Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart E - Slot Machine, Table Game and Associated Equipment Testing and Control; Accounting and Internal Controls › Chapter 465a - ACCOUNTING AND INTERNAL CONTROLS › Section 465a.17 - Bill validators, slot cash storage boxes and table game drop boxes

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Slot machines,
				  electronic wagering terminals and fully automated electronic gaming tables must
				  be equipped with a bill validator configured to accept any combination of
				  currency, gaming vouchers, coupons and other instruments authorized by the
				  Board for incrementing credits on a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal
				  or fully automated electronic gaming table.
(b) Access to the bill validator must be
				  controlled by at least one lock, the key to which shall be controlled by the
				  slot operations department.
(c) The
				  bill validator in a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully
				  automated electronic gaming table must contain a secure tamper resistant
				  container known as a slot cash storage box or table game drop box. Currency,
				  gaming vouchers, coupons and Board-approved instruments inserted into the bill
				  validator shall be deposited into the slot cash storage box or table game drop
				  box.
(d) The slot cash storage box
				  or table game drop box on a fully automated electronic gaming table or an
				  electronic wagering terminal must be secured to the bill validator by two
				  separate locks, the keys to which shall be different from each other, one of
				  which may be the lock to the belly door or main door of the slot machine,
				  electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming table and a
				  second of which is the lock on the release mechanism on the slot cash storage
				  box or table game drop box. If there is not a full door on the bill validator,
				  the lock on the release mechanism on the slot cash storage box or table game
				  drop box must detect and display whether it is locked or unlocked and
				  communicate whether it is locked or unlocked to a slot monitoring system. The
				  keys shall be maintained and controlled as follows:
(1) The key to the main door and belly door,
				  if applicable, of the slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully
				  automated electronic gaming table shall be maintained and controlled by the
				  slot operations department. The slot operations department may, immediately
				  prior to the commencement of the drop, issue its main door and belly door key,
				  if applicable, to the finance department. A key transferred from the slot
				  operations department to the finance department shall be returned immediately
				  following the conclusion of the drop. The slot operations department shall
				  establish sign in and sign out procedures in its internal controls documenting
				  this transfer.
(2) The key to the
				  lock securing the release mechanism on the slot cash storage box or table game
				  drop box shall be maintained and controlled by the security department. The
				  security department shall establish a sign out and sign in procedure with
				  regard to this key which includes documentation of this transfer.