N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.44

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

Section 13:69D-1.44 - Keys for dual locks; casino licensee-controlled keys and locks; notice to the Division and surveillance department upon malfunction and repair, maintenance, or replacement of alarms

(a) Any key, locking mechanism, or locking system that is required by N.J.S.A. 5:12-100c or this chapter shall be patented unless otherwise approved by the Division. Such key shall be legally duplicable only by the manufacturer or an agent or successor thereof, and shall be capable of unlocking the locking device on no more than one type of secure box, compartment, or location used or maintained within any casino hotel facility.

(b) A casino licensee shall maintain an inventory identifying each controlled key, locking mechanism, or locking system and setting forth the procedure by which the key, locking mechanism, or locking system shall be controlled. Such internal controls shall, at a minimum, include an enumeration of those incidents or events which, if they occurred, would compromise the security of the casino licensee's locking systems and require it to immediately comply with the provisions herein.

(c) The types of secure boxes, compartments, or locations that require a unique key, locking mechanism, or locking system shall include, without limitation, the following:

1. Drop boxes;

2. Slot cash storage boxes;

3. Trolleys to transport drop boxes from gaming tables to a secure location;

4. Trolleys used to transport slot cash storage boxes from slot machines or sports book kiosks to a secure location;

5. Count room entrance and exit doors;

6. Compartments housing slot drop buckets and slot drop boxes;

7. Slot drop boxes;

8. Slot machine outer doors;

9. Slot machine belly glass doors;

10. Compartments housing microprocessors or other control units controlling progressive meter(s) for progressive slot machines;

11. Locations housing a computer that controls a progressive payout wager system for gaming tables offering a progressive payout wager;

12. Storage cabinets or trolleys for unattached slot drop boxes and slot cash storage boxes;

13. Compartments housing a random number generator for the keno system;

14. Compartments from a sports book kiosk, including, but not limited to the kiosk door, cash box compartment door, and cash box; and

15. Compartments housing slot cash storage boxes.

(d) Each casino licensee shall establish inventory internal controls for any key required to be controlled and maintained by a casino licensee and for any corresponding locking device including, without limitation, any key and locking device required by N.J.S.A. 5:12-100c and this chapter for a dual control locking system. The key and locking device inventory controls of each casino licensee shall include, at a minimum, procedures for:

1. Maintenance of inventory ledgers by identified, authorized personnel for purposes of documenting:

i. The requisitioning of keys and locking devices from vendors;

ii. The receipt of blank key stock for keys listed in (c) above;

iii. The storage and issuance of keys and locking devices;

iv. Any loss, removal from service, and subsequent replacement of keys and locking devices;

v. The destruction of keys and locking devices; and

vi. The results of physical inventories;

2. The storage of duplicate keys and locking devices, including a physical description of any storage location and the identification of authorized personnel in control of such location and access to such location;

3. The destruction of keys and locking devices, including documentation detailing in whose presence any destruction shall occur; and

4. Physical inventories of all keys and locking devices at least once every 12 months.

(e) A casino licensee shall notify the Division and its surveillance department immediately upon becoming aware of any malfunction of any alarm system or alarmed door required by the Act and these regulations, and upon any emergency service to restore their proper function. In addition, a casino licensee shall provide the Division and its surveillance department with at least 24 hours written notice prior to effecting any non-emergency repair, maintenance or replacement of any such alarm system or alarmed door including, without limitation:

1. Alarm systems for any emergency exit from the casino floor or casino simulcasting facility;

2. Alarm systems for the casino cage, its ancillary office space and any related casino vault;

3. Alarm systems for any master coin bank located outside the casino cage;

4. Alarmed emergency exit door(s) for the casino cage;

5. Alarmed doors to casino vaults signaling the closed circuit television system;

6. Alarmed doors to count rooms signaling the monitoring rooms and the casino security department;

7. Alarm systems providing for a continuous visual signal whenever any access door to the count room is open;

8. Alarm systems for any slot cashier window in a slot booth;

9. Alarm systems for separate work stations within a keno booth or satellite keno booth; and

10. Alarm systems for keno work stations in keno lockers.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.44

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

Amended by 56 N.J.R. 1182(b), effective 7/1/2024