Procedure for filling payout reserve containers of slot machines

(1) Whenever a slot supervisor or attendant requests coins to fill a hopper of a slot machine, a Main Slot Bank cashier (“Slot Cashier”) shall prepare a hopper fill slip (“Hopper Fill”). (2) Hopper Fills shall be serially pre-numbered forms, each series of all Hopper Fills shall be used in sequential order, and the series of all Hopper Fills received by a Casino shall be accounted for by employees independent of the Cashier’s Cage and the Slot Department. All original and duplicate “Void” Hopper Fills shall be marked “Void” and shall require the signature of the preparer. (3) The following procedures and requirements shall be observed with regard to Hopper Fills– (a) each series of Hopper Fills shall be a three- part form and shall be inserted in a locked dispenser that will permit an individual slip in the series to be written upon simultaneously 224 Gaming Control while still locked in the dispenser, and that will discharge the original and duplicate while the triplicate remains in a continuous; unbroken form in the dispenser; and (b) access to the triplicate shall be maintained and controlled at all times by employees responsible for controlling and accounting for the unused supply of Hopper Fills, placing Hopper Fills in the dispensers, and removing from the dispensers the triplicates remaining therein. These employees shall have non incompatible functions. (4) On originals, duplicates and triplicates of the Hopper Fills, the preparer shall record at a minimum, the following information– (a) the Casino number of the slot machine to which the coins are to be distributed; (b) date and time of distribution; (c) the denomination of coin to be distributed; (d) the amount of coins to be distributed, (5) All coins distributed to a slot machine from the main Slot Bank shall be transported in pre-wrapped secured bags directly to the slot machine by a slot attendant accompanied by a Security Department Member who shall at the same time transport the duplicate Hopper Fill for signature. The Security Department Member shall observe the depositing of the coins into the slot machine and the closing, and locking of the slot machine by the slot attendant before obtaining the signature of the slot attendant on the duplicate copy of the Hopper Fill. Gaming Control 225 (6) Signatures attesting to the accuracy of the information contained on the Hopper Fill Slip shall be, at a minimum, of the following personnel at the following times– (a) on the original– (i) the Main Slot Bank Cashier upon preparation; and (ii) the slot attendant transporting the coins to the slot machine upon receipt from the Main Slot Bank Cashier of the coins to be transported; and (b) on the duplicate– (i) the Main Slot Bank Cashier upon preparation; (ii) the slot attendant transporting and depositing the coins in the Slot machine after receipt from the Main Slot Bank cashier of the coins to be transported; and (iii) the Security Department Member after observing the depositing of the coins in the slot machine, and the closing and locking of the slot machine by the slot attendant. (7) Upon meeting the signature requirements described in sub regulations 6 (a) and (b), the security Department shall maintain and control the duplicate, and the Main Slot Bank Cashier shall maintain and control the original. (8) At the end of gaming activity each day, at a minimum, the original and duplicate of the Hopper Fill shall be forwarded as follows226 Gaming Control (a) the original shall be forwarded to the Main Bank by the Main Slot Bank Cashier for exchange for coin, currency or credit after which the original shall be forwarded to the Accounting Department for agreement with the triplicate or stored data; (b) the duplicate shall be forwarded directly to the Accounting Department for recording on the Slot Win Sheet, agreement with the meter readings recorded on the Slot Meter Sheet, and agreement with the triplicates.