Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-104-32
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 45, November 7, 2024
Section 112-104-32 - Unclaimed winnings(a) Each facility manager's internal control system shall include internal controls for unclaimed winnings. The internal controls shall be submitted to and approved by the commission according to K.A.R. 112-104-1.(b) All winnings, whether property or cash, that are due and payable to a known patron and remain unclaimed shall be held in safekeeping for the benefit of the known patron.(c)(1) If winnings have not been provided to a known patron, the facility manager shall prepare a winner receipt form. The form shall be a two-part, serially pre-numbered form and shall contain the following: (A) The name and address of the patron;(B) a unique identifying number obtained from a United States government-issued photo identification card or a government-issued passport;(C) the date and time the winning occurred; and(D) the LFG upon which the win occurred, including the following:(i) The LFG asset number; (iii) the winning combination.(2) The two-part receipt form shall be distributed as follows:(A) The preparer of the original shall send the original to the gaming cashier responsible for maintaining safekeeping balances.(B) The duplicate shall be presented to the winning patron, who shall be required to present the duplicate receipt before being paid the winning amount due.(d) Each facility manager shall be required to use its best efforts to deliver the winnings to the patron. The facility manager shall maintain documentation of all efforts to provide the patron with the unclaimed winnings. Documentation shall consist of letters of correspondence or notation of telephone calls or other means of communication used in the attempt to provide the winnings to the patron.(e) Each winning patron shall collect that patron's winnings by presenting to a gaming cashier the duplicate copy of the winner receipt form signed in the presence of the gaming cashier. The gaming cashier shall obtain the original winner receipt form from safekeeping and compare the signature on the original to the signature on the duplicate receipt form. The gaming cashier shall sign the original winner receipt form, attesting that the signatures on the original and duplicate receipt forms agree, and then distribute the winnings to the patron.(f) The gaming cashier shall retain the original receipt form as evidence of the disbursement from the gaming cashier's funds. The duplicate receipt form shall be placed in a box for distribution to accounting by security or someone who did not participate in the transaction.(g) Undistributed winnings of any known patron held in safekeeping for 12 months or longer shall revert to the Kansas state treasurer's office in accordance with unclaimed property laws after reasonable efforts to distribute the winnings to the known patron, as determined from review of the documentation maintained.(h)(1) If the identity of any patron who wins more than $1,200 is not known, the facility manager shall be required to make a good faith effort to learn the identity of the patron. If the identity of the patron is determined, the facility manager shall comply with subsections (b) through (g).(2) If a patron's identity cannot be determined after 180 days from the time the patron's winnings were payable, the winnings shall be distributed according to the formula contained in the gaming facility's management contract. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-104-32
Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 74-8772; effective Sept. 26, 2008; amended April 1, 2011.