205 Mass. Reg. 151.02

Current through Register 1523, June 7, 2024
Section 151.02 - Floor Plan
(1) Prior to the issuance or amendment of an Operation Certificate and the commencement of gaming or simulcast wagering, a gaming licensee shall obtain commission approval for the floor plans of its gaming area, simulcasting area (if any), and any restricted areas. The gaming establishment shall be arranged in such a manner as to provide optimum security for the gaming establishment operations.
(2) Each floor plan required by 205 CMR 151.02(1) shall accurately depict the entire layout, including equipment positioning, in the gaming area and support areas; shall be drawn to at least one-eighth inch scale (c inch = one foot); and shall depict, at a minimum, the location of the following:
(a) The gaming area, and any simulcasting facility, including, at a minimum, the proposed total square footage thereof and a clear delineation of the respective perimeter of each;
(b) Each gaming pit, its pit location number, and any alternate configurations;
(c) Each table game, noting its pit and table game location number;
(d) Each CCTV camera, noting its type and camera number;
(e) Each slot booth, noting its booth number;
(f) Each cashier's cage and its component offices and areas;
(g) Each separate master coin bank;
(h) Each window at the cashiers' cage, noting its window number;
(i) Each count room;
(j) Each slot zone, its slot zone location letter or number and the total number of authorized slot machine locations within that slot zone, and at the gaming licensee's option, a maximum of four alternate configurations or locations for that slot zone and the alternate slot zone location number for each (for example, Slot Zone 2A);
(k) Each authorized slot machine or other gaming device location, which location shall contain no more than one slot machine and bill changer at a time, noting its slot machine location number and any slot zone location letter or number;
(l) Each slot stool authorized for use, if any;
(m) Each automated coupon redemption machine, noting its location number;
(n) Each automated jackpot payout machine, noting its location number;
(o) Each gaming voucher redemption machine, noting its location number;
(p) Each satellite cage and its component offices and areas;
(q) Each coin vault;
(r) Each area approved for the storage of gaming chips or plaques;
(s) Each room or area approved for the storage of dice or playing cards;
(t) Each other room or area that is accessible directly from the gaming area;
(u) For those establishments with a simulcasting facility:
1. Each simulcast counter and any ancillary simulcast counter, along with their component offices, areas and equipment;
2. Each credit voucher machine, noting its location number;
3. Each self-service pari-mutuel machine, noting its location number; and
4. Each other area or room designated by the commission.
(3) A gaming licensee, after obtaining the commission's approval of its floor plans submitted in accordance with 205 CMR 151.02, shall not commence gaming or simulcast wagering in the areas depicted on the floor plan until an Operation Certificate has been issued, and a copy of the floor plans has been delivered to the commission's IEB office in the establishment, an electronic copy has been sent to the IEB's main office, and a printed copy thereof has been delivered to each of the following:
(a) The gaming licensee's security podium; and
(b) The gaming licensee's monitoring rooms.

205 CMR 151.02

Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1289, eff. 6/19/2015.
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1360, eff. 3/9/2018.