Section 230-15-610. Preparing to conduct a count.

(1) House-banked card game licensees must assign employees to conduct the count. The count team must be made up of three or more licensed employees. The count team must not include anyone who works in the surveillance department or whose duties included preparing, approving, or reviewing records used in that specific count process.

(2) Licensees must accurately count and record the contents of drop boxes to ensure the proper accountability of all gambling chips, coin, and currency. The count must be done at least once each gambling day.

(3) If a cage cashier completes the opener, closer, fills, and credits portions of the master game report, the cashier sends the original master game report to the count team for completion. The cage cashier must immediately send a copy directly to the accounting department.

(4) A count team member must notify the surveillance room observer that the count is about to begin. The surveillance employee must then make a video and audio recording of the entire count process.

(5) Before opening drop boxes, the count team must lock the door to the count room. Licensees must permit no person to enter or leave the count room, except for a normal work break or an emergency, until the count team has completed the entire counting, recording, and verification process for the contents of drop boxes.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-610, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]

RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-610, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.