13 Miss. Code. R. § 7-9.6 - Miscellaneous Slot Requirements

(a) Every licensees written system of internal controls shall include procedures that will ensure that all gaming devices are accurately communicating all activity and inactivity of the gaming devices with the computer monitoring system, as required by Mississippi Gaming Commission Regulation IV., Section 5. (g). System communication testing shall be performed any time gaming devices are newly installed, converted, upgraded, or moved and any time communications with the computer monitoring system have been interrupted.

(b) Slot analysis reports, which compare actual hold to theoretical hold, are prepared on at least a monthly basis by the Accounting department for each slot machine. Any variances +/-4% must be investigated and findings documented. These records must be maintained at least three years and shall provide data on both month-to-date and year-to-date basis. Actual hold is equal to the dollar amount of win divided by the dollar amount of coin-in. Accurate theoretical hold worksheets must be maintained for all slot machines.

(c) Before machines are permanently or temporarily removed from the gaming floor, the licensee must obtain prior approval from the Commission for the drop and removal of the slot machines. The hopper contents will be bagged and labeled by a Slot Mechanic, under surveillance coverage, with Security present. The bagged hopper load will be placed inside the hopper for removal by the drop team or transported directly to the count room under surveillance coverage with Security escort. (NOTE: The hopper load can remain in the slot machine if the slot machine is being relocated on the floor.) Hopper loads will be counted and recorded by at least three count team members with appropriate documentation being routed to the Accounting department for proper recording. The contents of reserve fill cabinets are returned to the cage by a Slot Attendant or Slot Supervisor, with appropriate documentation. Permanent removal of a machine from the floor requires an adjustment to the general ledger to reduce the initial hopper load asset account by the dollar amount of the initial hopper load asset amount. Additionally, the dollar amount of the initial hopper load is not included in gross gaming revenue. The difference between the hopper contents and the initial hopper load dollar amount are adjustments to the slot revenue. Once the drop has been completed, the slot machine can be moved.

(d) Records shall be maintained for each slot machine which indicates the date the machine was placed into service, the date the machine was removed from operation, the date the machine was placed back into operation, and any changes in machine numbers and designations.

(e) A log shall be maintained inside of each slot machine to record all entries into the cabinet, in addition to a player tracking system that automatically records this information. Information is to include employees name, unique employee identification number, date (month, day and year) and reason for entry to the machine. These logs shall be monitored regularly by the slot managers/supervisors.

(f) EPROM duplication may only be performed by a licensed manufacturer or a licensee who has received Commission approval to duplicate EPROMs. The EPROMs of some manufacturers may be protected by federal copyright laws. The licensee should ensure that all applicable laws are complied with when duplicating EPROMs. Slot machines must have the CPU boards locked. (Amended: 03/15/2007.)

(g) Access to the master program EPROMs and EPROM duplicator equipment shall be secured in a locked cabinet and the key to the cabinet is maintained under log control at the casino cage or in the electronic key box. Procedures must be developed and implemented for copying from the master game program EPROM to another EPROM, verification of duplicated EPROMs prior to being offered for play, and destruction, as needed, of EPROMs with electrical failures. These procedures must take place in an area that is monitored by surveillance utilizing a PTZ camera. Surveillance will be required to maintain tapes of all active duplicating processes for a period of thirty (30) days. Records must be maintained documenting these procedures. The records must include the following information:

1. date;

2. slot machine n umber in which a duplicated EPROM is placed. Additionally, indicate the slot machine number of the source EPROM when duplicated from an EPROM of another slot machine;

3. manufacturer;

4. program number;

5. personnel involved;

6. reason for duplication; and

7. disposition of any permanently removed EPROM.

(h) For duplicated EPROMs, labels must be printed containing all original information from the manufacturer, in addition to a unique designation that the EPROM is a duplicate.

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13 Miss. Code. R. § 7-9.6

Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-51