N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.47

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

Section 13:69D-1.47 - Keno procedures

(a) A casino licensee offering the game of keno shall use a keno computer system approved by the Division. A casino licensee shall immediately notify the Division of any malfunction of a keno computer system and shall not utilize the system until the malfunction has been repaired. Each casino licensee shall conduct the game of keno in accordance with internal controls for its keno computer system which shall include:

1. Access restrictions;

2. Hardware and software controls;

3. Override policies and restrictions;

4. Keno tickets and payoff information; and

5. Backup and recovery procedures.

(b) Keno shall be conducted by an individual known as a keno writer at a keno work station. A casino licensee may employ one or more "keno runners" to assist in the conduct of keno. A keno runner may act as an intermediary between a patron and a keno writer in order to facilitate the placement or redemption of a keno wager.

(c) A keno work station shall commence operation with an imprest amount of currency and coin ("keno inventory") which shall be stored in a lockable keno drawer.

(d) A keno writer or keno runner shall be authorized to accept and redeem wagers from a keno drawer assigned to the keno writer or keno runner. No casino licensee shall cause or permit currency, coin, or gaming chips to be added to, or removed from, the keno inventory during the gaming day except:

1. In exchange for a keno ticket purchased by a patron;

2. To make change for a patron buying a keno ticket;

3. In receipt of a coupon from a patron in exchange for currency, coin, or a keno ticket;

4. To pay a winning keno ticket;

5. To refund a voided keno ticket; or

6. In conformity with keno fill and keno credit procedures.

(e) Keno drawers shall be prepared by a main bank cashier, master coin bank cashier, cage supervisor, or keno supervisor in accordance with the casino licensee's internal controls.

(f) The keys to the keno drawers containing the keno inventories shall be maintained and controlled in accordance with the licensee's internal control procedures. Each key shall be signed-in and signed-out in accordance with the casino licensee's internal control procedures.

(g) Each casino licensee shall conduct keno operations in accordance with internal controls for accounting and reconciliation of the assets. The internal controls shall include procedures detailing:

1. The verification of each keno drawer by a keno supervisor, main bank cashier, or cage supervisor;

2. The documenting of any overage or shortage;

3. The reporting of any suspicious winning keno ticket; and

4. The forwarding of all reports to casino accounting on a daily basis.

(h) If a keno writer or keno runner needs additional currency or coin, the keno writer or keno runner shall prepare a keno fill slip in accordance with the licensee's internal control procedures.

(i) A keno writer or keno runner may transfer currency, coin, gaming chips, slot tokens, and coupons to the main bank, master coin bank, or keno supervisor by preparing a keno credit slip in accordance with the licensee's internal control procedures.

(j) A keno runner may accept wagers and redeem winning tickets without the assistance of a keno writer provided that:

1. The keno runner operates from a keno drawer, pouch, or wallet; and

2. The keno system can generate the reports necessary for the accounting and reconciliation of the keno drawer, pouch, or wallet of each keno runner.

(k) If a patron requests to place a keno wager with a keno runner, the keno runner shall:

1. Require the patron to complete a two-part keno runner request and to present currency, coin, gaming chips, slot tokens, or coupons in an amount sufficient to fund the request;

2. Provide the duplicate of the keno runner request to the patron as a receipt for the keno wager;

3. Take the original of the keno runner request with the wager information together with the currency, coin, gaming chips, slot tokens, or coupons to a keno writer at a keno work station or to a keno booth, satellite keno booth, or keno locker where the keno runner has a keno drawer;

4. Receive the keno ticket or tickets and any change from the keno writer or generate them directly at his or her work station in a keno booth, satellite keno booth, or keno locker; and

5. Deliver the keno ticket or tickets to the patron in exchange for the duplicate copy of the keno runner request, provided that, prior to the exchange, the keno runner shall compare the two parts of the keno runner request to ensure that the ticket is presented to the correct patron.

(l) If a patron requests to redeem a winning keno ticket with a keno runner, a keno runner shall:

1. Accept the ticket from the patron in exchange for a one-part keno ticket receipt; provided, however, a keno runner who generates and redeems keno tickets at a keno work station, utilizes a winning keno ticket report to verify the winning ticket and has sufficient funds in his or her pouch or wallet to redeem the ticket may accept the ticket in exchange for the winning payout;

2. Take the winning ticket to a keno writer at a keno work station or to a work station in a keno booth, satellite keno booth, or keno locker where the keno runner has a keno drawer or, if the keno runner has paid the patron directly from his or her pouch or wallet, redeem the winning keno ticket at a keno work station no later than the end of the keno runner's shift;

3. Unless the keno runner has paid the patron directly from his or her pouch or wallet, obtain the proceeds of the ticket from the keno writer or the keno runner's drawer; and

4. Deliver the proceeds to the patron in exchange for the keno ticket receipt.

(m) No keno supervisor or keno writer shall start a keno game until all keno runners who are authorized to accept wagers for that game have recorded the wagers they have accepted. The keno supervisor or keno writer shall certify at the end of the shift that all keno runners recorded the wagers they have accepted prior to the start of each keno game during the shift.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.47

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