Md. Code Regs. 36.03.10.18

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024

Section 36.03.10.18 - Cashiers' Cage Design Standards

A. A facility operator shall have on, adjacent, or proximate to the gaming floor a physical structure known as a cashiers' cage to house the cashiers and to serve as the central location in the facility for:

(1) The custody of the cash, accounting records, and forms and documents required under this chapter to conduct video lottery and table game operations;

(2) The initial financial consolidation of all transactions pertaining to video lottery terminal and table game activity; and

(3) Other functions normally associated with the operation of a cashiers' cage.

B. A cashiers' cage shall include the following design features:

(1) A manually triggered silent alarm system connected:

(a) Directly to the security department; or

(b) Directly, or through a documented communication protocol, to the monitor room of the surveillance department;

(2) A double door entry and exit system that will not permit an individual to pass through the second door until the first door is securely locked, as follows:

(a) The first door leading from the gaming floor shall be controlled by the security department, the surveillance department, or a Commission-approved computerized access control system.

(b) The second door leading into the cashiers' cage shall be controlled by the cashiers' cage or a Commission-approved computerized access control system.

(c) The double door entry and exit system shall be equipped with surveillance capability sufficient to allow monitoring of:

(i) All ingress and egress; and

(ii) The interior compartment; and

(d) Both doors of the double door entry and exit system shall be equipped with:

(i) Separate locks with a key or release mechanism which is different on each door; and

(ii) Locks which are operational in the event of a power failure; and

(3) Any entrance to the cashiers' cage that is not a double door entry and exit system shall be equipped as an alarmed emergency exit door.

C. A facility may have one or more satellite cages physically separate from the cashiers' cage which:

(1) May perform all of the functions of a cashiers' cage authorized by this chapter; and

(2) Shall be equipped with an alarm system in compliance with §B(1) of this regulation.

D. A facility operator shall make readily available to the Commission:

(1) An access control matrix indicating which employee job descriptions are authorized to have access to the cashiers' cage and any satellite cage; and

(2) A list of employees, with license number, who are authorized:

(a) To have access to the:

(i) Cashiers' cage and any satellite cage;

(ii) Keys to the manual locks securing the double door entry and exit system; and

(iii) Release button on magnetic locks securing the double door entry and exit system;

(b) To activate or deactivate alarm systems for the cashiers' cage and any satellite cage; and

(c) To grant access to the cashiers' cage and any satellite cage through the access control matrix or a computerized access control system.

Md. Code Regs. 36.03.10.18

Effective date:
Regulations .18 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 470); emergency action expired effective July 20, 2013
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Regulations .18 adopted effective adopted effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1347)
Regulation .18 amended effective 42:6 Md. R. 515, eff.3/30/2015