Section 138.66 - Master Lists of Approved Table Games, Movements of Gaming Equipment; Amendments of Operation Certificates upon Filing Updated Master ListThe system of internal controls submitted by a gaming licensee in accordance with 205 CMR 138.02 shall include provisions relative to the movements of gaming equipment that incorporate, at a minimum, the following provisions:
(1) In order to conduct gaming or simulcast wagering, each gaming licensee shall file with the IEB office in the gaming establishment comprehensive lists of the table games in its gaming establishment (the Table Games Master List), if any.(2) At a minimum, each Table Game Master List shall contain the following information:(a) The date on which the list was prepared;(b) A description of each table by: 1. Type of authorized game;3. Serial and table number; and(c) Such other information as the commission may require.(3) Whenever a gaming licensee proposes that gaming tables be brought into, removed from or moved within a gaming establishment, as applicable, the gaming licensee shall first: (a) Ensure that the resulting table game configuration will be consistent with the approved floor plan in accordance with 205 CMR 138.07 and that the number of table games is within the authorized number allowed under the operations certificate issued in accordance with 205 CMR 151.01: Issuance and Posting of Operation Certificate; and(b) Provide an authorized agent of the IEB with written notice at least 24 hours prior to the actual movement of each gaming table.(4) The gaming manager or his or her designee shall notify in writing the accounting department, the security department and the IEB, at least 24 hours in advance of all movements and removals of gaming tables. The notification shall include at a minimum:(a) The date and time of movement or removal;(b) The gaming table(s) or asset number(s), as applicable;(c) Whether a movement or removal;(d) The location from which gaming table will be moved;(e) The location to which the gaming table will be moved; and(f) The signature of a gaming manager or designee.(5) Prior to moving or removing a gaming table:(a) The table inventory shall be credited from the table; and(b) The table drop box shall be removed during a scheduled drop box pick-up and a replacement box not placed on the table.(6) Immediately after each gaming table is brought into, removed from or moved within a gaming establishment, the gaming licensee completing the move shall file and serve, in accordance with 205 CMR 138.66(1), updated master lists of its table games to the extent that the move causes a change in the information contained on the most recent version of the applicable list on file with the IEB.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1288, eff. 6/5/2015.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1332, eff. 2/10/2017.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1361, eff. 3/23/2018.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1367, eff. 6/15/2018.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1371, eff. 7/13/2018.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1417, eff. 4/24/2020.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1426, eff. 9/18/2020.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1481, eff. 10/28/2022.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1486, eff. 12/21/2022 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1492, eff. 3/9/2023 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1494, eff. 3/9/2023 (COMPLIANCE).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1498, eff. 6/7/2023 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1503, eff. 9/1/2023.