New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69D - GAMING OPERATION ACCOUNTING CONTROLS AND STANDARDS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13:69D-1.42 - Removal of slot drop buckets, slot drop boxes, and slot cash storage boxes; unsecured currency; recording of meter readings for slot machine drop

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a)
				Each casino licensee shall file with the Division a schedule setting forth the
				specific times at which the slot drop buckets, slot drop boxes, and slot cash
				storage boxes ("slot drop containers") will be brought to or removed from the
				slot machines. The schedule shall include the number of slot drop containers to
				be removed each day by zone or other designation. No slot drop container shall
				be removed from a slot machine at other than the times specified on such
				schedule except with contemporaneous notification to the Division. The slot
				drop containers shall be removed at least once a month. If an approved slot
				monitoring system is used to generate a slot drop estimate report pursuant to
				N.J.A.C. 13.69L-1.7(c), the schedule for the removal of slot drop boxes and
				slot drop buckets may be extended.
(b) All slot drop containers which are not
				actively in use shall be stored in a secure area approved by the Division. In
				addition, slot drop boxes and slot cash storage boxes shall be stored in an
				enclosed storage cabinet or trolley, secured by a key maintained and controlled
				by the security department. Control of the key shall be limited to supervisors
				in that department and shall be documented, at a minimum, by a sign-out and
				sign-in procedure in accordance with the security submission approved by the
				Division.
(c) Slot drop containers
				shall be removed from a slot machine by at least three employees, two of whom
				shall be members of the casino security department and one of whom shall be a
				member of the accounting department ("the slot drop team"). An accounting
				department member shall be the drop team supervisor and shall be a key
				licensee. Other than casino security department members, all employees
				participating in the removal of slot drop containers shall wear as outer
				garments only a full-length, one-piece pocketless garment with openings only
				for the hands, feet, and neck. Each casino licensee shall also maintain and
				make available to the Division upon request, the names and credential numbers
				of the slot drop team.
(d) The drop
				team supervisor shall notify the surveillance department at the commencement of
				the slot drop process. Surveillance shall make a continuous video recording,
				with the time and date inserted thereon, of the entire slot drop container
				removal process.
(e) A casino
				security department member shall sign out the count room door key and padlock
				key, which are maintained and controlled by the casino security department.
				Access to these keys shall be limited to security supervisors and shall be
				controlled, at a minimum, by a sign-out and sign-in procedure described in the
				casino licensee's security internal control submission as approved by the
				Division.
(f) To begin the
				scheduled slot drop container removal process, the drop team supervisor shall
				perform a physical count of the empty slot drop containers removed from
				storage. The count and the date shall be documented on a slot drop container
				verification form to be kept with the trolley throughout the pick-up process.
				The drop team supervisor shall compare the count of the empty slot containers
				to the collection schedule. Any discrepancy between the number of empty slot
				drop containers physically counted and the number indicated on the collection
				schedule shall be recorded on the slot drop container verification form and
				signed by the drop team supervisor. Any discrepancy shall be investigated,
				explained, and reported to the Division by the drop team supervisor.
(g) The casino security department member
				shall remove the trolley(s) containing the empty slot drop containers from the
				count room or other storage area and transport the trolleys to the scheduled
				slot zones.
(h) Prior to removing
				any slot drop containers, a security department member shall, at a minimum:
1. Notify patrons that a slot machine will be
				closed for removing slot drop containers;
2. Restrict patrons from the slot aisles
				where slot drop containers are removed;
3. Secure the area while the slot drop
				containers are removed;
4. Secure
				full slot drop containers while they are transported within the casino;
				and
5. Remain with the trolley at
				all times.