Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-104-14

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section 112-104-14 - Cage and main bank

(a) Each facility manager's internal control system shall include internal controls for the cage and the main bank. The internal controls shall be submitted to and approved by the commission according to K.A.R. 112-104-1. Each gaming facility shall have, adjacent to the gaming floor, a physical structure known as a cage. The cage shall house the cashiers and serve as the central location in the gaming facility for functions normally associated with the cage and the main bank, including the following:

(1) The custody of the cage inventory comprised of cash, cash equivalents, gaming chips, and the forms, documents, and records normally associated with the functions of a cage;

(2) the issuance, receipt, and reconciliation of imprest funds used by gaming cashiers, parimutuel tellers, and change persons in the acceptance of currency and coupons from patrons in exchange for currency;

(3) the exchange of currency, coin, gaming chips, and coupons for supporting documentation;

(4) the responsibility for the overall reconciliation of all documentation generated by gaming cashiers, parimu-tuel tellers, and change persons; and

(5) the receipt of currency, coupons, and tickets from the count room.

(b) The cage and the main bank shall provide maximum security for the materials housed, the employees located, and the activities performed in the cage and the main bank. The cage and the main bank shall meet all of the following requirements, at a minimum:

(1) The cage and the main bank shall be fully enclosed except for openings through which materials, including cash, records, and documents, can be passed to patrons, gaming cashiers, parimutuel tellers, and change persons.

(2) The cage and the main bank shall have manually triggered silent alarm systems located at the cashiers' window, vault, and in adjacent office space. The systems shall be connected directly to the monitoring room of the surveillance department and to the security department.

(3) The cage shall have a double-door entry and exit system that does not permit a person to pass through the second door until the first door is securely locked. In addition, all of the following requirements shall apply:

(A) The first door leading from the gaming floor of the double-door entry and exit system shall be controlled by the surveillance department through a commission-approved electronic access system designed and administered to provide a record of each entry authorization, including the authorizing employee's name and license number and the date and time of the authorization.

(B) The second door of the double-door entry and exit system shall be controlled by the cage through a commission-approved electronic access system designed and administered to provide a record of each entry authorization, including the authorizing employee's name and license number and the date and time of authorization.

(C) The double-door entry and exit system shall have surveillance coverage, which shall be monitored by the surveillance department.

(D) An entrance to the cage that is not a double-door entry and exit system shall be an alarmed emergency exit door only.

(4) Each door of the double-door entry and exit system shall have two separate commission-approved locking mechanisms.

(c) Any gaming facility may have one or more satellite cages separate and apart from the cage, established to maximize security, efficient operations, or patron convenience. The employees in a satellite cage may perform all of the functions of the employees in the cage. Each satellite cage shall be equipped with an alarm system in compliance with paragraph (b)(2). The functions that are conducted in a satellite cage shall be subject to the accounting controls applicable to a cage specified in K.A.R. 112-104-16.

(d) Each facility manager shall maintain and make available to the commission, upon request, a detailed and current list of the name of each employee meeting either of the following conditions:

(1) Possessing the combination to the locks securing the double-door entry and exit system restricting access to the cage and the main bank, any satellite cage, and the vault; or

(2) possessing the ability to activate or deactivate alarm systems for the cage, the main bank, any satellite cage, and the vault.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-104-14

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 74-8772; effective Sept. 26, 2008; amended April 1, 2011.