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Count room: characteristics

Gaming Control (Licensed Gaming Premises) (Accounting And Internal Control) Regulations, reg. 32 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) In each casino, there shall be immediately adjacent to the Cashier’s Cage a room specifically designated for counting the contents of drop boxes which shall be known as the Soft (2) The Soft Count Room shall be designed and constructed to provide maximum security for the materials housed therein and for the activities conducted therein, to include at a minimum, the following– (a) a metal door equipped with two separate locks securing the interior of the count room, the keys to which shall be different from each other and from the keys to the locks securing the contents of the drop boxes, and one key shall be maintained and controlled by the Security Department in a secure area within the Security Department, access to which may be gained only by a nominated Security Department Member, and the other key maintained and controlled by the Casino Department established for the purposes of Regulation 12 (3) (c); (b) the Security Department shall establish a sign out procedure for all keys removed from the Security Department; and (c) an alarm device connected to the entrance for the Soft Count Room in such a manner as to cause a signaling to the monitors of the closed circuit television system in the Casino’s Gaming Control 201 Surveillance Monitor Room whenever the door to the count room is opened. (3) Located within the Soft Count Room shall be– (a) a table constructed of clear glass or similar material for the emptying, counting and recording of the contents of the drop boxes which shall be known as the “Count Table”; (b) cameras and microphones wired to monitoring rooms capable of, but not limited to, the following– (i) effective and detailed audio-video monitoring of the entire count process; (ii) effective, detailed video-monitoring of the count room, including storage cabinets or trolleys used to store drop boxes; and (iii) audio-video taping of the entire count process and any other activities in the (4) The Hard Count Room designated for counting the contents of Slot Machine Drop Buckets shall meet all the requirements herein. The door to the Hard Count Room shall be equipped with two locks. One key shall be maintained and controlled by Security, and the other key maintained and controlled by the Slots Department.
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