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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 461b - TECHNICAL STANDARDS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 461b.3 - Gaming vouchers

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(a) A gaming
				  voucher may not expire. The value of gaming vouchers that have not been
				  redeemed within 3 years of the date of issuance or other period as specified
				  under the Disposition of Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Act (72 P.S.
				  §§
											1301.1-1301.29) shall be
				  forwarded to the State Treasurer along with a report containing the information
				  required under subsection (b)(1)-(4).
(b) Each gaming voucher must be designed and
				  manufactured with sufficient graphics or other security measures, to permit, to
				  the greatest extent possible, the proper verification of the voucher.
				  Notwithstanding the forgoing, each gaming voucher must contain the following
				  information:
(1) The name or trade name of the
				  slot machine licensee, and if the slot machine licensee is affiliated with a
				  casino licensee in any other jurisdiction with an identical or similar name or
				  trade name, the name of the Pennsylvania location must be evident on the
				  voucher.
(2) The date and time of
				  issuance.
(3) The value of the
				  voucher, in both numbers and words.
(4) A unique serial number, which is
				  automatically generated by the system in accordance with this part and
				  technical standards adopted by the Board.
(5) The asset number of the slot machine
				  dispensing the voucher.
(6) At
				  least one anticounterfeiting measure, which appears on one or both sides of the
				  voucher.
(7) The locations where
				  the voucher may be redeemed and any restriction regarding redemption.
(8) A bar code or magnetic strip which
				  enables the system to identify the numeric information in paragraphs (1)-(5)
				  when the voucher is subsequently presented for redemption.
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 461b - TECHNICAL STANDARDS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 461b.5 - Reserved

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This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												461a.20 (relating to server
						supported slot systems).
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 463a - POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINES, ELECTRONIC WAGERING TERMINALS AND FULLY AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 463a.1 - Possession of slot machines, electronic wagering terminals and fully automated electronic gaming tables generally

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
				  section and
				  18 Pa.C.S. §
											5513
				  (relating to gambling devices, gambling, etc.), a person may not possess any
				  slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming
				  table within this Commonwealth that may be used for gambling
				  activity.
(b) The following persons
				  and any employee or agent acting on their behalf may possess slot machines,
				  electronic wagering terminals or fully automated electronic gaming tables in
				  this Commonwealth for the purposes described herein provided that slot
				  machines, electronic wagering terminals or fully automated electronic gaming
				  tables located outside of a licensed facility may not be used for gambling
				  activity:
(1) A slot machine licensee, for
				  the purpose of maintaining for use, training or operating slot machines in a
				  licensed facility.
(2) The holder
				  of a manufacturer license for the purpose of manufacturing, exhibiting,
				  demonstrating, training or preparing for transfer to a manufacturer designee
				  licensee, supplier licensee or slot machine licensee.
(3) The holder of a manufacturer designee
				  license or supplier license for the purpose of distributing, repairing,
				  servicing, exhibiting or demonstrating slot machines or fully automated
				  electronic gaming tables and any training with regard thereto.
(4) An educational institution for the
				  purpose of teaching slot machine design, operation, repair or
				  servicing.
(5) A manufacturer,
				  manufacturer designee or supplier of slot machines not licensed within this
				  Commonwealth for the limited purpose of temporary exhibition or
				  demonstration.
(6) A common
				  carrier, for the purpose of transporting slot machines or fully automated
				  electronic gaming tables in accordance with §
											463a.2 (relating to transportation
				  of slot machines, electronic wagering terminals and fully automated electronic
				  gaming tables into, within and out of this Commonwealth).
(7) An employee or agent of the Board, the
				  Department, the Pennsylvania State Police or any law enforcement agency of this
				  Commonwealth for the purpose of fulfilling official duties or
				  responsibilities.
(8) Other persons
				  upon a finding that the possession of slot machines or fully automated
				  electronic gaming tables by those persons in this Commonwealth is not contrary
				  to the goals and objectives of the act.
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 463a - POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINES, ELECTRONIC WAGERING TERMINALS AND FULLY AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 463a.3 - Slot machine, electronic wagering terminal and fully automated electronic gaming table location on the gaming floor

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(a) A gaming floor must consist of one or
				  more areas within a licensed facility approved by the Board or Executive
				  Director under §
										467a.1 (relating to gaming floor
				  plan) for the placement and operation of slot machines, electronic wagering
				  terminals or fully automated electronic gaming tables.
(b) A slot machine, electronic wagering
				  terminal or fully automated electronic gaming table on a gaming floor shall be
				  placed at a location, which location may contain no more than one slot machine,
				  electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming table,
				  identified by number on a gaming floor plan approved by the Board or Executive
				  Director under section 1322 of the act (relating to slot machine accounting
				  controls and audits) and §
										467a.1 and shall also be
				  identified by this slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully
				  automated electronic gaming table location number and an asset number on the
				  Gaming Floor Slot Machine, Electronic Wagering Terminal and Fully Automated
				  Electronic Gaming Table Master List.
The provisions of this § 463a.3 amended under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202(b)(30),
						1207(3), (6), (9) and (21),
						13A02(1), (2), (2.1), (4) and (6), 13A25(c) and
						13A62(a).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												463a.5 (relating to slot machine,
						electronic wagering terminal and fully automated electronic gaming table master
						lists); and 58 Pa. Code §
												467a.1 (relating to gaming floor
						plan).
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 463a - POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINES, ELECTRONIC WAGERING TERMINALS AND FULLY AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 463a.4 - Notice and connection to the central control computer system

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(a) Prior to
				  utilization for gambling activity, a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal
				  or fully automated electronic gaming table on a gaming floor shall be connected
				  or linked to a central control computer system having the capabilities and in
				  compliance with the terms of section 1323 of the act (relating to central
				  control computer system).
(b) To
				  ensure activation or disabling, as appropriate, in the central control computer
				  system and the retrieval of real time meter information from the slot machine,
				  electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming table in
				  conjunction with the movement of a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal
				  or fully automated electronic gaming table, the slot machine licensee shall
				  provide the Department with written notice of the slot machine, electronic
				  wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming table movement, prior to
				  any of the following:
(1) Placement of a slot
				  machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming
				  table on the gaming floor.
(2)
				  Movement of a slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated
				  electronic gaming table between slot machine, electronic wagering terminal or
				  fully automated electronic gaming table locations on the gaming
				  floor.
(3) Removal of a slot
				  machine, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic gaming
				  table from the gaming floor.
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 463a - POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINES, ELECTRONIC WAGERING TERMINALS AND FULLY AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 463a.5 - Slot machine, electronic wagering terminal and fully automated electronic gaming table master lists

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(a) Prior to
				  the commencement of operations at a licensed facility, a slot machine licensee
				  shall file the following with the Bureau of Gaming Laboratory Operations and
				  the Bureau of Casino Compliance, in an electronic format approved by the Bureau
				  of Gaming Laboratory Operations:
(1) Gaming
				  Floor Slot Machine, Electronic Wagering Terminal and Fully Automated Electronic
				  Gaming Table Master List.
(2)
				  Restricted Area/Off Premises Slot Machine, Electronic Wagering Terminal and
				  Fully Automated Electronic Gaming Table Master List.
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 463a - POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINES, ELECTRONIC WAGERING TERMINALS AND FULLY AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 463a.6 - Reserved

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The provisions of this § 463a.6 reserved under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202(b)(30),
						1207(3), (6), (9) and (21)
						and 13A02(1), (2) and (4).
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 463a - POSSESSION OF SLOT MACHINES, ELECTRONIC WAGERING TERMINALS AND FULLY AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLES › Section 463a.7 - Off premises storage of slot machines, electronic wagering terminals and fully automated electronic gaming tables

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(a) A slot machine licensee may not store
				  slot machines, electronic wagering terminals or fully automated electronic
				  gaming tables off the premises of a licensed facility without prior approval
				  from the Board's Executive Director.
(b) A slot machine licensee seeking to store
				  slot machines, electronic wagering terminal or fully automated electronic
				  gaming tables off the premises of a licensed facility shall submit a written
				  request to the Bureau of Gaming Operations for off premise storage. The written
				  request must include:
(1) The location and a
				  physical description of the proposed storage facility.
(2) A description of the type of surveillance
				  system that has been or will be installed at the proposed storage
				  facility.
(3) The plan to provide
				  24 hour, 7 day a week security at the proposed storage facility.
(4) The anticipated number of slot machines,
				  electronic wagering terminals or fully automated electronic gaming tables that
				  may be stored at the proposed storage facility.
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 464a - SLOT MACHINE TOURNAMENTS › Section 464a.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Points
-Noncash equivalent electronic
					 instrument utilized for slot machine tournament play only, the total of which
					 determines the winners of a slot machine tournament.
Slot machine tournament
-A contest whereby
					 individuals engage in competitive slot machine play against other individuals
					 utilizing points.
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 464a - SLOT MACHINE TOURNAMENTS › Section 464a.2 - Conduct of a slot machine tournament

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(a) Slot machine tournaments may not be
				  played with cash, value chips, plaques, gaming vouchers or other cash
				  equivalents.
(b) A slot machine
				  licensee may charge an entry fee to participate in a slot machine tournament. A
				  slot machine licensee that charges an entry fee shall submit electronically to
				  the Department of Revenue a Slot Tournament Revenue Report by 10 a.m. on the
				  day following the conclusion of the tournament.
(c) A slot machine licensee that wishes to
				  conduct a slot machine tournament shall submit for Executive Director approval
				  notice of intent to conduct a slot machine tournament at least 10 days prior to
				  the start of the tournament. The notice must be submitted electronically to the
				  Bureau of Gaming Operations using the Internal Controls & Table Games
				  Submission Form, which is posted on the Board's web site, and include the
				  following:
(1) A general description of how
				  the slot machine tournament will be conducted and a copy of the rules governing
				  play.
(2) The dates and times that
				  the tournament will be conducted.
(3) Participation eligibility requirements
				  including:
(i) Who is eligible to
				  participate.
(ii) The minimum and
				  maximum number of participants.
(iii) Entry fees charged.
(4) The criteria used to determine
				  the winners.
(5) The monetary
				  amount or description of the prizes to be awarded.
(6) The details of when and how the prizes
				  will be awarded.
(7) The asset and
				  gaming floor plan location numbers of the slot machines that will be used to
				  conduct the slot machine tournament.
(8) How the slot machine tournament area will
				  be segregated from patrons who are not participating in the slot machine
				  tournament.
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.1 - Accounting records

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(a) A slot
				  machine licensee shall maintain complete, accurate and legible records of all
				  transactions pertaining to the revenues and expenses of each licensed
				  facility.
(b) General accounting
				  records shall be maintained on a double entry system of accounting with
				  transactions recorded on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting
				  principles in the United States. Detailed, supporting and subsidiary records
				  sufficient to meet the requirements of subsection (c) shall also be maintained
				  in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
(c) The detailed, supporting and subsidiary
				  records include:
(1) Records pertaining to
				  revenue that is taxable or subject to taxation under the act.
(2) Records pertaining to the financial
				  statements and all transactions impacting the financial statements of the slot
				  machine licensee including contracts or agreements with licensed manufacturers,
				  suppliers, gaming junket enterprises, certified and registered gaming service
				  providers, contractors, consultants, management companies, attorneys and law
				  firms, accountants and accounting firms, insurance companies and financial
				  institutions, including statements and reconciliations related
				  thereto.
(3) Records that identify
				  the handle, payout, actual win amounts and percentages, theoretical win amounts
				  and percentages, and differences between theoretical and actual win amounts and
				  percentages, for each slot machine and table game on a week-to-date,
				  month-to-date and year-to-date basis.
(4) Records documenting the costs of
				  complimentary services and items as defined in §
											401a.3 (relating to
				  definitions).
(5) Records of loans
				  and other amounts payable by the slot machine licensee.
(6) Records of investments, advances, loan
				  and receivable balances due to the slot machine licensee.
(7) Records created in connection with the
				  system of internal controls submitted to the Board under §
											465a.2 (relating to internal
				  control systems and audit protocols).
(8) Records of returned checks.
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.2 - Internal control systems and audit protocols

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(a) A slot machine licensee shall submit to
				  the Board and the Department a written description of its initial system of
				  administrative and accounting procedures, including its internal control
				  systems and audit protocols (collectively referred to as its "internal
				  controls") at least 90 days before slot or table game operations are to
				  commence. A written system of internal controls must include:
(1) Records of direct and indirect ownership
				  in the slot machine licensee, its affiliates, intermediaries, subsidiaries or
				  holding companies.
(2) Organization
				  charts depicting segregation of functions and responsibilities in accordance
				  with §
											465a.11 (relating to slot machine
				  licensee's organization; jobs compendium).
(3) A description of the duties and
				  responsibilities of each licensed or permitted position shown on the
				  organization charts and their respective lines of authority in accordance with
				  § 465a.11.
(4) A detailed
				  narrative description of the administrative and accounting procedures designed
				  to satisfy the requirements of this subpart.
(5) A record retention policy in accordance
				  with §
											465a.6 (relating to retention,
				  storage and destruction of books, records and documents).
(6) Procedures to ensure that assets are
				  safeguarded, and counted in conformance with effective count
				  procedures.
(7) Procedures
				  governing the conduct of all gaming related promotions to be offered by the
				  slot machine licensee.
(8) Policies
				  to prevent political contributions in accordance with section 1513 of the act
				  (relating to political influence) and an annual certification to the Board and
				  the Department of State's Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation that
				  the slot machine licensee has conducted a good faith investigation that has not
				  revealed any violations of section 1513 of the act.
(9) Procedures to ensure that the slot
				  machine licensee's employees comply with Chapter 435a (relating to
				  employees).
(10) Other items the
				  Board may request in writing to be included in the internal controls.
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.3 - Forms, records and documents

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(a)
				  Information required under this part to be placed on any form, record or
				  document and in stored data shall be recorded on the form, record or document
				  and in stored data in ink or other permanent manner.
(b) Whenever duplicate or triplicate copies
				  are required of a form, record or document, the original, duplicate and
				  triplicate copies must have the name of the department receiving the copy
				  preprinted on the bottom of that copy so as to differentiate between the
				  copies.
(c) Whenever under this
				  part, forms or serial numbers are required to be accounted for and an exception
				  is noted, the exceptions shall be reported in writing to the slot machine
				  licensee's internal audit department within 2 days of identification of the
				  exception or upon its confirmation, whichever occurs earlier.
(d) Unless otherwise specified in this part,
				  all forms, records, documents and stored data required to be prepared,
				  maintained and controlled by this chapter must have the name of the licensed
				  facility and the title of the form, record, document and, for stored data, the
				  date imprinted or preprinted thereon.
(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be
				  construed as prohibiting a slot machine licensee from preparing more copies of
				  any form, record or document than those prescribed by this chapter.
The provisions of this § 465a.3 amended under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1207,
						1322,
						13A 02(1)-(6) and 13A25.
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.4 - Standard financial and statistical reports

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(a) Within 30 days of the close of each
				  calendar quarter, slot machine licensees shall file a report which includes a
				  detailed reconciliation of the amount invoiced by the Department to the tax
				  accrual determined by the slot machine licensee's revenue/income audit process.
				  The reconciliation shall be determined by the slot machine licensee on at least
				  a weekly basis and the report must provide the date and the amount of any
				  differences found during the reconciliation process. The report shall be filed
				  electronically with the Bureau of Gaming Operations and the Department's Bureau
				  of Fiscal Management.
(b) The Board
				  may prescribe standard reporting forms and corresponding filing instructions to
				  be used by a slot machine licensee in filing the report referenced in
				  subsection (a).
(c) The Board may
				  request, in writing, financial, statistical or other reports to determine
				  compliance by the slot machine licensee with the act and the Board's
				  regulations.
The provisions of this § 465a.4 amended under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202(b)(30),
						1207 and
						1322.
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.6 - Retention, storage and destruction of books, records and documents

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(a) For the
				  purposes of this section, "books, records and documents" means any book, record
				  or document pertaining to, prepared in or generated by the operation of the
				  licensed facility including all forms, reports, accounting records, ledgers,
				  subsidiary records, computer generated data, internal audit records,
				  correspondence and personnel records required to be generated and maintained
				  under §
										451a.1 (relating to recordkeeping
				  generally) or this part. This definition applies without regard to the medium
				  through which the record is generated or maintained, for example, paper,
				  magnetic media or encoded disk.
(b)
				  Original books, records and documents pertaining to the operation of a licensed
				  facility shall be:
(1) Prepared and
				  maintained in a complete, accurate and legible form. Electronic data must be
				  stored in a format that ensures readability, regardless of whether the
				  technology or software that created or maintained it has become
				  obsolete.
(2) Retained in a secure
				  location in the licensed facility that is equipped with a fire suppression
				  system or at another location approved under subsection (d).
(3) Made available for inspection by agents
				  of the Board, the Department and the Pennsylvania State Police during all hours
				  of operation.
(4) Organized and
				  indexed in a manner to provide immediate accessibility to agents of the Board,
				  the Department and the Pennsylvania State Police.
(5) Destroyed only after expiration of the
				  minimum retention period specified in subsection (c), except that the Board
				  may, upon the written request of a slot machine licensee and for good cause
				  shown, permit the destruction at an earlier date.
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.7 - Complimentary services or items

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(a)
				  A slot machine licensee shall develop, maintain and apply adequate internal
				  controls over the authorization and issuance of complimentary services or items
				  as defined in §
										401a.3 (relating to definitions).
				  The slot machine licensee shall submit for approval in accordance with §
										465a.2 (relating to internal
				  control systems and audit protocols) internal controls for complimentary
				  services and items.
(b) The
				  internal controls must include the following:
(1) The procedures by which the slot machine
				  licensee delegates to its employees the authority to approve the issuance of
				  complimentary services or items.
(2) The procedures by which the slot machine
				  licensee establishes, modifies or limits delegated authority, including limits
				  based on relationships between the authorizer and recipient.
(3) A matrix of job titles authorized to
				  issue complimentary services or items and a list of which complimentary
				  services or items or the maximum dollar value of complimentary services or
				  items each job title is authorized to issue.
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.9 - Surveillance system; surveillance department control; surveillance department restrictions

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(a) The
				  surveillance system of a licensed facility must comply with 18 Pa.C.S. Chapter
				  57 (relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act) and
				  section 1522 of the act (relating to interception of oral communications) and
				  shall be submitted to and approved by the Board under §
										465a.2 (relating to internal
				  control systems and audit protocols). The Bureau of Casino Compliance will
				  review surveillance system specifications, inclusive of the camera
				  configuration and any changes or modifications to the system specifications, to
				  determine whether the system provides the adequate and effective surveillance
				  of activities inside and outside the licensed facility mandated by section
				  1207(11) of the act (relating to regulatory authority of board). A slot machine
				  licensee may not commence gaming operations until its surveillance system is
				  approved by the Board.
(b) A slot
				  machine licensee shall at all times provide the Board and the Pennsylvania
				  State Police with access to its surveillance system and its transmissions. Each
				  member of its surveillance department shall comply with any request made by the
				  Board or the Pennsylvania State Police to:
(1)
				  Use, as necessary, any surveillance monitoring room in the licensed
				  facility.
(2) Display on the
				  monitors in the monitoring room any event capable of being monitored by the
				  surveillance system.
(3) Make a
				  video and, if applicable, audio recording of, and take a still photograph of,
				  any event capable of being monitored by the surveillance system.
(i) The slot machine licensee shall preserve
				  and store each recording or photograph in accordance with the directions of the
				  Board or the Pennsylvania State Police.
(ii) The Board and the Pennsylvania State
				  Police shall have unfettered access to each recording or photograph. At the
				  request of the Board or Pennsylvania State Police, access to a recording or
				  photograph may be denied to a particular employee or department of the slot
				  machine licensee.
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.10 - Surveillance system recording formats

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(a) A slot machine licensee may utilize
				  either an analog or digital video recording format provided the format selected
				  incorporates current technology with regard to secure system access, video
				  cameras, monitors, recorders, video printers, switches, selectors and other
				  ancillary equipment and provides for surveillance of activities inside and
				  outside the licensed facility.
(b)
				  Digital video recording systems utilized by a slot machine licensee must be in
				  compliance with the technical standards on digital video recording systems
				  under §
										465b.1 (relating to digital video
				  recording formats).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												465a.8 (relating to licensed
						facility).
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.13 - Possession of weapons within a licensed facility

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
				  individuals, including security department personnel, are prohibited from
				  possessing weapons capable of producing death or serious bodily injury, as
				  defined in
				  18 Pa.C.S. §
											2301
				  (relating to definitions), stun guns or other devices designed to injure or
				  incapacitate a person within a licensed facility.
(b) The Board's prohibition in subsection (a)
				  does not apply to the possession of firearms carried in accordance with
				  18 Pa.C.S. §§
											6101-6127 (relating to Pennsylvania Uniform
				  Firearms Act of 1995). A slot machine licensee may exercise its common law
				  right to prohibit the possession of firearms in accordance with subsections (c)
				  and (d).
(c) A licensee may not
				  prohibit the following individuals from possessing a weapon capable of
				  producing death or serious bodily injury, including a firearm, stun gun or
				  other device designed to injure or incapacitate a person within its facility:
(1) Pennsylvania State Police assigned to its
				  Gaming Enforcement Office.
(2) An
				  on-duty officer or agent of any local, State or Federal law enforcement agency
				  when the officer or agent is acting in an official capacity.
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.14 - Security department minimum staffing

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(a) In accordance with §
										465a.2(d)(5)
				  (relating to internal control systems and audit protocols), slot machine
				  licensees shall be required to submit a minimum staffing submission with regard
				  to its security department. The minimum staffing submission must consider the
				  size and layout of the licensed facility as well as the number and
				  configuration of slot machines and table games on the gaming floor and must at
				  all times provide for security of the gaming floor and restricted areas
				  servicing the gaming operation. A slot machine licensee may not implement a
				  change or amendment in its security department minimum staffing submission
				  without approval from the Board's Executive Director, in accordance with §
										601a.10(a)
				  (relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment) of the
				  change or amendment.
(b) A slot
				  machine licensee may not employ off-duty law enforcement officers to provide
				  security related services in the licensed facility.
The provisions of this § 465a.14 amended under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202(b)(30),
						1207,
						1308,
						1318,
						1322,
						1331,
						13A 02(1)-(6) and
						13A25.
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.15 - Cage characteristics

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(a) A
				  licensed facility shall have, immediately adjacent or proximate to the gaming
				  floor, a physical structure known as a cage to house the cashiers and to serve
				  as the central location in the licensed facility for:
(1) The custody of the cage inventory
				  comprised of cash (currency or coin), gaming chips, plaques and the forms,
				  documents and records normally associated with the operation of a
				  cage.
(2) The functions normally
				  associated with the operation of a cage.
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.16 - Accounting controls for the cage

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(a) The assets for which cage cashiers are
				  responsible shall be maintained on an imprest basis. At the end of each shift,
				  cage cashiers assigned to the outgoing shift shall record on a cashiers' count
				  sheet the face value of each cage inventory item counted and the total of the
				  opening and closing cage inventories and shall reconcile the total closing
				  inventory with the total opening inventory. Each cashiers' count sheet shall be
				  signed by the preparing cage cashier attesting to the accuracy of the
				  information thereon.
(b) At the
				  opening of every shift, in addition to the imprest funds normally maintained by
				  cage cashiers, each slot machine licensee shall have in the main cage, a
				  reserve cash bankroll sufficient to pay winning patrons.
(c) The main cage and any satellite cage
				  shall be physically segregated by personnel and function as follows:
(1) Cage cashiers shall operate with
				  individual imprest inventories of cash and their functions include the
				  following:
(i) The receipt of cash, value
				  chips, plaques and other cash equivalents from patrons in exchange for
				  cash.
(ii) The receipt of personal
				  checks for gaming purposes from patrons in exchange for cash, subject to the
				  limitations on amount under §
												465a.20 (relating to personal
				  check cashing).
(iii) The receipt
				  of cash, value chips, plaques and other cash equivalents, checks issued by the
				  slot machine licensee, annuity jackpot checks, wire transfers and cashless
				  funds transfers from patrons to establish a customer deposit under §
												465a.23 (relating to customer
				  deposits).
(iv) The receipt of
				  customer deposit forms from patrons in exchange for cash under §
				  465a.23.
(v) The preparation of
				  jackpot payout slips in accordance with this subpart and technical standards
				  adopted by the Board under §
												465a.26 (relating to jackpot and
				  credit meter payouts).
(vi) The
				  receipt of gaming vouchers from patrons, or from authorized employees who
				  received gaming vouchers as gratuities, in exchange for cash.
(vii) Issuance, receipt and reconciliation of
				  imprest funds used by slot attendants, including an imprest change/pouch payout
				  fund.
(viii) The issuance of gaming
				  vouchers.
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.18 - Transportation of slot cash storage boxes and table game drop boxes to and from the gaming floor; storage

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(a)
				  Slot machine licensees shall submit and obtain the approval of the Bureau of
				  Casino Compliance, in accordance with §
										601a.10(g)
				  (relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment), the plan
				  for the distribution and collection of slot cash storage boxes and table game
				  drop boxes. The plan must:
(1) Provide for
				  the separate distribution and collection of all of the following:
(i) Slot cash storage boxes and table game
				  drop boxes from fully automated electronic gaming tables and electronic
				  wagering terminals.
(ii) Table game
				  drop boxes not otherwise specified in subparagraph (i).
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.19 - Acceptance of tips or gratuities from patrons

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(a) Notwithstanding the requirements of
				  §
										461a.8(n)
				  (relating to gaming vouchers), a key employee, box person, floorperson or any
				  other gaming employee who serves in a supervisory position is prohibited from
				  soliciting or accepting, and no other gaming employee may solicit, a tip or
				  gratuity from a patron of the slot machine licensee. The slot machine licensee
				  may not permit any practices prohibited by this section.
(b) The slot machine licensee shall submit
				  internal controls relating to the acceptance of tips or gratuities by dealers
				  at banking and nonbanking table games.
(c) Except as permitted under subsection (g),
				  all tips and gratuities received by dealers in a licensed facility shall be:
(1) Immediately deposited in a transparent
				  locked box reserved for tips and gratuities. If Roulette chips are received as
				  tips or gratuities at a Roulette table, the marker button indicating the
				  specific value of the Roulette chips may not be removed until after the dealer,
				  in the presence of a floorperson or above, has converted the Roulette chips
				  into value chips which shall then be immediately deposited in the transparent
				  locked box reserved for tips and gratuities.
(2) Collected and accounted for at least once
				  each gaming day.
(3) Placed in a
				  common pool for distribution pro rata among all dealers in accordance with
				  subsection (e).
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.20 - Personal check cashing

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(a) Checks made
				  payable to an individual, including Social Security, unemployment insurance,
				  disability, public assistance and payroll checks, may not be cashed by a slot
				  machine licensee or entity certified or registered with the Board that is
				  operating within the licensed facility. Notwithstanding the prohibition, a slot
				  machine licensee may cash the payroll check of one of its employees or a check
				  issued to a patron by the slot machine licensee. Personal checks accepted by a
				  slot machine licensee which enable a patron to take part in gaming must be:
(1) Drawn on a commercial bank, savings bank,
				  saving and loan association or credit union and payable on demand.
(2) Drawn for a specific amount.
(3) Made payable to the slot machine licensee
				  or entity certified or registered with the Board that is operating within the
				  licensed facility.
(4) Currently
				  dated, but not postdated.
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.21 - Wire transfers

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(a) A slot
				  machine licensee may accept a wire transfer on behalf of a patron to enable the
				  patron to take part in gaming. A wire transfer accepted by a slot machine
				  licensee shall be recorded in the slot machine licensee's cage accountability
				  no later than the next gaming day.
(b) Prior to commencing acceptance of wire
				  transfers for gaming purposes, a slot machine licensee shall establish a
				  comprehensive system of internal controls addressing the acceptance,
				  verification, accounting for and sending of wire transfers. The internal
				  controls shall be submitted to and approved by the Board under §
										465a.2 (relating to internal
				  control systems and audit protocols).
(c) The internal control procedures developed
				  and implemented by the slot machine licensee under subsection (b) must include:
(1) A cage log to record the following
				  information with regard to wire transfers accepted:
(i) A sequential number assigned by the slot
				  machine licensee to the wire transfer transaction.
(ii) The date and time of
				  notification.
(iii) The name of the
				  financial institution and account number to which the funds were
				  transferred.
(iv) The amount of
				  funds transferred.
(v) The name of
				  the patron for whose benefit the funds were transferred.
(vi) The name and address of the financial
				  institution from which the funds were transferred and the account number from
				  which the funds were debited.
(vii)
				  The method by which the slot machine licensee was notified of the receipt of
				  the wire transfer and, if noticed by telephone, the name and title of the
				  person providing notice.
(viii) The
				  signature of the cage employee receiving and recording the information required
				  under this subsection.
(ix) A
				  notation that the wire transfer has been reversed under subsection (d), when
				  applicable.
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.22 - Cash equivalents

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(a) The
				  requirements in this section are not applicable to gaming chips or
				  plaques.
(b) Prior to accepting
				  cash equivalents for gaming purposes, a slot machine licensee shall establish a
				  comprehensive system of internal controls addressing the acceptance and
				  verification of cash equivalents. The internal controls shall be submitted to
				  and approved by the Board under §
										465a.2 (relating to internal
				  control systems and audit protocols).
(c) The internal control procedures developed
				  and implemented by the slot machine licensee under subsection (a) must include:
(1) A requirement that cage employees perform
				  the specific verification procedures required under the issuer of each cash
				  equivalent accepted. The slot machine licensee shall retain adequate
				  documentation evidencing the verification of each cash equivalent.
(2) A requirement that cage employees examine
				  each cash equivalent for counterfeiting, forgery or alteration.
(3) When a slot machine licensee elects to
				  incorporate into its verification procedures a level of reliance on previously
				  accepted cash equivalents, the procedures must articulate the general
				  parameters governing the reliance.
(4) Criteria for cage supervisor involvement
				  in the verification process.
(5)
				  Procedures for verifying any patron signature on the cash equivalent. Signature
				  verification must be accomplished in accordance with the signature verification
				  procedures in §
											465a.20 (relating to personal
				  check cashing). The slot machine licensee shall retain adequate documentation
				  evidencing how each signature was verified.