S.D. Admin. R. 20:18:01:01

Current through Register Vol. 50, page 159, June 17, 2024

Section 20:18:01:01 - Definitions

In addition to the terms in SDCL 42-7B-4, terms used in this article mean:

(1) "Association," a body of persons united and acting together without a corporate charter;

(2) "Background investigation," the security, medical, and financial check of an applicant for a license;

(3) "Building," a common structure that is built or constructed or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner;

(4) "Bum," the dealer's act of removing the first card after the shuffle and placing it in the discards; also, the act of placing an active card in the discards;

(5) "Common retail premises," two or more buildings that are adjacent, share a common or party wall, have interior access, share identical building ownership or leasehold interest, share a common operator or route operator, and share a common cage that if routed is also used as the route operator's cage;

(6) "Controller," an electronic device that acts as a relay between a slot machine signal and the overhead progression sign;

(7) "Costs," sums of money to be paid to the commission for testing of slot machines, devices, and equipment;

(8) "Drop," the total amount of money, chips, tokens, coupons, and wagering vouchers removed from the drop boxes;

(9) "Drop box," for blackjack, house banked poker, craps, roulette, keno, and poker games, a locked container permanently marked with the game and a number corresponding to a permanent number on the table and for a slot machine, the bill acceptor box located within the machine;

(10) "Financial institution," a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, trust company, or other similar entity chartered by the United States, a state, or a territory or commonwealth of the United States;

(11) "Gaming contract," an agreement in which a person does business with or on the premises of an entity licensed under this article;

(12) "House Banked Table Game," any authorized game of blackjack. poker, craps, roulette, or keno where the player wagers against the licensee:

(13) "Imprest bank," an area on a poker table in which a predetermined dollar amount of chips, tokens, or cash is kept;

(14) "Jackpot verification mode," the period of time between the progressive jackpot activation of a progressive slot machine and the resetting of the device which caused its activation;

(15) "Lammer" or "lammer button," a chip-like implement with a numeral;

(16) "Link," one or more progressive slot machines that are connected to a progressive controller and may be played in order to achieve the stated progressive amount;

(17) "Matched play," in relation to promotional items, the use of a coupon that is issued to a patron by an establishment for play that must be accompanied by a bet;

(18) "Moral turpitude," an act done contrary to honesty and good morals; it is an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a person owes to other persons or to society in general;

(19) "Non-cashable promo play," any credits that are not redeemable for cash and awarded to the player at the discretion of the licensee. Credits are issued and tracked through the use of a slot management system that entitles the player to participate in gambling on the licensee's slot machines and table games;

(20) "Normal mode," the mode of a progressive slot machine at all times other than when it is in the jackpot verification mode;

(21) "Pit boss," the person responsible to direct and supervise personnel where required and observe table action, review irregularities, arbitrate customer disputes arising from table play, maintain proper table loads, and oversee or count table inventory at the beginning and ending of shifts;

(22) "Poker podium," a stationary stand or counter in a poker room which contains a predetermined amount of chips, tokens, and currency;

(23) "Progressive controller," the hardware and software that controls all communications among the machines within a progressive slot machine link and its associated progressive meter;

(24) "Proposition player," a person paid a fixed sum by the licensee for the specific purpose of playing in a card game, who uses personal funds and who retains the winnings and absorbs the losses;

(25) "Shill," a player provided by or employed by a retail licensee who only bets money provided by the retail licensee;

(26) "Substantial interest," at least as large an interest in a corporation, partnership, or association as that of any other shareholder, partner, or principal;

(27) "Support licensee," a person licensed by the commission who is working or who is about to work for an operator or retailer as a card dealer, slot machine mechanic, slot machine technician, floor supervisor, cashier, shill, proposition player, slot route runner, pit boss, a member of the count team, computer monitor for progressive links, or in any other way directly related to gaming.

S.D. Admin. R. 20:18:01:01

16 SDR 57, effective 10/1/1989; 16 SDR 233, effective 7/1/1990; 18 SDR 9, effective 7/23/1991; 20 SDR 113, effective 1/23/1994; 22 SDR 95, effective 1/18/1996; 35 SDR 184, effective 2/2/2009; 38 SDR 213, effective 6/18/2012; 41 SDR218, effective 7/1/2015; 42 SDR 77, effective 11/30/2015

General Authority: SDCL 42-7B-7.

Law Implemented: SDCL 42-7B-7, 42-7B-11(11)(13).

Pit boss requirement, § 20:18:12.01:17.