from the Kansas lottery or the
			 commission.
(b) Each CCS shall be
			 capable of the following:
(1) Receiving and
			 retaining a record of events that affect security, including all door openings,
			 stacker access, and signature failure;
(2) receiving and retaining a record of
			 events that affect the LFG state, including power on, power off, and various
			 faults and hardware failures;
(3)
			 receiving and retaining a record of events that affect LFG integrity, including
			 random access memory (RAM) corruption and RAM clear;
(4) receiving and retaining a record of
			 events that affect the status of communication between all components including
			 the LFG, including loss of communication;
(5) reporting of all events specified in this
			 article;
(6) receiving and
			 retaining a record of any other events as specified in writing by the Kansas
			 lottery or the commission; and
(7)
			 automatic reporting of faults that require a manual reactivation of the LFG.
			 These faults shall include the following:
(A)
			 Logic area cabinet access;
(B) LFG
			 RAM reset;
(C) catastrophic
			 software corruption;
(D)
			 unrecoverable hardware faults; and
(E) a failed signature check.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-4 - Central computer system; configuration and control

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(a) Each CCS shall be able to begin or end
			 gaming functions by a single command for any of the following:
(1) An EGM;
(2) a group of EGMs; or
(3) all EGMs.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-5 - Central computer system; software validation

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(a) Each CCS shall be programmed to initiate
			 a signature validation when an EGM is enrolled.
(b) If an EGM fails the signature validation,
			 the EGM shall not be placed into gaming mode without manual intervention at the
			 CCS level.
(c) One of the following
			 two methods of storing signature check references shall be implemented in the
			 CCS:
(1) Game software image storage in which
			 game software images existing in the EGM are also stored in the CCS;
			 or
(2) precalculated signature
			 results storage in which the table of signature results have a minimum of five
			 entries and those entries are generated from randomly selected seed values for
			 each game and repopulated on a daily basis. The utility program used to
			 generate the signature check result table shall be approved by the Kansas
			 lottery and the commission's electronic security staff.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-6 - Central computer system communication

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(a) Each CCS provider shall furnish
			 specifications, protocols, and the format of messages to and from the central
			 computer system.
(b)
(1) The documentation of the communications
			 protocol shall explain all messages, conventions, and data formats and shall be
			 submitted for approval before delivery of the protocol to EGM manufacturers.
			 Approval shall be obtained before distribution of the communications protocol
			 may commence.
(2) The documentation
			 shall detail the following:
(A) The data
			 format, including the following:
(i) Byte
			 ordering;
(ii) bit order where bits
			 are referenced; and
(iii) negative
			 number format;
(B)
			 message framing, including the following:
(i)
			 Header field;
(ii) address
			 field;
(iii) control
			 field;
(iv) information or
			 data;
(v) frame check sequence;
			 and
(vi) trailer field;
(C) minimum and maximum frame or
			 packet length;
(D) packet
			 termination indication;
(E) padding
			 techniques;
(F) special characters
			 used and the function of each character;
(G) general principles of data exchange;
			 and
(H) any other specifications
			 required to support the functionality of the system.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-7 - Central computer system; protocol simulator

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(a) Each CCS shall include a protocol
			 simulator to enable the development of the communications protocol and to
			 assist in acceptance testing.
(b)
			 Each simulator shall support and test all of the transactions and message types
			 that are to be used by the communications protocol.
(c) Each simulator shall be capable of
			 generating common communication errors to confirm that the EGM software is
			 properly handling the event.
(d)
			 Along with the protocol simulator, each CCS provider shall furnish the
			 following:
(1) An operations manual or other
			 suitable documentation;
(2) a
			 definition of the message structure, types, and formats in machine-readable
			 form;
(3) a standard for all
			 program modules, including naming conventions, definitions of module names, and
			 comments; and
(4) a diagram for the
			 communications protocol.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-9 - Central computer system backup

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(a) Each CCS supplier shall provide one or
			 more remote backup systems that will take over for the primary site systems, if
			 necessary. Redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID) shall be used to
			 protect key data at the remote site. Data recorded at the remote site shall
			 always contain the most recent transactions. The facility networks shall be
			 routed to permit transaction processing at the backup site. Other
			 communications to permit Kansas lottery operations shall also connect to the
			 backup site. The backup site system shall be able to be tested monthly to
			 ensure that the remote site is fully functional.
(b) Each remaining system shall assume all
			 system functions in case of a failure in one system, without loss or corruption
			 of any data and transactions received before the time of the failure.
(c) Multiple components in the CCS shall have
			 a time-synchronizing mechanism to ensure consistent time recording and
			 reporting for all events and transactions.
(d) The remote backup systems shall have the
			 same processing capacity and architecture as those of the central site
			 systems.
(e) Primary site system
			 recovery from a one-system failure shall be accomplished in no more than two
			 minutes while still maintaining current transactions, including the ability to
			 fully service the communications network supporting the EGM and management
			 terminals.
(f) Backup site system
			 recovery from a primary site failure shall be accomplished in less than 10
			 minutes without loss of transactions.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-10 - Central computer system manuals

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(a) Each CCS supplier shall provide the
			 following manuals and diagrams for the CCS:
(1) Operation manuals;
(2) service manuals;
(3) CCS architecture diagrams; and
(4) other circuit diagrams.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-11 - Central computer system; support of progressive games

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(a) As used within this regulation, the
			 following terms shall have the meanings specified in this subsection:
(1) "Linked progressive games" means a group
			 of EGMs at a gaming facility that offers the same game and involves a manner of
			 wagering providing the same probability of hitting the combination that will
			 award the progressive jackpot that increases by the same increments as the EGM
			 is played.
(2) A "wide-area
			 progressive game" means a game that consists of a group of EGMs located at two
			 or more gaming facilities, linked to a single CCS computer that has a manner of
			 wagering that will provide the same probability of hitting the combination that
			 will award the progressive jackpot that increases, by the same increments, as
			 the EGM is played.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-12 - Central computer system; additional functionality

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(a) Each CCS shall be able to support ticket
			 in-ticket out (TITO) processes.
(b)
			 Any CCS may perform the following:
(1)
			 Downloading operating and game software to EGMs that use electronic storage
			 media on which the operation software for all games resides or at a minimum
			 approving, auditing, and verifying the downloading of software to
			 EGMs;
(2) allowing gaming software
			 to be driven by downline loading on the communications line. Gaming software
			 may be either solicited by the EGM or unsolicited; and
(3) allowing gaming software to be downloaded
			 in a modular fashion with only the modules requiring a change being downloaded.
			 Downloading shall not preclude continuous operation of the EGM network. The CCS
			 provider shall detail for the Kansas lottery and the commission any particular
			 download features of the software, including downloading in the background,
			 eavesdropping, and compression.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-13 - Central computer system; acceptance testing

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(a) Each CCS supplier shall make that
			 provider's system available for independent acceptance and compatibility
			 testing.
(b) If a CCS fails the
			 acceptance testing, the CCS supplier shall make all necessary modifications
			 required for acceptance by the Kansas lottery and the commission within the
			 time frame specified by the Kansas lottery and the commission.
(c) Each CCS supplier shall provide at least
			 one test system, including all hardware and software, to the commission or its
			 independent testing laboratory for the duration of the contract. The test
			 system shall include any third-party software and licenses used by the system.
			 The test system shall use the identical software that exists on the production
			 system, though the test system may utilize similar but not identical
			 hardware.
(d) Each CCS supplier
			 shall provide a complete set of manuals at the beginning of acceptance testing.
			 Updates to the manuals shall be supplied concurrently with any CCS
			 modifications that result in updating the manual.
(e) A test system in addition to the system
			 required in subsection (b) may be required if the Kansas lottery determines
			 that a system shall be located at the Kansas lottery.
(f) The cost of initial acceptance testing by
			 the Kansas lottery, the commission, and the commission's independent testing
			 laboratory shall be paid by the CCS supplier. The cost of any testing resulting
			 from system modifications or enhancements shall be paid by the CCS supplier.
			 These costs shall include travel time and expenses for functionality that must
			 be tested on-site or at an alternate location.
(g) Each CCS supplier shall be responsible
			 for the consulting costs incurred by the commission and the Kansas lottery to
			 develop the test scripts.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 110 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 112-110-14 - Procedures for resolving EGM breaks in communication with the central computing system

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(a) If one or
			 more EGMs have an unscheduled break in communications with the central computer
			 system for more than 60 seconds, unless another time is specified by the
			 executive director, the following requirements shall be met:
(1) The supplier for the central computer
			 system shall notify the lottery gaming facility's surveillance department of
			 the break in communication.
(2) The
			 lottery gaming facility's surveillance department shall notify the slot shift
			 supervisor on duty or the person in an equivalent position of the break in
			 communication.
(3) The lottery
			 gaming facility's EGM department shall perform the following:
(A) Investigate the reason for the break in
			 communication with the central computer system; and
(B) identify the party responsible for
			 correcting the problem and a time frame for correction.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 111 - INVOLUNTARY EXCLUSIONS › Section 112-111-1 - Involuntary exclusion list

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(a)
			 An "involuntary exclusion list" shall be created by the commission staff and
			 shall consist of the names of people who the executive director determines meet
			 any one of the following criteria:
(1) Any
			 person whose presence in a gaming facility would be inimical to the interest of
			 the state of Kansas or gaming in Kansas, including the following:
(A) Any person who cheats, including by
			 intentionally doing any one of the following:
(i) Altering or misrepresenting the outcome
			 of a game or event on which wagers have been made, after the outcome is
			 determined but before the outcome is revealed to the players;
(ii) placing, canceling, increasing, or
			 decreasing a bet after acquiring knowledge, not available to other players, of
			 the outcome of the game or subject of the bet or of events affecting the
			 outcome of the game or subject of the bet;
(iii) claiming or collecting money or
			 anything of value from a game or authorized gaming facility not won or earned
			 from the game or authorized gaming facility;
(iv) manipulating a gaming device or
			 associated equipment to affect the outcome of the game or the number of plays
			 or credits available on the game; or
(v) altering the elements of chance or
			 methods of selection or criteria that determine the result of the game or
			 amount or frequency of payment of the game;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 111 - INVOLUNTARY EXCLUSIONS › Section 112-111-2 - Inclusion on list; notice

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(a)
			 Upon the executive director's determination that a person meets the criteria
			 for exclusion from gaming facilities in this article, the person's name shall
			 be added to the involuntary exclusion list, and the commission staff shall be
			 directed by the executive director to file a notice of exclusion. The notice of
			 exclusion shall identify all of the following:
(1) The person to be excluded;
(2) the nature and scope of the circumstances
			 or reasons that the person should be placed on the involuntary exclusion
			 list;
(3) the names of potential
			 witnesses;
(4) a recommendation as
			 to whether the exclusion will be permanent; and
(5) the availability of a hearing by the
			 commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 111 - INVOLUNTARY EXCLUSIONS › Section 112-111-3 - Effect of placement on the exclusion list

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(a) Each excluded person shall be prohibited
			 from entry to a gaming facility.
(b) If the commission or a Kansas court finds
			 that the person does not meet the criteria for exclusion, then the person's
			 name shall be removed from the involuntary exclusion list and the exclusion
			 shall be terminated effective upon the date of the action by the commission or
			 the court.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 111 - INVOLUNTARY EXCLUSIONS › Section 112-111-4 - Facility manager duties

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(a)
			 Each facility manager shall exclude from the gaming facility any person on the
			 involuntary exclusion list.
(b)
			 Each facility manager's director of security shall notify the commission's
			 security staff if an excluded person has attempted entry to the gaming
			 facility.
(c) Each facility manager
			 shall distribute copies of the involuntary exclusion list to its
			 employees.
(d) Each facility
			 manager shall notify the commission in writing of the names of persons the
			 facility manager believes meet the criteria for placement on the involuntary
			 exclusion list.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 111 - INVOLUNTARY EXCLUSIONS › Section 112-111-5 - Petition for removal

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(a) An
			 excluded person shall not petition the commission for removal from the
			 involuntary exclusion list until at least five years have passed from date of
			 the commission's order affirming placement of the person on the list.
(b) Each petition shall be verified with
			 supporting affidavits and shall state in detail the grounds that the petitioner
			 believes constitute good cause for the petitioner's removal from the
			 list.
(c) The petition may be
			 decided by the commission on the basis of the documents submitted by the
			 excluded person. The petition may be granted or summarily denied by the
			 commission or a hearing on the matter may be directed to be held by the
			 commission. The petition may be granted or a hearing may be directed to be held
			 by the commission only upon a finding that there is new evidence that would
			 alter the original decision to affirm the person's placement on the involuntary
			 exclusion list.