10 Del. Admin. Code § 203-21.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 5, November 1, 2024

Section 203-21.0 - The Count Room and Counting of the Table Game Drop

21.1 The table game drop box count shall be performed in a soft count room, and access to the count room during the count shall be restricted to members of the drop and count teams, with the exception of authorized observers, supervisors for resolution of problems, and authorized maintenance personnel.

21.2 The soft count room shall be designed and constructed to provide maximum security for the materials housed therein and for the activities conducted therein. Each agent shall design and construct a count room as approved by the Director with, at a minimum, the following security measures:

21.2.1 A metal door installed on each entrance and exit equipped with:

21.2.1.1 Two separate locks as required by the MICS and approved by the Director;

21.2.1.2 An alarm device with audible signals that are activated, as approved by the Director, whenever a door to the count room is opened at times other than those times for which the agent has provided prior notice; and

21.2.1.3 A light system which illuminates one or more lights in the monitoring rooms and at such other locations as the agency may require, for purposes of maintaining constant surveillance on whether each count room door is open or closed or whether the count is in progress;

21.2.2 Closed circuit television cameras and microphone wired to monitoring rooms capable of, but not limited to, the following:

21.2.2.1 Effective and detailed audio-video monitoring of the entire count process;

21.2.2.2 Effective, detailed video-monitoring of the interior of the count room, including storage cabinets or trolleys used to store drop boxes; and

21.2.2.3 Audio-video taping of the entire count process and any other activities in the count room.

21.3 Count room personnel shall not be allowed to exit or enter the count room during the count except for emergencies or scheduled breaks. At no time during the count shall there be fewer than two (2) employees in the count room until the drop proceeds have been accepted into cage/vault accountability.

21.4 The table game drop box count shall be performed by a minimum of two (2) employees. If the count team consists of only two (2) employees, they shall be rotated on a routine basis such that the count team is not consistently the same two (2) persons more than four (4) days per week.

21.5 The count team shall be independent of transactions being reviewed and counted, and the cage/vault cashiers shall be responsible for accepting the count, as approved by the agency.

21.6 The table game drop boxes shall be individually emptied and counted in such a manner to prevent the commingling of funds between boxes until the count of the box has been recorded. The count of each box shall be recorded in ink or other permanent form of recordation.

21.7 Table game drop boxes, when empty, shall be shown to another member of the count team and surveillance.

21.8 The count process shall be done in accordance with the MICS as approved by the agency, and all members of the count team shall sign the count document to attest to their participation in the count.

21.9 All drop proceeds that were counted shall be turned over to a cage cashier who shall be independent of the count team. Prior to having access to the documentation of the funds counted by the soft count team, the cage cashier shall conduct a bulk count of the soft count drop and then compare the bulk count to the soft count documentation or a transfer sheet. All differences shall be reconciled prior to the cage cashier and count team leaving the count room.

21.10 The cage cashier shall document the acceptance of the funds and transport the funds to the cashiers' cage/vault in a manner approved by the agency.

21.11 The count sheet, with all supporting documents, shall be delivered to the accounting department by a count team member or a person independent of the cashiers' cage/vault department. Alternatively, it may be adequately secured via a locked canister to which only accounting personnel can gain access or any other effective manner until retrieved by the accounting department.

10 Del. Admin. Code § 203-21.0

27 DE Reg. 106 (8/1/2023) (Final)