N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.17

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:69D-1.17 - Table game drop boxes, transport to and from gaming tables; storage

(a) Each casino licensee shall file with the Division a schedule setting forth the specific times when drop boxes are to be removed from a gaming table or electronic table game to be counted and recorded. Drop boxes shall be removed, counted, and recorded, at a minimum, once every two gaming days, provided, however, a drop box need not be so removed if:

1. The drop box is from a gaming pit in which no table was opened for gaming; and

2. The casino licensee advises the Division, the surveillance department, the security department, and the count team of a change to the schedule to collect and count the drop boxes.

(b) All drop boxes including emergency drop boxes which are not actively in use shall be stored in the count room or other secure area outside the count room as approved by the Division. In addition, the drop boxes shall be stored in one or more enclosed storage trolleys or cabinets secured by a padlock, the key to which shall be maintained and controlled by the security department. Access to the padlock key shall be limited to security supervisors and shall be controlled, at a minimum, by a sign-out and sign-in procedure in accordance with a security submission approved by the Division.

(c) Each casino licensee shall maintain and make available to the Division, upon request, the name and credential number of all employees participating in the transport of the drop boxes.

(d) A casino security department member shall notify the surveillance department prior to the removal of a drop box from the count room or other secure area. The surveillance department shall make a continuous video recording, with the time and date thereon, of the entire drop box removal process.

(e) A casino security department member shall sign out the count room door key, padlock key and the key to remove the drop box from the gaming table, which are maintained and controlled by the casino security department. Access to these keys shall be limited to security supervisors and shall be controlled, at a minimum, by a sign-out and sign-in procedure described in the casino licensee's security internal control submission as approved by the Division.

(f) A casino security department member shall remove the trolley(s) containing the empty boxes from the count room or other storage area and perform a physical count of the empty boxes removed from storage. The count and the gaming date shall be documented on a drop box verification form.

(g) The removal of drop boxes from a gaming table shall require, at a minimum, two casino security department members. One security member shall remain with the trolley. The second shall remove the empty drop boxes from the trolley, exchange each empty drop box with the drop box on the corresponding gaming table and place the drop box removed from the gaming table in the enclosed trolley.

(h) For each pit where drop boxes are exchanged, a casino games supervisor shall verify that the number of empty drop boxes delivered to the gaming pit equals the number of drop boxes scheduled to be picked up from the gaming pit.

Any discrepancy between the number of empty drop boxes physically counted and the number indicated on the collection schedule shall be recorded on the drop box verification form. Any discrepancy shall be investigated, explained, and reported to the Division by a games department supervisor.

(i) The casino games supervisor shall:

1. Sign the drop box verification form before the trolley leaves the pit attesting that the number of drop boxes being removed from the pit equals the number of drop boxes that have been loaded on the trolley. Any discrepancy shall be investigated, explained, and reported to the Division. The supervisor shall also attest that the security padlock on the trolley is locked prior to the trolley leaving the pit and transported to a secure area, provided, however, that the padlock shall secure the trolley door, but need not be locked, if the trolley is to move from one pit to another; and

2. Obtain the signature of a security department member on the drop box verification form attesting to the accuracy of such reconciliation.

(j) If any unsecured currency is found in the vicinity of a gaming table or during the exchange of drop boxes, a casino games supervisor shall:

1. Notify surveillance to monitor the event;

2. Display the unsecured currency on a gaming table in view of the CCTV system; and

3. Deposit the unsecured currency in a drop box.

(k) All drop boxes removed from gaming tables and the drop box verification form shall be transported in locked trolleys directly to and secured in the count room by at least one casino security department member. The security department member shall verify that the total number of drop boxes in each trolley equals the number of drop boxes recorded on its corresponding drop box verification form. A security department member shall sign the drop box verification form attesting that the trolley is locked prior to movement to the count room.

(l) Whenever a full or inoperable drop box shall be replaced with an empty drop box ("emergency drop box"), the use of a trolley shall not be required. The replaced drop box shall be removed and transported either in a trolley if during the drop process or directly to and secured in the count room by at least one casino security department member and one casino games supervisor as follows:

1. A casino security department member shall notify the surveillance department which shall monitor and record the transaction. A security officer shall not transfer more than two emergency drop boxes at one time. If more than one drop box is to be removed, such notification shall include the order in which the boxes will be removed and replaced.

2. The security department member shall complete a three-part emergency box form documenting the replacement of the drop box. The form shall include at a minimum:

i. The date and time;

ii. The pit and table number;

iii. The reason for the removal; and

iv. The signatures of the security department member and casino games supervisor participating in the process;

3. The casino security department member shall sign out the count room key, emergency box cabinet or padlock key and the key to remove the drop box from the gaming table. The keys are maintained and controlled by the casino security department. Access to these keys shall be limited to casino security supervisors and shall be controlled, at a minimum, by a sign-out and sign-in procedure described in the casino licensee's security internal control submission approved by the Division;

4. The casino security department member and a casino games supervisor shall obtain the emergency box from the count room, affix the original emergency drop box form to the emergency box and transport the box with the duplicate and triplicate emergency drop box form to the appropriate gaming pit;

5. The casino security department member shall remove the full or inoperable drop box from the table game and replace it with the empty emergency drop box in the presence of the casino supervisor. A member of the table games department shall deposit the duplicate into the emergency drop box after the box is attached to the table;

6. A security department member shall copy the triplicate and place the triplicate in a locked accounting box. The copy shall be delivered within 24 hours to the Division's on-site office;

7. The drop box removed from the table game shall be transported by the casino security department member and casino supervisor to the count room or another secured area approved by the Division. Thereafter, the drop box shall be secured in an emergency drop box cabinet or trolley;

8. For each full or inoperable drop box exchanged, the casino security department member or casino supervisor shall record on an emergency drop box log, to be maintained with the emergency drop box cabinet or trolley, the following:

i. Date and time the drop box was secured in the cabinet or trolley;

ii. Drop box pit and table number; and

iii. Signatures of the casino security department member and casino games supervisor participating in the emergency drop box process; and

9. The keys shall be returned and signed in by a casino security department supervisor.

(m) Whenever a gaming table is to be moved or maintenance is to be performed on the table, the casino licensee shall remove and secure the drop box in the count room in accordance with the emergency drop box procedures in (l) above except that the drop box shall not be replaced with an emergency drop box, the emergency drop box form shall not be completed, and proper notification shall be provided to the Division.

(n) Drop boxes, when not in use during a shift, may be stored on the gaming tables provided that there is adequate security.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.17

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 1954(a), effective 8/3/2015

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 612(b), effective 1/16/2018