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Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-525 - Completing the fill process

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Requesting a fill.
(1) A floor supervisor must prepare a request
				  for fill slip to authorize the cage cashier to perform a fill for the
				  distribution of chips or coin to gambling tables.
(2) The floor supervisor and security must
				  sign the request for fill slip at the gambling table to which the chips or coin
				  are to be delivered.
Transporting requests for fills.
(3) Security must transport the
				  completed original request for fill slip directly to the cashier's
				  cage.
(4) The dealer must place the
				  duplicate copy of the request for fill slip face up on the gambling table. It
				  must remain there until the chips or coin are received.
Filling a request.
(5) The cashier must prepare a fill slip when
				  a request for fill slip is received.
(6) The cashier must sign the fill slip when
				  finished preparing the fill.
(7) A
				  security department employee must compare and verify the request for fill slip
				  to the fill slip and the amount of the fill. Security must sign the fill
				  slip.
(8) Security must transport
				  the chips, coin, and the original and duplicate of the fill slip to the
				  gambling table.
(9) The cashier
				  retains the original of the request for fill slip.
Receiving the fill.
(10) On receiving chips or coin, the dealer
				  verifies the amount of the fill and signs the fill slip.
(11) The floor supervisor verifies the amount
				  of the fill and signs the fill slip.
(12) After the dealer and floor supervisor
				  sign the fill slip, security must observe that the dealer immediately places
				  the duplicate fill slip and the duplicate request for fill slip in the drop box
				  attached to the gambling table.
(13) Security must return the original fill
				  slip to the cashier.
(14) The
				  cashier must attach the request for fill slip to the original fill
				  slip.
(15) If an error is made on a
				  fill slip, the cage cashier must write "VOID" on the original and duplicate of
				  the slip, and sign the slip.
(16)
				  At the end of the day or shift, the cage cashier must forward all slips to
				  either:
(a) The count team for agreement with
				  the duplicate of the fill slip and duplicate of the request for fill slip
				  removed from the drop box. After the count, all fill slips and request for fill
				  slips must be forwarded directly to the accounting department for agreement
				  with the triplicate of the fill slip; or
(b) The accounting department for agreement
				  with the duplicate fill slip and duplicate of the request for fill slip removed
				  from the drop box and the triplicate of the fill slip.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-535 - Closing tables

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
When closing tables, house-banked card game licensees must
					 follow these steps:
(1) The floor
				  supervisor and the dealer assigned to the gambling table must count the
				  gambling chips and coins. The surveillance department must monitor and record
				  the entire count and closure process.
(2) The floor supervisor assigned to the
				  gambling table must record the chips and coins counted on a table inventory
				  slip.
(3) Licensees must use
				  consecutively prenumbered three-part forms for table inventory slips. Table
				  inventory slips must be in the format we require and have three parts:
(a) The original (the closer); and
(b) The duplicate (the opener); and
(c) The triplicate (which is transported by
				  security to accounting).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-540 - Notifying the commission of card game interruptions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must notify us in writing
					 if they interrupt operations of card games for more than seven days. Licensees
					 must:
(1) Notify us within three days
				  of the interruption; and
(2)
				  Include the reason for the interruption; and
(3) Include the estimated date card games
				  will resume.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-540, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-545 - Interruption of card games for more than seven days

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) If a house-banked card game licensee
				  interrupts card game operations for more than seven days, we determine whether
				  a preoperational review and evaluation (PORE) is needed. The licensee must
				  receive our written approval before resuming operations.
(2) The PORE determines whether:
(a) The licensee has an organizational
				  structure that can support their proposed accounting and administrative
				  controls; and
(b) Internal
				  accounting and administrative controls ensure that the licensee closely
				  controls the gambling activities and accurately records financial information;
				  and
(c) The licensee has enough
				  trained staff; and
(d) The physical
				  layout of the card room and supporting functions can handle the proposed
				  accounting and administrative controls.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-550 - Closely controlling money

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must closely control and
					 keep records documenting all receipts and disbursements of cash, cash
					 equivalents, chips, and coin related to the operation of card
					 games.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-550, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-553 - Defining "cash equivalent"

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Cash equivalent" means a:
(1) Treasury check; or
(2) Personal check; or
(3) Traveler's check; or
(4) Wire transfer of funds; or
(5) Money order; or
(6) Certified check; or
(7) Cashier's check; or
(8) Check drawn on the licensee's account
				  payable to the patron or to the licensee; or
(9) Voucher recording cash drawn against a
				  credit card or debit card; or
(10)
				  Tickets generated by TITO-enabled bill validators.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 08-03-062 (Order 623), §
						230-15-553, filed 1/14/08, effective
						2/14/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-555 - Cashier's cage design and structure

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked card game licensees must:
(a) Locate on, or immediately adjacent to,
				  the gambling floor a physical structure to house the cashier and act as a
				  cashier's cage; and
(b) Design,
				  construct, and operate the cashier's cage to provide maximum security and
				  accountability for funds.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-560 - Operating the cashier's cage

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  House-banked card game licensees must have a cashier's cage used for securing
				  and accounting for all chips and moneys in the card room portion of the
				  business premises. Licensees must ensure that their cage cashiers, at least:
(a) Maintain the cage inventory including
				  currency, coin, player checks, gambling chips, forms, documents, and records
				  normally associated with the operation of a cage; and
(b) Receive gambling chips, cash, checks, and
				  other cash equivalents from players in exchange for currency or coin or for
				  check consolidations, total or partial redemptions, or substitutions;
				  and
(c) Receive cash or chips from
				  the count room; and
(d) Perform
				  functions necessary to ensure accurate accountability of funds and chips
				  consistent with these requirements, including, at least:
(i) Reconciling the total closing inventory
				  with the total opening inventory; and
(ii) Receiving request for fill slips in
				  exchange for issuing fill slips and requested chips or coin; and
(iii) Receiving chips or coins removed from
				  gambling tables in exchange for issuing a credit slip; and
(iv) Receiving documents with signatures that
				  ensure the effective segregation of duties; and
(v) Counting and recording the face value of
				  each cage inventory item on a cage inventory count sheet, along with the total
				  opening and closing inventories, at the end of each of their outgoing shifts;
				  and
(vi) Signing, at their incoming
				  and outgoing shift, the cage inventory count sheet, attesting to accuracy of
				  the count; and
(vii) Preparing the
				  overall cage reconciliation and accounting records; and
(viii) Forwarding, at the conclusion of the
				  daily gambling activity, copies of the cage inventory count sheet and related
				  documents to the accounting department for reconciling the agreement of opening
				  and closing inventories, notification of error slips, and the agreement of
				  amounts on other forms, records, and documents recording
				  transactions.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-565 - Access and entrance to cashier's cage

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked card game licensees must
				  limit entry to the cashier's cage to authorized personnel.
(2) Licensees must keep a sign-in log in the
				  format we require of all persons accessing the cashier's cage.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-565, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-570 - Cashier's cage bank requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  House-banked card game licensees must keep the cashier's cage on an imprest
				  basis. "Imprest basis" means the cage must replenish funds on a regular basis
				  to maintain exactly the amount of outgoing cash, chips, or coin (expenditures)
				  minus the amount of funds added.
(2) The accounting department must review
				  expenditures and replenishments.
(3) Licensees who have demonstrated the
				  ability to operate cage activities properly may request our approval to operate
				  on a float basis. "Float basis" means the cage may adjust cash inventory as
				  necessary.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-570, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-575 - Separate imprest bank allowed for nonhouse-banked card games

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees operating both
					 house-banked and nonhouse-banked games may sell chips for poker games through
					 an imprest bank other than the cashier's cage. "Imprest bank" means the bank
					 must replenish funds on a regular basis to maintain exactly the amount of
					 outgoing cash, chips, or coin (expenditures) minus the amount of funds added.
					 The bank must be located within the cashier's cage or another location approved
					 in the internal controls.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-575, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Cashier's Cages in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-580 - Accepting checks at the cashier's cage

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked card game licensees may
				  accept checks from players as explained in WAC
				  230-06-005 and must meet the
				  following additional requirements:
(a)
				  Licensees may only accept checks from players at the cashier's cage or poker
				  podium; and
(b) Before cashing the
				  check, the cage cashier must examine the player's identification to confirm the
				  player's identity; and
(c) The cage
				  cashier must:
(i) Initial the check;
				  and
(ii) Date and time stamp the
				  check; and
(iii) Verify that the
				  player is not listed on the daily returned check report. If licensees use a
				  check guarantee and collection service, the licensee may disregard this
				  subsection; and
(iv) Exchange the
				  check for currency and coin in the amount for which the check is drawn, minus
				  any applicable fees; and
(v)
				  Forward all player checks to the main bank cashier.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Drop Boxes in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-585 - Using drop boxes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked
				  card game licensees must use a drop box to collect all cash, tickets redeemed
				  by TITO-enabled bill validators, chips, coins, debit card transaction receipts,
				  requests for fill, fill slips, requests for credit, credit slips, and table
				  inventory forms.
(2) The dealer or
				  the floor supervisor must deposit these items in the drop box.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-585, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Drop Boxes in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-590 - Transporting drop boxes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) When
				  transporting drop boxes, house-banked card game licensees must have one
				  security employee and one gambling operation employee transport all drop boxes
				  removed from the gambling tables directly to the count room and secure them
				  there. The security employee must notify the surveillance department when
				  transport begins.
(2) If drop boxes
				  are removed from gambling tables at times other than the close of the gambling
				  day, the persons removing drop boxes must remove them during a shift change.
				  These persons must prepare a table inventory slip as required in WAC
				  230-15-535, and the incoming and
				  outgoing supervisors must verify the inventory and sign the table inventory
				  slip.
(3) Count team members may
				  pull and transport the drop boxes to the count room for the count process if:
(a) The gambling operation is closed;
				  and
(b) The card room
				  entrances/exits are locked; and
(c)
				  Security supervises the transport.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Drop Boxes in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-595 - Storing drop boxes not attached to tables in the count room

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must store all drop boxes
					 not attached to a gambling table in the count room in an enclosed storage
					 cabinet or trolley with two separately keyed locks. The security department
					 must keep and control keys to the first lock and the gambling operation
					 department must keep and control the keys to the second lock.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-595, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Drop Boxes in House-Banked Card Rooms › Section 230-15-600 - Storing drop boxes on closed gambling tables

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees may store drop boxes on
					 closed gambling tables if recorded surveillance covers the entire
					 area.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-600, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
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 230-15-605 - Requirements for count rooms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  House-banked card game licensees must have a secured area, called a "count
				  room," for counting the contents of drop boxes.
(2) Licensees must design and construct the
				  count room to provide maximum security for the materials housed there and for
				  the activities conducted there. The count room must be fully enclosed with only
				  one entry. Licensees must also have:
(a) A
				  door with at least one lock securing the count room door. The security
				  department must keep and control the key or combination to the door. If a
				  double locking system is used, the gambling operation department must keep the
				  key to the second lock; and
(b) A
				  sign-out procedure for all authorized keys used for the count process;
				  and
(c) An alarm device connected
				  to the entrance of the count room so that opening the door signals the
				  surveillance employees monitoring the closed circuit television
				  system.
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 230-15-610 - Preparing to conduct a count

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  House-banked card game licensees must assign licensed employees to conduct the
				  count. The count team must not include anyone who works in the surveillance
				  department or whose duties included preparing, approving, or reviewing records
				  used in the specific count process. Count team requirements are based on the
				  licensee's card room gross gambling receipts in their previous fiscal year:
Card Room Gross Gambling
							 Receipts
Minimum Count Team
							 Requirements
Less than $5 million.
Two person count team.
$5 million to $15 million.
Three person count team or two person
							 count team if a currency counter is used as outlined in this chapter.
More than $15 million.
Three person count team.
A new house-banked card room whose
							 financial statements have not yet been submitted to us.
Three person count team.
(2)
				  Prior to using a two person count team, the licensee must receive approval from
				  the director or their designee. The approval will be based on the licensee:
(a) Meeting the card room gross gambling
				  receipts requirements in their previous fiscal year; and
(b) Having internal controls in place to
				  prevent both under-reporting and misappropriation of funds; and
(c) Having demonstrated following their
				  internal controls to prevent both under-reporting and misappropriation of funds
				  based on their administrative history; and
(d) Having a currency counter, which complies
				  with commission rules, and internal controls for the use of the currency
				  counter. This applies for those licensees with card room gross gambling
				  receipts of $5 million to $15 million.
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 230-15-620 - Concluding the count

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) After the count
				  team finishes their count, the cage cashier or accounting department employee
				  must verify the contents of the drop boxes.
(2) In the presence of the count team and
				  before looking at the master game report, the verifier must recount the cash,
				  coin, chips, debit card transaction receipts, and tickets redeemed by
				  TITO-enabled bill validators either manually or mechanically.
(3) The verifier must sign the master game
				  report verifying that the cash and debit card transaction receipt counts are
				  accurate.
(4) Each count team
				  member must sign the report attesting to the accuracy of the information
				  recorded.
(5) After the report is
				  signed, the master game report must be taken directly to the accounting
				  department, along with the debit card transaction receipts, requests for fills,
				  the fill slips, the requests for credit, the credit slips, tickets redeemed by
				  TITO-enabled bill validators, and the table inventory slips removed from drop
				  boxes. The cage cashiers must not be allowed access to any of these
				  records.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-620, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
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 230-15-625 - Accounting department review of the count

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) On a daily basis, the accounting
				  department must:
(a) Have a card room employee
				  with no recording responsibilities compare a sample of originals and copies of
				  the day's master game report, requests for fill, fill slips, requests for
				  credit, credit slips and table inventory slips for agreement with each other
				  and, if applicable, to triplicates or stored data; and
(b) Review a sample for the appropriate
				  number and propriety of signatures; and
(c) Account for the originals and copies by
				  series numbers, if applicable; and
(d) Test for proper calculation,
				  summarization, and recording; and
(e) Subsequently record in monthly records;
				  and
(f) Keep and control the
				  originals and copies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-630 - Controlling keys and restricting access

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must:
(1) Use keys or electronic key control
				  systems to control access to restricted areas of the business premises;
				  and
(2)Restrict access to keys or
				  electronic key control systems to only those licensed card room employees whose
				  specific job functions and duties require access to them; and
(3)Keep a key control log in the format we
				  require.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-630, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-635

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-635, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-640

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-640, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-645

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-645, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-650

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-650, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-655

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-655, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-660

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-660, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-665

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-665, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-670

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-21-116 (Order 617), §
						230-15-670, filed 10/22/07, effective 1/1/08; 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-670, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-671 - Jackpot prizes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card room licensees may offer and operate
					 "jackpot" prizes with approved house-banked card games.
(1) "Jackpot" prizes are cash prizes
				  displayed at house-banked card game tables. Jackpot prizes are won by achieving
				  a predetermined specific hand. There are two types of "jackpot" prize schemes:
(a)
Progressive jackpots:
A
				  jackpot prize which increases in real-time based on each wager placed.
				  Licensees must:
(i) Collect players' wagers to
				  allocate towards a separate progressive jackpot prize. Approved game rules
				  determine how a progressive jackpot accrues; and
(ii) Adjust the master games report in the
				  prescribed format to reflect daily accrued prizes; and
(iii) Act only as the custodian of the
				  progressive jackpot funds; and
(iv)
				  Maintain no legal right to funds collected for the posted progressive jackpot
				  prize or reserve funds which have not been recorded as gross receipts;
				  and
(v) Strictly account for all
				  funds collected.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-673 - Paying out house jackpot prizes

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(1)
				  House-banked card room licensees must immediately pay out verified prizes of
				  $5,000 or less.
(2) For verified
				  prizes over $5,000, licensees must immediately pay out a minimum of $5,000 and
				  pay the remaining balance within 24 hours by check. The player may request that
				  the licensee pay up to the entire prize balance by check. Licensees must then
				  issue a check for the entire prize balance within 24 hours.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-674 - Keeping funds to pay house jackpot prizes

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House-banked card room licensees must maintain at least the
					 amount of the single largest house jackpot prize offered in a bank, mutual
					 savings bank, or credit union located in Washington. Licensees must maintain a
					 monthly record showing the daily amount of each house jackpot prize
					 offered.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Securing House-Banked Card Room Keys › Section 230-15-675

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-675, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-680 - Operating progressive jackpot prizes

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House-banked card room licensees may operate progressive
					 jackpot prizes with certain approved house-banked card games.
(1) To participate in a progressive jackpot,
				  a player places a separate wager, part of which accrues to the progressively
				  increasing prize.
(2) The company
				  that owns the rights to the approved game rules must determine or establish
				  the:
(a) Winning patterns or combinations of
				  cards to win the progressive jackpot prize(s); and
(b) Pay tables to include a description of
				  any fixed payouts, odds-based payouts, or percentage-based payouts of the total
				  prize amount displayed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-685 - Restrictions on progressive jackpots

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House-banked card room licensees operating progressive
					 jackpots must follow these restrictions and procedures:
(1) Progressive jackpot funds must accrue
				  according to the rules of the game.
(2) At each gambling table, licensees must
				  prominently post the amount of the progressive jackpot that players can win
				  along with any associated pay tables.
(3) Licensees may establish a maximum limit
				  on a progressive jackpot prize. If licensees establish a limit, they must make
				  the amount equal to, or greater than, the amount of the jackpot when they
				  imposed the limit. They must prominently post a notice of the limit at or near
				  the game.
(4) Licensees may connect
				  progressive jackpots. Progressive jackpots are considered "connected" when
				  jackpot prize displays at gaming tables incrementally increase at the same time
				  after players place jackpot wagers. Connected progressive jackpot displays must
				  show the same prize amounts. Licensees may only connect progressive jackpots:
(a) When offered on the same card game on
				  multiple tables within the same licensed location; or
(b) When offered on different card games on
				  multiple tables within the same licensed location. The card games offering the
				  progressive jackpot(s) must have:
(i) The same
				  probability of winning the jackpot prize; and
(ii) The same winning hand.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-690 - Paying out progressive jackpot prizes

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(1) House-banked card game licensees must
				  immediately pay out verified prizes of five thousand dollars or less.
(2) For verified prizes over five thousand
				  dollars, licensees must immediately pay out a minimum of five thousand dollars
				  and pay the remaining balance within twenty-four hours by check. The player may
				  request that the licensee pay up to the entire prize balance by check.
				  Licensees must then issue a check for the entire prize balance within
				  twenty-four hours.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-690, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-695 - Adjusting progressive jackpot amounts

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House-banked card room licensees must not reduce the amount
					 of a progressive jackpot prize accrued or displayed except for the following
					 reasons:
(1) To reduce the primary or
				  secondary jackpot (s) and the displayed amount by the amount won; or
(2) To correct an amount displayed
				  incorrectly because of malfunctioning equipment; or
(3) To correct the display when the amount
				  displayed is greater than the predetermined maximum prize limit; or
(4) To reduce the progressive account for
				  nondisplayed prizes as long as they record the funds removed as gross receipts
				  and properly documented that in their records; or
(5) To reduce the progressive account or
				  displayed amount to recover seed money; or
(6) Any adjustment to the progressive account
				  or displayed prizes must be properly documented in card room
				  records.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070,
						9.46.0282. 10-17-089 (Order 671),
						§ 230-15-695, filed 8/16/10, effective 1/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-695, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-700 - Merchandise prizes for progressive jackpots

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House-banked card room licensees may use only nondisplayed
					 progressive jackpot funds to purchase merchandise prizes to be offered on a
					 progressive jackpot game in lieu of fixed prizes as set out in the approved pay
					 table for the card game as posted on the commission's website. The merchandise
					 purchased must be of equal or greater value to the fixed prizes offered in
					 approved pay tables. Licensees must:
(1) Obtain approval from the company that
				  owns the rights to the progressive jackpot card game to offer merchandise
				  prizes; and
(2) Submit internal
				  controls for review and approval; and
(3) Own the merchandise prizes and pay for
				  them in full, without lien or interest of others, before they award the
				  merchandise as prizes. If the winner has an option to receive a cash prize
				  instead of the merchandise, licensees may enter into a contract to immediately
				  purchase a merchandise prize after the winner chooses their option;
				  and
(4) Prominently post a notice
				  at the progressive jackpot gaming table describing:
(a) A specific portion of the jackpot funds
				  were used to buy merchandise to be awarded as prizes, as well as the specific
				  merchandise prizes to be awarded; and
(b) The value of the merchandise they plan to
				  award. This value must be accurate and verifiable; and
(c) The predetermined designated hand needed
				  to win the merchandise prize; and
(d) Fees or restrictions associated with
				  ownership of the merchandise prize; and
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-705 - Temporarily removing a progressive jackpot from play

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-705, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-710 - Permanently removing a progressive jackpot game from play

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Players have a vested interest in the displayed
					 progressive jackpot prize.
(1)
				  House-banked card room licensees must not remove a progressive jackpot game
				  from play without written approval. Licensees must:
(a) Submit a detailed distribution plan to us
				  in writing and receive written approval before removing any progressive jackpot
				  prizes from play; and
(b)
				  Prominently post a notice and the approved distribution plan at the progressive
				  jackpot gambling table, including if they plan to close the business, at least
				  ten days before they begin the process of removing the jackpot and distributing
				  the funds; and
(c) Not make any
				  changes to the approved distribution plan after it is posted at the progressive
				  jackpot gambling table without written approval from us.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-715 - Tax authorities seizing all, or a portion, of a progressive jackpot

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If a taxing authority seizes jackpot funds, the
					 house-banked card room licensee must immediately cease operating the
					 progressive jackpot game and collecting funds for the progressive jackpot until
					 the amount that was posted as the prize has been replaced in the bank account.
					 Licensees may either replace nondisplayed prizes retained in the progressive
					 account that were seized or record the funds as gross
					 receipts.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-715, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Progressive Jackpot Prizes for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-720 - Deposit and reconciliation requirements for progressive jackpot prizes

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(1) House-banked
				  card room licensees must deposit all progressive jackpot funds in a separate
				  bank account at least weekly. The account must be kept in a bank, mutual
				  savings bank, or credit union located in Washington state. If the progressive
				  bank account is reduced below the progressive jackpot prize posted at the
				  gambling table, licensees must immediately stop operating the progressive game
				  until they are in compliance.
(2)
				  Licensees must:
(a) Keep a record of all
				  deposits; and
(b) For each
				  progressive jackpot prize, identify the deposits by game name and dates of
				  collection; and
(c) Maintain
				  validated deposit slips as part of their records or have online access to their
				  progressive jackpot prize bank accounts.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Records and Recordkeeping for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-725 - Keeping all card game records

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House-banked card game licensees must keep and maintain all
					 card game records in the format we require.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-725, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Records and Recordkeeping for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-730 - Keeping an accounting system

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(1)
				  House-banked card game licensees must keep and maintain a complete set of
				  accounting records which we have approved before licensure. These records must
				  include all receipts and disbursements of the licensee, including, at least,
				  those related to gambling activities.
Revenue, costs, and expenses.
(2) Licensees must keep legible,
				  accurate, and complete records of all transactions relating to the revenues,
				  costs, and expenses of the gambling operation. Licensees must keep these
				  records in a format that ensures consistency, comparability, and effective
				  disclosure of financial information.
Accounting system.
(3) Licensees must keep an accounting system
				  on a double entry method of accounting with transactions recorded on an accrual
				  basis and in conformity with United States' Generally Accepted Accounting
				  Principles (GAAP).
Recordkeeping.
(4) Licensees must keep detailed, supporting,
				  and subsidiary records including, at least:
(a) Records of all players' checks initially
				  accepted, deposited, and returned as "uncollected," and ultimately written off
				  as "uncollectible"; and
(b) Records
				  of investments in property, including, at least, equipment used directly in
				  connection with the gambling operation; and
(c) Records of amounts payable by the
				  gambling operation; and
(d) Records
				  which identify the purchase, receipt, and destruction of all cards and gambling
				  chips used in wagering; and
(e)
				  Records of services provided for the operation of gambling activities, for
				  example, service provided by gambling service suppliers; and
(f) Master game reports that reflect drop and
				  win amounts for each table, for each game. These records must cover at least
				  each period for which the drop boxes are removed, or at the minimum, the period
				  of each gambling day.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Records and Recordkeeping for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-735 - Keeping employee licensing records

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(1) Licensees must keep a records system on
				  the business premises that ensures all applicable employees have met licensing
				  requirements. The records must include:
(a)
				  Employees' names;
(b) Gambling
				  license numbers;
(c) Gambling
				  license expiration dates; and
(d)
				  Photocopies of all current employees' licenses.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Records and Recordkeeping for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-740 - Preparing required financial statements

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Definitions.
(1) The following definitions apply to all
				  subsections of this rule:
(a) "Financial
				  statements" means documents, including, at least: Balance sheet, statement of
				  income, statement of retained earnings or changes in equity, statement of cash
				  flows, and all required notes or disclosures.
(b) "Card room gross receipts" means all
				  receipts from all house-banked and nonhouse-banked card games offered by the
				  house-banked card room.
(c)
				  "Independent" means there is no relationship that may influence a certified
				  public accountant's impartiality and objectivity in rendering services.
Filing with the commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Records and Recordkeeping for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-745 - Signature cards

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House-banked card game licensees must keep signature cards
					 in the format we require for all licensed card room employees.
(1) The card must be prepared in the presence
				  of a member of the accounting department, who must review a picture
				  identification card and verify the signer's identity.
(2) Licensees must keep completed cards in a
				  signature card file, sorted by department and listed alphabetically by name.
				  Licensees must review and adjust the signature records as needed to reflect
				  changes of personnel.
(3) Licensees
				  must securely store signature cards in the accounting department.
(4) The cashier's cage must keep a copy of
				  each signature card and cage personnel must use it to verify
				  signatures.
(5) Licensees must
				  retain the signature records for a period of at least one year after employment
				  ends.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-745, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Records and Recordkeeping for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-750 - Signature requirements for documents, records, and forms

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(1) House-banked card game licensees must
				  document each transfer of cash, coins, or chips and verify the transfer with
				  the signature(s) of individual(s) responsible for the records.
(2) By signing documents, records, and forms,
				  signers are indicating that they:
(a) Have
				  prepared them according to the requirements of the accounting system and
				  internal controls; and/or
(b)
				  Attest to the accuracy of the information recorded for which they are
				  responsible.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › TICKET IN TICKET OUT (TITO) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IN HOUSE-BANKED CARD ROOMS › Section 230-15-755 - "Ticket in ticket out (TITO) system" defined

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For the purposes of this chapter, "ticket in ticket out
				  (TITO) system" refers to electromechanical devices equipped with a ticket in
				  ticket out (TITO) enabled bill validator and a ticket validation system that
				  allows for the reporting issuance, validation, and acceptance of
				  tickets.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › TICKET IN TICKET OUT (TITO) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IN HOUSE-BANKED CARD ROOMS › Section 230-15-758 - "Ticket" defined

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For the purposes of this chapter, a "ticket" means an encoded
				  paper ticket or voucher dispensed by an approved TITO-enabled bill
				  validator.