N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.14 - Physical description of cashiers' main cage; satellite cage; master coin bank; coin vault; simulcast booth; slot booth; keno booth; and sports lounge booth

(a) Each casino licensee shall have on or immediately adjacent to the gaming floor a physical structure known as a main cage, which shall include segregated areas for the main bank, check bank, and chip bank, and may also include a master coin bank. Each casino licensee may also have, on or immediately adjacent to the gaming floor, one or more satellite cages. If a casino licensee operates two or more establishments physically connected in a manner approved by the Division, it shall operate a main cage in one of those establishments to serve as the central location for the functions set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:69D-1.15 for all of the establishments.

(b) A cage or satellite cage shall be fully enclosed and shall, at a minimum:

1. Be designed and constructed to provide maximum security for the materials stored and the activities performed therein. Such design and construction shall be approved by the Division;

2. Include openings at one or more numbered cashier windows, each of which shall contain a cashier's drawer and through which financial transactions related to gaming will be conducted;

3. Include manually triggered silent alarm systems, which shall be connected directly to the monitoring rooms of the casino surveillance and the casino security departments;

4. Provide for closed circuit television cameras capable of accurate visual monitoring and taping of any activities;

5. Require any emergency exit door that is not a mantrap to be alarmed; and

6. Include a mantrap if the cage or satellite cage secure assets, including, but not limited to, currency, coins, tokens, gaming plaques, or gaming chips having a value greater than an amount established by the Division. The outer door of the mantrap shall be controlled by the security department and the inner door shall be controlled by the accounting department. The doors of the mantrap shall have separate and distinct locking mechanisms on each door of the double door entry and exit system. The mantrap shall be subject to continuous CCTV coverage.

(c) A casino licensee may have separate areas for the storage of coin, prize tokens and slot tokens ("coin vaults") in locations outside the cage or master coin bank, as described in the casino licensee's internal controls. Each coin vault shall be designed and constructed to provide maximum security for the materials stored and activities performed therein, and shall include at least the following:

1. A fully enclosed room, located in an area not open to the public;

2. A metal door with a locking mechanism that shall be maintained and controlled by the main bank or master coin bank, which shall establish a procedure to identify the person who was in control of the locking mechanism, including the date and the time when control of the locking mechanism was transferred;

3. An alarm device that signals the casino surveillance department whenever the door to the coin vault is opened; and

4. Closed circuit television cameras capable of accurate visual monitoring and taping of any activities in the coin vault.

(d) Each casino licensee may have one or more slot booths to serve as a location in the casino to conduct gaming or non-gaming financial transactions . Such booth shall be designed and constructed in accordance with (b)1 through 5 above, and access shall be controlled by a supervisor in the accounting department.

(e) Casino simulcasting operations shall only be conducted in a separate and distinct area known as a casino simulcasting facility. A casino simulcasting facility shall contain a physical structure known as a simulcast cashier booth (simulcast counter) to serve as the central cashiering location for simulcast transactions. A casino simulcasting facility may contain one or more ancillary simulcast counters. An ancillary simulcast counter shall comply with all of the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:69M-4.4 and this subsection. The simulcast counter shall be designed and constructed in accordance with (b)1 through 5 above and shall also, at a minimum, include the following:

1. One or more numbered pari-mutuel windows, each of which shall contain a pari-mutuel machine and a cashier's drawer;

2. A work area containing at least one remote management console (RMC) and terminal; and

3. A simulcast vault, which shall be secured by a locking mechanism, distinct from any locking mechanism in the cashiers' cage or satellite cage, and maintained and controlled by the simulcast shift supervisor or above.

(f) Keno gaming operations shall be conducted in any area designated for keno gaming activity including on the casino floor, in a casino simulcasting facility, or in a public keno area in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:69D-1.15. Keno gaming operations may be conducted from a keno booth, satellite keno booth, or a keno locker.

1. A keno booth or satellite keno booth shall be designed and constructed in accordance with (b)1 through 5 above, and shall have separate work stations which shall include a computer terminal used to issue keno tickets and calculate payouts for winning keno tickets and an area for the storage of a keno drawer. In addition, a keno booth may contain the following:

i. A segregated and secure area for the storage of locked keno drawers pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:69D-1.15; and

ii. A segregated and secure area, maintained on an impress basis by the keno supervisor, which may be used to establish opening keno inventories and complete keno fills and keno credits.

2. A keno locker shall be fully enclosed, contain one keno work station, and be closed and locked whenever it is unattended by a keno runner. A keno work station in a keno locker shall include:

i. Manually triggered silent alarm systems, which shall be connected directly to the monitoring rooms of the casino surveillance and the casino security departments;

ii. A computer terminal which shall be used to issue keno tickets and calculate payouts for winning keno tickets;

iii. An area for the storage of one or more keno drawers, which area shall only be used by a keno runner selling or redeeming keno tickets from that keno locker; and

iv. A light that is located above the work station and is visible from outside the keno locker, which light shall automatically illuminate whenever the door to the keno locker is open.

(g) Whenever the rules of the Division or the internal controls of a casino licensee require or authorize documents to be transported between cages, the casino licensee shall transport the documents through the use of a pneumatic tube system or a secure cabinet or bag. The secure cabinet or bag shall be transported by a casino cage supervisor or above, or by a casino security department representative.

(h) Provided that the casino or racetrack has a cashier's main cage that meets the requirements of (b) above, sports pool wagering transactions may be conducted from a sports wagering lounge booth located in the sports wagering lounge. Such booth shall be designed and constructed in accordance with (b)1 through 5 above, and access shall be controlled by a supervisor in the sports pool* department or, for a racetrack, a comparable position approved by the Division.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69D-1.14

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 1954(a), effective 8/3/2015 Amended by 50 N.J.R. 1652(a), effective 7/16/2018 Amended by 51 N.J.R. 1514(b), effective 10/7/2019