Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3772 - Casino Control Commission › Chapter 3772-10 - Internal Control Systems › Section 3772-10-18 - Table drop boxes and electronic gaming equipment bill validator canisters: physical requirements and transportation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each casino
			 operator must submit for executive director approval the specific times and
			 procedures that table drop boxes and electronic gaming equipment (EGE) bill
			 validator canisters will be brought to or removed from table games and EGE. The
			 procedures may allow for the casino operator to remove table game drop boxes
			 and EGE outside of the approved times only if the box or canister is full or
			 has malfunctioned.
(B)
								The executive director may require a table game drop
			 box or EGE bill validator canister to be removed and secured in the count room
			 or other designated location at any time.
(C)
								Transportation of
			 table game drop boxes and EGE bill validator canisters must be performed by a
			 member of the security department and at least one other licensed employee, as
			 designated in the casino operator's internal controls. The surveillance
			 department must monitor the process.
(D)
								Table game drop
			 box removal must be performed at least once per gaming day for all tables that
			 offered casino gaming. Each table game drop box must be removed and replaced
			 with an empty table game drop box in a continuous process. Upon removal from
			 the tables, table game drop boxes must be transported in a locked trolley
			 directly to the count room, or other secure area as approved by the executive
			 director, and secured until the count takes place.
(E)
								EGE bill
			 validator canister removal must be performed at least once per week for all EGE
			 that offered casino gaming. Each bill validator canister must be removed and
			 replaced with an empty bill validator canister in a continuous process. Upon
			 removal from EGE, bill validator canisters must be transported in a locked
			 trolley directly to the count room, or other secure area as approved by the
			 executive director, and secured until the count takes place.
(F)
								Licensed
			 employees authorized to remove table game drop boxes and EGE bill validator
			 canisters must be precluded from having simultaneous access to remove table
			 game drop boxes or EGE bill validator canisters and access to the drop box or
			 canister contents.
(G)
								When not in use, empty table game drop boxes and EGE
			 bill validator canisters must be stored in a locked trolley in the count room
			 or in a secure area as approved by the executive director. Access to stored
			 empty table game drop boxes and EGE bill validator canisters must require the
			 involvement of at least two licensed employees from independent
			 departments.
(H)
								Each table game drop box and EGE bill validator
			 canister must:
(1)
									Have a unique identification number assigned to it that
			 can be readily identified and correlates with the table game or EGE in which it
			 is placed;
(2)
									Be fully enclosed, except for openings as required for
			 the designed operation;
(3)
									Be designed to prohibit the removal of the contents
			 without the use of the appropriate key (content key); and
(4)
									Be designed to
			 prohibit the removal from a table game or EGE without the use of the
			 appropriate key (release key).
Replaces: 3772-10-18