Slot count: procedures for counting and recording contents of drop buckets

(1) The contents of the slot drop buckets shall be counted and recorded in conformity with this Regulation. (2) Each Casino Licensee shall file with the Board the specific times during which the contents of slot drop buckets removed from compartments are to be removed and recorded. This count shall be immediately after removal of the drop buckets from the compartments. Gaming Control 229 (3) The counting and recording of the contents of slot drop buckets shall be performed in the presence of an inspector and by at least four (4) employees approved by the Board for the conduct of the Hard Count (“Count Team”) with no incompatible functions. To gain entrance to the Hard Count Room, the inspector may be required to present an Official Identification Card containing his photograph, issued by the Board. (4) No person shall carry a handbag or other container into the Hard Count Room unless it is transparent. (5) Immediately prior to the counting of the contents of the drop buckets, the door to the Hard Count Room shall be securely locked, the counting devices to be used shall be checked for accuracy by employees with no incompatible functions, and except as required by subregulation (9) (a), no person shall be permitted to enter or leave the Count room, except during a normal work break or in an emergency until the entire counting, recording and verification process is completed. During a work break, or in the event of an emergency, the counting and recording process shall be discontinued unless the appropriate number of personnel as described in subregulation (3) are present, (6) Immediately prior to the commencement of the count, one count team member shall notify the person assigned to the closed-circuit television monitoring station in the establishment that the count is about to begin. (7) Coins shall not be removed from the Hard Count Room after the commencement of the hard Count until the coins have been recounted and accepted by a Main Bank cashier. The recount procedures shall include the recounting of any wrapped and bagged coins on a random sample basis. (8) Procedures and requirements for conducting the count shall be the following– (a) before each drop bucket is emptied one count team member shall hold up the drop bucket, 230 Gaming Control in full view of the closed-circuit television camera, and the person recording the count properly record the drop bucket number, (b) the contents of each drop bucket shall be emptied, counted, and recorded separately and such procedures shall at all times be conducted in full view of the closed-circuit television cameras in the Hard Count Room; (c) the coin contents of each drop bucket shall be emptied separately into either a machine that automatically counts the coins placed therein or a scale that automatically weighs the coins placed therein; (d) immediately after the coin contents of each drop bucket are emptied into either the counting machine or scale; or if currency, on a table in the count room, the inside of the drop bucket shall be held up to full view of the closed circuit television camera and shall be shown to at least one other Slot Count Team member and the inspector to confirm that all contents of the drop bucket have been removed; (e) as the contents of each drop bucket are counted by the count machine or weighed by the scale, or, if currency, by two Count Team members, one member shall record on the Slot Win Sheet, or supporting document, the casino number of the slot machine to which the drop bucket contents correspond, if not pre-printed thereon, and the number of coins or the weight of the coins and/or currency counted; Gaming Control 231 (f) after the contents of all the drop buckets are counted or weighed and recorded, each Count Team member shall sign the Slot Win Sheet attesting to the accuracy of the information recorded thereon; (g) at the conclusion of the count process, any slugs that are found during the drop bucket pick-up or counting process, will be delivered to the inspector together with a copy of the Slug Report. The Slug Report shall be a three- part form which shall include the date, the total number of slugs received and the signature of the preparer and shall be distributed as follows– (i) original to the inspector; (ii) first copy maintained by Hard Count Supervisor; and (iii) Slots Department Manager. (9) Procedures and requirements at the conclusion of the count shall be the following– (a) the wrapped coins and currency removed from the Drop Buckets shall be counted in the Hard Count Room in the presence of a Count Team member, an inspector and by a Main Bank cashier prior to his having access to the information recorded on the Slot Win Sheet. The Main Bank cashier shall attest by signature on the Slot Win Sheet to the accuracy of the amount of coin and currency received from the slot machines; after which the inspector shall sign the Slot Win Sheet evidencing his presence during the Count and the fact that both the cashier and the Count 232 Gaming Control Team have agreed the total amount of coin and currency counted. The coin and currency thereafter shall remain in the custody of the Main Bank; (b) the top copy of the Slot Win Sheet and supporting documents shall be transported directly to the Accounting Department and shall not be available, except for signing, to any Cashier’s Cage or Slot personnel. A duplicate of the Slot Win Sheet shall be retained by the Inspector; (c) the preparation of the Slot Win Sheet shall be carried out by Accounting Department employees with no incompatible functions as follows– (i) compare for agreement, for each slot machine, the number of coins and/or amount of currency counted and recorded by the Count Team to the Drop Meter recorded on the Slot Meter Sheet; (ii) record, for each machine, the hopper fills to each slot machine; (iii) record, for each slot machine, the payouts and compare for agreement payouts to the manual jackpot meter reading recorded on the Slot Meter Sheet; (iv) calculate and record the win or loss for each slot machine; (v) explain and to the Slot Department all significant differences between meter readings and amounts Gaming Control 233 recorded for correction of apparent meter malfunctions; and (vi) calculate statistics by slot machines. (d) The Slot Win Sheet, the Slot Meter sheet, Jackpot Payouts, and Hopper Fills shall be– (i) compared for agreement with each other and, if applicable to triplicates or stored data on a test basis; (ii) reviewed for the appropriate number of signatures on a test basis; (iii) accounted for by series numbers, where applicable; (iv) tested for proper calculation, summarization, and recording; (v) subsequently recorded; and (vi) maintained and controlled by Accounting Department employees.