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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5117 - RESTRICTIONS AT FACILITIES › Section 5117.2 - Underage gaming violations-affirmative defenses

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(a) No video lottery gaming agent,
					 representative, or employee thereof shall be liable for any underage gaming
					 violation if such person can establish to a fair preponderance of the evidence
					 at a hearing held pursuant to these regulations an affirmative defense in a
					 manner set forth below.
(b) For
					 purposes of establishing an affirmative defense to an underage gaming
					 violation, the video lottery gaming agent, representative or employee thereof
					 must show that it verified the underage patron's identification and such
					 identification indicated that the underage patron was of lawful age.
					 Additionally, the underage patron must have produced one of the following:
(1) a photographic driver's license issued by
					 the laws of a state or other government that appears on the face of the license
					 to be valid for such person in all respects; or
(2) a photographic identification card or a
					 similar card issued pursuant to the laws of a state or the Federal government
					 that appears on the face of the card to be valid for such person in all
					 respects.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5117 - RESTRICTIONS AT FACILITIES › Section 5117.3 - Alcoholic beverages

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Nothing in these regulations prohibits the service of
						alcoholic beverages at a video lottery gaming facility pursuant to a license
						issued by the State Liquor Authority.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5117 - RESTRICTIONS AT FACILITIES › Section 5117.4 - Firearms

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No person, including security department personnel, shall
						possess, or be permitted to possess any firearm within any video lottery gaming
						facility without the prior express written consent of both the video lottery
						gaming agent and the commission, including the commission's duly authorized
						representative, except for duly authorized personnel of each and law
						enforcement officials required to enter the video lottery gaming facility as
						part of their official duties. The video lottery gaming agent shall post in a
						conspicuous location at every entrance to the video lottery gaming facility, a
						sign stating: "No Person Shall Possess Any Firearm Within This
						Facility."
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5117 - RESTRICTIONS AT FACILITIES › Section 5117.5 - Undesirable or excluded persons

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(a) Any
					 person whether a licensee, participant or patron who is deemed or whose conduct
					 is deemed detrimental to the best interest of video lottery gaming or who is
					 deemed an undesirable person may be expelled from the video lottery gaming
					 facility. In this regard the video lottery gaming agent, on such agent's own
					 initiative, or upon request of the commission or the commission's
					 representatives, shall take immediate steps by whatever means are reasonably
					 required to expel such person(s). Acts deemed undesirable shall consist of, but
					 not be limited by, the following:
(1)
					 bookmaking or other illegal gambling activities;
(2) touting;
(3) creating or continuing a public
					 disturbance;
(4) disorderly
					 conduct;
(5) associating with
					 undesirables;
(6) failure to appear
					 when directed to do so by any official of the commission in furtherance of an
					 investigation or hearing and to testify under oath concerning any facts within
					 such person's knowledge and produce any books, records, written matter or other
					 evidence within such person's possession or control relevant to such
					 matter.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5117 - RESTRICTIONS AT FACILITIES › Section 5117.6 - Responsible gaming

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(a) Each video
					 lottery gaming agent shall establish a responsible gaming program approved by
					 the commission, which plan shall comply with these regulations.
(b) Announcements encouraging responsible
					 play shall be displayed by the video lottery gaming agent in all video lottery
					 gaming areas as well as the reception and cashier areas.
(c) Responsible gaming information shall be
					 prominently displayed by the video lottery gaming agent at the video lottery
					 gaming facility, and problem gambling information shall be posted on each video
					 lottery gaming agent's website and on each video lottery terminal.
(d) The video lottery gaming agent's
					 responsible gaming plan will provide for employee training for responsible
					 gaming.
(e) The video lottery
					 gaming agent shall not divulge any name on the master list of excluded persons,
					 other than to authorized surveillance, security or video lottery gaming
					 department employees or other video lottery gaming personnel whose duties and
					 functions require access to such information, and the commission or the
					 commission's duly authorized representatives.
(f) Neither these regulations nor any of the
					 rights, duties, or obligations established hereunder, shall create any cause of
					 action, right of action, claim, or other right whatsoever in favor of any
					 person against the State, the commission, any video lottery gaming agent or any
					 of the representatives or employees of any of the foregoing entities. Each
					 person applying for placement on the list of excluded persons shall execute a
					 full and complete waiver/release form commission releasing the State, the
					 commission, any video lottery gaming agent or any of the representatives or
					 employees of any of the foregoing entities from any liability associated with
					 the acts relating to this provision.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5117 - RESTRICTIONS AT FACILITIES › Section 5117.7 - Restrictions on acceptance of public assistance

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Any video lottery gaming agent that cashes or accepts any
						public assistance check or electronic benefit transfer device issued by a
						public welfare official or department, or agent thereof, as and for public
						assistance, as proscribed by section
						151 of the
						Social Services Law, shall be disciplined by the commission pursuant to Part
						5113 of this Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.1 - General definitions, qualifications, restrictions, validations and regulations applying to video lottery gaming

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(a) Within a time period specified by the
					 commission following the issuance of a winning voucher to a player by a video
					 lottery terminal, the player may redeem such voucher at the video lottery
					 gaming facility where the winning voucher was issued; thereafter the winning
					 voucher may be redeemed only at a customer service center operated by the
					 commission.
(b) All prizes
					 evidenced by a voucher must be claimed within one year of the issuance of a
					 voucher.
(c) Voucher
					 responsibility.
(1) Vouchers are bearer
					 instruments.
(2) Neither the
					 commission nor the video lottery gaming agent shall be liable for payment of:
(i) lost or stolen vouchers;
(ii) vouchers claimed by a player in error
					 for a lower prize;
(iii) vouchers
					 that are not intact;
(iv) vouchers
					 that are mutilated, altered, reconstituted, counterfeit in whole or in part, or
					 tampered with in any manner, or mis-cut; or
(v) vouchers that have not been issued in an
					 authorized manner, or are mis-registered, defective, or printed or produced in
					 error.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.2 - Display of rules of play

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(a)
					 Each video lottery gaming terminal vendor shall be responsible for displaying
					 the rules of play for a video lottery terminal on the face or screen of the
					 video lottery terminal or be capable of such display at the player's option
					 through use of an easily-accessible "help" screen.
(b) The rules of play for a particular video
					 lottery terminal game shall be evaluated and approved by the commission. The
					 commission may reject the rules if it is determined that the rules are
					 incomplete, conflicting, confusing, or misleading.
(c) The rules of play for a particular video
					 lottery terminal game shall not be altered without prior approval of the
					 commission.
(d) Stickers or other
					 removable devices shall not be placed on the face of the video lottery terminal
					 unless their placement is approved in writing or required by the
					 commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.3 - Credit redemption

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(a)
					 Available credits may be collected through the printing of a voucher from the
					 video lottery terminal by the player pressing the appropriate button at any
					 time other than when:
(1) a game is being
					 played;
(2) the terminal is in
					 audit mode;
(3) any door is
					 open;
(4) the terminal is in test
					 mode;
(5) a meter incrementation is
					 in progress, unless the entire amount is recorded on the meters when the
					 collect button is pressed; or
(6)
					 there is an error condition.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.4 - Validation of vouchers

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Validation and payment by voucher as a method of credit
						redemption shall be permissible only by a commission approved device that is
						linked to the central system that permits validation of such voucher.
						Validation approval or related information shall be generated by the central
						system in order to validate tickets. Vouchers may be validated only at
						locations approved in writing by the commission.
(a) A prize form shall be filed in the name
					 of a single legal entity as claimant, either one individual or one
					 organization. Multiple payees are not permitted, except as may be authorized
					 pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section.
(b) If a claim is erroneously entered with
					 multiple claimants, the claimants shall designate one of them as the individual
					 recipient of the prize, or, if such claimants fail to designate an individual
					 recipient, the commission may designate any one of the claimants as the sole
					 recipient. In either case, the claim shall then be considered as if such claim
					 were originally entered in the name of the designated individual and payment of
					 any prizes won shall be made to that single individual.
(c) Under exceptional circumstances, payment
					 may be made to multiple payees at the discretion of the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.5 - Discharge of State liability upon payment

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The State and the State's agents, officers, employees,
						the commission and the commission's agents, officers and employees and video
						lottery gaming agents and their agents, officers, employees shall all be
						discharged of any and all liability upon payment of a prize.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.6 - Testing and certification of video lottery gaming systems

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The central system, video lottery terminals and
						associated equipment used in the conduct of video lottery gaming, or a
						prototype thereof, shall be tested and approved in a manner consistent with
						Part 5318 of this Chapter as if a video lottery gaming agent were a gaming
						facility licensee and as if a vendor were a licensed casino vendor
						enterprise.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.7 - Maintenance, repair and servicing of video lottery terminals

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(a) The video
					 lottery gaming vendor shall not alter the operation of any approved video
					 lottery terminal or associated equipment and shall ensure that each video
					 lottery terminal and associated equipment is maintained in proper working
					 condition.
(b) Only the following
					 persons may service or repair a video lottery terminal or associated equipment:
(1) a duly licensed video lottery gaming
					 vendor;
(2) a licensed employee of
					 a video lottery gaming vendor;
(3)
					 a licensed technician certified by a video lottery gaming vendor; or
(4) a licensed employee of a video lottery
					 gaming agent who may be assigned to clean the exterior of the video lottery
					 terminal, to reload printer paper and ink, and to clear bill acceptor
					 jams.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.8 - Inventory storage

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Each video lottery gaming agent shall allow each video
						lottery gaming vendor access to a secure area for the inventory storage of
						terminal parts. Inventory and replacement parts may be maintained off premises
						within the State at an approved location. The location of this secured area is
						subject to the approval of the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5118 - Conduct And Operation Of Video Lottery Gaming › Section 5118.9 - Hours of Operation

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The hours of operation of video lottery gaming at all
						licensed video lottery gaming facility locations shall be 20 consecutive hours
						per day, unless otherwise approved by the commission in writing after a video
						gaming agent applies for an exception at least 60 days in advance of a proposed
						change. In no event shall video lottery gaming be conducted past the time set
						forth in Tax Law section 1617-a(e) . Public access to the video lottery gaming
						floor must be restricted at all times video lottery gaming is not in operation.
						The failure of the video lottery gaming agent to comply with the hours of
						operation set forth in this section shall be a violation of these
						regulations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5119 - Video Lottery Terminal Component Standards › Section 5119.1 - Terminal identification requirements

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(a) Each video lottery terminal machine shall
					 have a permanent metal identification number that shall be mounted in a manner
					 that does not permit such number's removal without leaving evidence of
					 tampering. Such identification number shall be permanently affixed to the
					 machine by the machine's manufacturer in a location on the exterior of the
					 cabinet approved in writing by the commission. In addition to the
					 identification number, the tag mounted to the video lottery terminal machine
					 shall contain the following information:
(1)
					 the manufacturer;
(2) a unique
					 serial number;
(3) the video
					 lottery terminal model number; and
(4) the date of manufacture.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5119 - Video Lottery Terminal Component Standards › Section 5119.2 - Video lottery terminal drop boxes

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(a)
					 The video lottery terminal drop boxes shall be secured by a lock on the main
					 door to the video lottery terminal, a lock on the currency compartment door,
					 and a lock on the drop box, located in the currency compartment. Each lock
					 shall be keyed differently from the other. The keys to the main door lock shall
					 be maintained and controlled by a video lottery gaming agent employee. The key
					 to the lock securing the currency compartment area, which key shall be
					 different from the keys securing the contents of the drop box, shall be
					 maintained and controlled by the video lottery gaming agent security
					 department. Access to the key for the lock to the currency compartment area
					 shall be gained only by a supervisor in that department.
(b) Each drop box shall have an affixed or
					 adhered clear visible label containing letters, numbers or a barcode
					 corresponding to the location of the video lottery terminal to which it is
					 attached, except that emergency drop boxes may be maintained without such
					 marking, provided the word "emergency" is affixed or adhered thereon and, when
					 put into use, are temporarily marked with the location of the video lottery
					 terminal.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5119 - Video Lottery Terminal Component Standards › Section 5119.3 - Voucher standards

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(a)
					 Vouchers shall provide the following information regarding each voucher printed
					 that can be obtained from the video lottery terminal, an interface board, the
					 central system, or another means approved in writing by the commission:
(1) value of credits in local monetary units
					 in numerical form;
(2) time of day
					 the video lottery gaming ticket was printed;
(3) date, in any recognized format,
					 indicating the day, month, and year;
(4) unique validation number, and/or barcode;
					 and
(5) video lottery gaming agent
					 location.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5120 - The Daily Double › Section 5120.1 - Transportation of video lottery terminals into, within and out-of-State

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(a) Prior to the
					 transport or movement of any video lottery terminal from one authorized
					 location to another authorized location within, or out of, the State, a video
					 lottery gaming vendor or other person causing such video lottery terminal to be
					 transported or moved shall first notify the commission in writing using the
					 commission approved shipment form.
(b) No delivery of video lottery terminals or
					 equipment shall be made to a video lottery gaming agent facility unless and
					 until that facility has been issued a license to engage in video lottery
					 gaming.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5120 - The Daily Double › Section 5120.2 - Possession of video lottery terminals

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in these
					 regulations or specifically authorized in the law, no person shall possess
					 within this State any video lottery terminal, associated video lottery gaming
					 equipment or similar device.
(b)
					 The following persons and any employee or agent acting on their behalf may,
					 subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the commission, possess video
					 lottery terminals in this State for the purposes provided herein, provided that
					 the video lottery terminals are kept only in such locations as may be
					 specifically approved in writing by the commission and that any terminals
					 located outside of a licensed video lottery gaming facility not be used for
					 gambling activity:
(1) an applicant for or
					 holder of:
(i) a video lottery gaming agent
					 license, for the purpose of maintaining for use or actually using such video
					 lottery terminal in the operation of a licensed video lottery gaming
					 facility;
(ii) a gaming vendor
					 license, for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, repairing or servicing
					 video lottery terminals;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.1 - Closed circuit television system; surveillance department control; surveillance department restrictions

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(a) Each
					 video lottery gaming agent shall install and/or permit the installation of, in
					 such agent's video lottery gaming facility, a closed circuit television (CCTV)
					 system according to specifications approved and issued by the commission, and
					 shall provide unfettered access to the system or the system's signal by the
					 commission. Separate secure space, with adequate heating, ventilation,
					 air-conditioning and lighting shall be provided by the video lottery gaming
					 agent to house necessary surveillance consoles and other monitoring equipment
					 as well as related staff. Each video lottery gaming agent, and each member of
					 such agent's surveillance department, shall timely comply with all requests
					 from the commission.
(b) Entrances
					 to the closed circuit television monitoring rooms shall not be visible from the
					 public areas of a video lottery gaming facility.
(c) For a facility equipped with a camera
					 console, the security department shall only be permitted to view the feed from
					 cameras in food and beverage areas or other areas located outside a building in
					 which the gaming floor is located. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the security
					 department may have access to a limited view of the gaming floor if such view
					 is approved in writing by the commission's internal audit unit.
(d) Each video lottery gaming agent shall
					 have a surveillance department manager and a security department manager on
					 duty at the video lottery gaming facility at all times.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.2 - Emergency procedures

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Before a video lottery gaming agent has operated a video
						lottery gaming facility for 90 days, the video lottery gaming agent shall
						submit to the commission, the State law enforcement agency, local police
						department, and the local fire department, an emergency action plan for the
						response to, and management of, fire and medical emergencies and natural
						disasters in all areas of the video lottery gaming facility and related
						enterprises. Such plan shall include procedures for notification of the State
						law enforcement agency, local police department, the local fire department or
						emergency medical personnel, or both, and procedures for expedited and
						unimpeded access of the personnel into all areas of the video lottery gaming
						facility or related enterprise in the event of a fire, medical, or other
						emergency. Such plan shall also include an inspection schedule allowing the New
						York Department of State, State law enforcement agency, local police department
						and local fire department personnel to inspect all areas of the video lottery
						gaming facility and related enterprises for compliance with applicable fire and
						emergency laws, codes and ordinances.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.3 - Credit; banking services at the video lottery gaming facility

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(a) The video lottery gaming agent may place
					 a duly authorized automated teller machine (ATM) within a video lottery gaming
					 facility at a location approved by the commission.
(b) A video lottery gaming agent may offer
					 check cashing services or provide cash to a player in exchange for a valid
					 charge or cash advance against a recognized credit card account or recognized
					 debit card account only if the agent has developed internal control procedures
					 detailing the conditions and circumstances under which such practice will be
					 allowed, and has provided copies of such internal control procedures to the
					 commission no later than 30 days prior to the offering of cashing
					 services.
(c) Nothing in these
					 regulations shall prohibit the sale of dining and other non-gaming patron
					 amenities through the use of a commercially available credit, debit or charge
					 card, nor shall a video lottery gaming agent be prohibited from entering into a
					 contract with a person licensed under the State Banking Law to cash checks or
					 otherwise provide banking services within the State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.4 - Cashiers' cage, satellite cages; standards

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(a) Each video lottery gaming facility shall
					 have on or immediately adjacent to the gaming floor a physical structure known
					 as a cashiers' cage (cage) to house the cashiers and to serve as the central
					 location in the video lottery gaming facility for the following:
(1) the custody of the cage inventory
					 comprising currency and forms, documents, and records normally associated with
					 the operation of a cage;
(2) the
					 receipt, distribution, and redemption of vouchers in conformity with these
					 regulations; and
(3) such other
					 functions normally associated with the operation of a cashiers' cage.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.5 - Accounting controls for the cashiers' cage, satellite cages

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(a) The assets for
					 which the general cashiers are responsible shall be maintained on an imprest
					 basis. The imprest balance of each general cashiers' bank will be identical and
					 such balance will be the same at the end of the shift as it is at the beginning
					 of the next shift.
(b) At the
					 opening of every shift, in addition to the imprest funds normally maintained by
					 the general cashiers, the video lottery gaming agent shall have on hand in the
					 cage or readily available thereto, a reserve cash bankroll in a minimum amount
					 approved in writing by the commission.
(c) The cashiers' cage and any satellite cage
					 shall be physically segregated by personnel and function as follows:
(1) General cashiers shall operate with
					 individual imprest inventories of cash and such cashiers functions shall
					 include, but are not limited to, the following:
(i) receive cash, vouchers, cash equivalents,
					 complimentary gifts;
(ii) receive
					 reserve cash cashiers documentation with signatures thereon, required to be
					 prepared for the effective segregation of functions in the cashiers'
					 cage;
(iii) prepare forms for the
					 completion of payments for video lottery gaming prizes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.6 - Count room; characteristics

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(a) The
					 video lottery gaming facility shall have, adjacent to the cashiers' cage a
					 room, an area to be known as the "count room," specifically designated,
					 designed and used exclusively for counting unverified cash.
(b) The count room shall be designed and
					 constructed to provide maximum security for the materials housed therein and
					 for the activities conducted therein. The video lottery gaming agent shall
					 design and construct a count room with, at a minimum, the following security
					 measures:
(1) a metal door or door of other
					 construction approved by the commission installed on each entrance and
					 exit;
(2) each entrance and exit
					 door shall be equipped with:
(i) two
					 separately keyed locks; and
(ii) an
					 alarm device, approved in writing by the commission, that audibly signals the
					 surveillance department and the security department whenever a door to the
					 count room is opened;
(3) each lock required by subparagraph (2)(i)
					 of this subdivision shall be controlled by a key that is different from:
(i) the key to the other lock on that
					 door;
(ii) the keys to the locks
					 securing the contents of each drop box;
(4) the key to one of the locks required by
					 subparagraph (2)(i) of this subdivision shall be maintained and controlled by
					 the security department in a secure area within the security department, access
					 to which may be gained only by a security department supervisor, and the key to
					 the other lock shall be maintained and controlled by the video lottery gaming
					 department; and
(5) the security
					 department shall establish an internal control procedure approved in writing by
					 the commission regarding the signing-out of all keys removed from the security
					 department.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.8 - Opening, counting and recording of drop box contents

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(a) The contents of the drop boxes shall be
					 counted and recorded in the count room in conformity with this section unless
					 the commission has expressly approved in writing an alternative plan submitted
					 by the video lottery gaming agent. Under no circumstances shall the video
					 lottery gaming agent conduct counting and recording of the drop box contents in
					 a manner that does not comply with the one set forth in these regulations or
					 one that has been expressly approved in writing by the commission.
(b) The video lottery gaming agent shall
					 place on file with the commission the specific times during which the drop
					 boxes are to be removed from video lottery terminals and the specific times
					 during which the contents of the drop boxes are to be counted and recorded.
					 Drop boxes shall be removed from video lottery terminals and be counted and
					 recorded with sufficient frequency to allow daily electronic funds transfers of
					 all money owed to the commission and the State, including tax and other
					 withholdings, as applicable.
(c)
					 The opening, counting, and recording of the contents of drop boxes shall be
					 performed in the presence of a count room supervisor. To gain entrance to the
					 count room, an employee shall present a video lottery gaming credential with
					 photograph.
(d) All persons present
					 in the count room during the counting process shall wear a full-length
					 short-sleeve (mid-forearm), one-piece pocket-less outer garment with openings
					 only for the arms, feet, and neck, unless another type of garment is approved
					 in writing by the commission.
(e)
					 No person present shall:
(1) carry a
					 pocketbook or other container unless it is transparent; or
(2) remove his or her hands from or return
					 them to a position on or above the count table unless both the backs and palms
					 of his or her hands are first held straight out and exposed to the view of
					 other members of the count team and the closed circuit television
					 camera.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5121 - Surveillance And Security › Section 5121.9 - Delivery station specifications

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(a) The video lottery gaming agent shall
					 provide a secure structure for all of the following purposes:
(1) armored car cash deliveries;
(2) armored car cash pickups; and
(3) the delivery and pickup of other
					 valuables as may be needed from time to time.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5122 - Capital Improvements › Section 5122.1 - Capital investments accounts

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(a) Requirements. In accordance with the act,
					 each video lottery gaming agent shall maintain a segregated capital investments
					 account. The funds from such account shall be used exclusively for capital
					 project investments to improve the facilities of the video lottery gaming agent
					 that promote or encourage increased attendance at the video lottery gaming
					 facility, including, without limitation, hotels, other lodging facilities,
					 entertainment facilities, retail facilities, dining facilities, events arenas,
					 parking garages and other improvements that enhance the facility amenities;
					 provided that such capital investments shall be subject to approval by the
					 commission and that such video lottery gaming agent demonstrates that such
					 capital expenditures will increase patronage at such agent's facilities and
					 increase the amount of revenue generated to support State education
					 programs.
(b) Divestment. Any agent
					 that has received a vendor's capital award or has withdrawn funds from its
					 capital investments account that divests the capital improvement toward which
					 the award or withdrawn funds was applied, prior to the full depreciation of the
					 capital improvement, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
					 principles, or ceases to use such asset for gaming purposes or transfers such
					 asset to a related party, shall deposit into the capital investments account
					 amounts equal to the total of any such awards or withdrawals from the capital
					 investments account or the fair market value of such asset, as Tax Law section
					 1612(b)(1-a)(iii) may require.
(c)
					 Commission supervision. All such capital improvement and expenditures shall be
					 subject to the overall supervision of the commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5122 - Capital Improvements › Section 5122.2 - Deposits into capital investments account

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(a) Deposits . Each video gaming agent shall
					 be responsible to deposit the portion of its vendor fee set forth in Tax Law
					 section 1612(b)(1) daily into a segregated capital investments account
					 restricted for the collection and authorized use of such funds.
(b) Account statements. Each agent shall
					 provide monthly bank statements for the segregated capital investments account
					 to the commission for independent verification of deposits and withdrawals from
					 the account.
(c) Loss or theft. The
					 commission is not responsible for the loss or theft of any money in any account
					 to which capital investments funds are deposited.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5122 - Capital Improvements › Section 5122.3 - Capital improvement plan

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Each agent shall prepare a capital improvement plan for
						the video lottery gaming facility. such capital improvement plan shall provide
						sufficient detail to describe anticipated capital projects for which the agent
						will seek permission to withdraw funds from the capital investments account .
						Such capital improvement plan shall be submitted electronically to the
						commission for review and may be amended by the video lottery gaming agent from
						time to time as planned capital projects are modified.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter A - Video Lottery Gaming › Part 5122 - Capital Improvements › Section 5122.4 - Capital improvement plan implementation and withdrawals from the capital investments account

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(a) Request
					 for approval. Prior to the commencement of each capital improvement project,
					 the agent shall submit to the commission a request for project approval in a
					 standard format as prescribed by the commission. Such request shall:
(1) describe the overall capital project,
					 including the reasons for implementing the project, the estimated total project
					 cost and the estimated start and completion date for the project; and
(2) describe how the capital project will
					 increase attendance at the video gaming facility and increase the amount of
					 revenue generated in support of education aid.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter B - Casino Gaming › Part 5300 - General › Section 5300.1 - Definitions

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Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following
						definitions and the definitions set forth in Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and
						Breeding Law section 1301 are applicable throughout this subchapter:
(a) Ancillary casino vendor means a vendor
					 providing goods or services to a gaming facility applicant or licensee that are
					 ancillary to gaming activity.
(b)
					 Casino vendor means a vendor providing goods or services to a gaming facility
					 applicant or licensee that directly relate to gaming activity.
(c) Career or professional offender means any
					 person whose behavior is pursued in an occupational manner or context for the
					 purpose of economic gain, using such methods as are deemed criminal violations
					 of the public policy of this State.
(d) Career offender cartel means any group of
					 persons who ope rate together as career offenders.
(e) Commission means the commissioners, staff
					 and designees of the New York State Gaming Commission.
(f) Credit slip means a form used to record
					 either the return of chips from a gaming table to the cage or the transfer of
					 markers or negotiable checks from a table game to a cage or bankroll.
(g) Dealer means a person assigned to operate
					 games.
(h) Drop box means the box
					 attached to a table game that is used to collect the following items:
(1) currency;
(2) coin;
(3) cash equivalents;
(4) damaged chips; and
(5) all other forms used by the gaming
					 facility and deposited in the drop box as part of the audit trail.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter B - Casino Gaming › Part 5300 - General › Section 5300.2 - Method of notice

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Pursuant to Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding
						Laws Section 1307(2)(d), the Commission shall post on its website as notice to
						all applicants, registrants, or licensees, the specifications of the
						confidentiality of all information provided to the Commission by any applicant,
						registrant, or licensee, and the release thereof.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter B - Casino Gaming › Part 5300 - General › Section 5300.3 - Restrictions on employee wagering

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(a)
					 Gaming facility employees. In addition to the requirements set forth in section
					 1336 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, all employees of a
					 gaming facility licensee holding a gaming employee registration issued by the
					 commission are prohibited from wagering in any facility in which the employee
					 is employed or any facility owned or operated by that gaming facility or an
					 affiliate of that gaming facility.
(b) Casino vendor enterprise employees. All
					 employees of a casino vendor enterprise required to be qualified pursuant to
					 Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1326(4) are prohibited
					 from wagering in any gaming facility in which such casino vendor enterprise
					 provides goods or services.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter B - Casino Gaming › Part 5301 - GAMING FACILITY LICENSING › Section 5301.2 - Application forms

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(a) The
					 commission shall investigate the background of any applicant for a gaming
					 facility license, which may include the background of any qualifier, using the
					 following forms:
(1) a gaming facility
					 license application form, as prescribed in subdivision (b) of this section, for
					 each of the applicants, any direct and indirect parent entity of the applicant
					 (including any holding company), any manager, any entity having a beneficial or
					 proprietary interest of five percent or more in an applicant or a manager, and
					 any other entity that may be designated by the Gaming Facility Location Board
					 or the commission;
(2) a
					 multi-jurisdictional personal history disclosure form, as promulgated by the
					 International Association of Gaming Regulators as of the date of the adoption
					 of this section, for each natural person who is a director, manager, general
					 partner or person holding an equivalent position with the applicant, a manager
					 or any direct or indirect parent entity of the applicant, a casino key
					 employee, a person having beneficial or proprietary interest of five percent or
					 more in an applicant or a manager and any other person that may be designated
					 by the Gaming Facility Location Board or the commission; and
(3) a multi-jurisdictional personal history
					 disclosure supplemental form, as prescribed in subdivision (c) of this section,
					 for those aforementioned parties submitting a multi-jurisdictional personal
					 history disclosure form.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter B - Casino Gaming › Part 5301 - GAMING FACILITY LICENSING › Section 5301.3 - Application fees

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An applicant to develop and operate a gaming facility in
						the State of New York shall pay the application fee, as required by Racing,
						Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law section 1316(8), by electronic fund
						transfer as the commission may direct. An applicant shall submit this fee on a
						date established by the commission, which date shall be posted on the
						commission's website as well as included in the schedule provided in the
						application to develop and operate a gaming facility in the State of New York.
						The application fee shall be non-refundable, except that the unexpended portion
						of the fee shall be returned to an applicant, minus any reasonable processing
						or investigative costs the commission has incurred, including personnel cost,
						overhead and administrative expense.