Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Count Requirements in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-615 - Conducting the count

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) All
				  house-banked card room licensees must have a three person count team except as
				  set forth in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. The three person count
				  team must conduct the count as follows:
(a)
				  The contents of drop boxes must not be combined before the count team
				  separately counts and records the contents of each box; and
(b) As each drop box is placed on the count
				  table, a count team member must announce the game, table number, and shift, if
				  applicable, loudly enough to be heard by all persons present and to be recorded
				  by the audio recording equipment; and
(c) A count team member must empty the
				  contents onto the count table; and
(d) Immediately after the contents are
				  emptied onto the count table, a count team member must display the inside of
				  the drop box to the closed circuit television camera, and show it to at least
				  one other count team member to confirm that all contents of the drop box have
				  been removed. A count team member must then lock the drop box and place it in
				  the drop box storage area; and
(e)
				  Count team member(s) must separate the contents of each drop box into separate
				  stacks on the count table by denominations of coin, chips, and cash and by type
				  of form, record, or document; and
(f) At least two count team members must
				  count, either manually or mechanically, each denomination of coin, chips, cash,
				  debit card transaction receipts, and tickets redeemed by TITO-enabled bill
				  validators separately and independently. Count team members must place
				  individual bills and coins of the same denomination, debit card transaction
				  receipts, and tickets redeemed by TITO-enabled bill validators on the count
				  table in full view of the closed circuit television cameras, and at least one
				  other count team member must observe and confirm the accuracy of the count
				  orally or in writing; and
(g) As
				  the contents of each drop box are counted, a member of the count team must
				  record the total amount of coin, chips, cash, debit card transaction receipts,
				  and tickets redeemed by TITO-enabled bill validators counted (the drop) on the
				  master games report; and
(h) If a
				  cage cashier has recorded the opener, closer, fill slips, and credit slips on
				  the master game report before the count, a count team member must compare the
				  series numbers and totals recorded on the master game report to the fill slips,
				  credit slips, and table inventory slips removed from the drop boxes, confirm
				  the accuracy of the totals, and must record, by game and shift, the totals we
				  require on the master game report. Otherwise, the count team must complete all
				  required information on the master game report; and
(i) The accounting department may complete
				  the win/loss portions of the master game report independently from the count
				  team if this is properly documented in the approved internal
				  controls.