Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY › Subtitle 03 - GAMING PROVISIONS › Chapter 36.03.10 - Video Lottery Facility Minimum Internal Control Standards › Section 36.03.10.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Bill validator" means an element of a
				video lottery terminal designed and configured to accept any combination of
				currency, gaming tickets, promotional play instruments, or other instruments
				authorized by the Commission for activating credits on a video lottery
				terminal.
(2) "Cash" means currency
				and coin.
(3) "Cash equivalent"
				means a:
(a) Certified check, cashier's check,
				treasurer's check, travelers check, or money order that is:
(i) Payable to the facility operator,
				"bearer", or "cash";
(ii) Drawn for
				a specific amount;
(iii) Currently
				dated not postdated;
(iv) Payable
				on demand; and
(v) Without an
				endorsement; and
(b)
				Certified check, cashier's check, treasurer's check, or money order that is:
(i) Made payable to the presenting
				player;
(ii) Drawn for a specific
				amount;
(iii) Currently dated not
				postdated;
(iv) Payable on
				demand;
(v) Endorsed by the
				presenting player; and
(vi) Without
				an endorsement other than that of the presenting player.
(4) "Cash storage box" means a
				secure tamper resistant container in a bill validator into which currency,
				gaming tickets, promotional play instruments, or other instruments authorized
				by the Commission for activating credits on a video lottery terminal are
				deposited.
(5) "Cashable credit"
				means a credit on a video lottery terminal which activates play and is
				convertible to cash at the conclusion of play.
(6) Complimentary Services.
(a) "Complimentary services" means any
				lodging, service, or item which:
(i) Is
				offered by a facility operator directly or indirectly to a player at no cost or
				at a reduced cost; and
(ii) Is not
				generally available to the public.
(b) "Complimentary services" does not
				include:
(i) Noncashable credits issued to a
				player as part of a player incentive or reward program; and
(ii) Lodging available to the public through
				convention or government rates.
(7) "Customer deposit account" means a
				player-specific account established in a facility operator's cashiers' cage
				accountability into which a player may deposit cash or funds accepted by means
				of personal check, wire transfer, cash equivalent, or other negotiable
				instrument.
(8) "Gaming ticket"
				means an instrument that upon insertion into a video lottery terminal bill
				validator entitles the player inserting the gaming ticket to credits on a video
				lottery terminal corresponding to the amount printed on the gaming
				ticket.
(9) "Gaming ticket system"
				means the collective hardware, software, communications technology, and other
				ancillary equipment owned or leased by a facility operator to facilitate the
				issuance or redemption of a gaming ticket.
(10) "Noncashable credit" means a credit on a
				video lottery terminal which activates play but is not convertible to cash at
				the conclusion of play.
(11)
				"Promotional play" means an award by a facility operator of noncashable credits
				on a video lottery terminal:
(a) Directly or
				indirectly to a player; and
(b)
				With or without regard to the:
(i) Identity of
				the player; or
(ii) Player's level
				of gaming activity.
(12) "Promotional play system" means the
				collective hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary
				equipment owned or leased by a facility operator to facilitate the award of
				promotional play at a video lottery terminal or table game by means of a:
(a) Promotional play instrument; or
(b) Download from the system to the video
				lottery terminal.
(13)
				"Replacement check" means a personal check accepted by a facility operator in a
				counter check substitution, consolidation, or redemption transaction under
				Regulation .28 of this chapter.
(14) "Signature", for a facility employee or
				contractor, means:
(a) At a minimum, the first
				initial, last name, and Commission license number, written by the facility
				employee or contractor; or
(b) The
				unique identification code issued to the facility employee or contractor by the
				facility operator if the document to be signed is authorized by the Commission
				to be generated by a video lottery system and the method of signature is
				approved or required by the Commission.
(15) "Video lottery system" means the
				collective hardware, software, communications technology, and other ancillary
				equipment owned or leased by a facility operator to collect, monitor,
				interpret, analyze, authorize, issue, redeem, report, and audit data with
				regard to activity at video lottery terminals, including, but not limited to,
				a:
(a) Video lottery terminal data
				system;
(b) Casino management
				system;
(c) Gaming ticket
				system;
(d) Promotional play
				system; and
(e) Player tracking
				system.
(16) "Wire
				transfer" means a transfer of funds by means of the Federal Reserve Bank wire
				system in accordance with the requirements of
				12 C.F.R.
				210.25 et seq.