61D-14.072. Cashier’s Cage, Satellite Cages, Vaults, and Accounting Controls

(1) Each slot machine licensee shall have on or immediately adjacent to the designated slot machine gaming area a physical structure known as a cashier’s cage (“the cage”) to house the cashiers and to serve as the central location for the following:

(a) The custody of the cage inventory comprising currency including patrons’ deposits, and of forms, documents, and records normally associated with the operation of a cage;

(b) The custody and exchange of currency, electronic cards, forms, documents and records normally generated or utilized by cashiers, change persons, and slot attendants;

(c) The responsibility for the overall reconciliation of all documentation generated by cashiers, slot cashiers, change persons, and slot attendants; and,

(d) The receipt of currency, tickets or vouchers from the count room in conformity with this document.

(2) The cage shall be designed and constructed to provide security for the materials housed therein and the activities performed therein; such design and construction shall provide for the following:

(a) Fully enclosed except for openings through which materials such as cash, records, and documents can be passed to service the public and slot cashier’s cages;

(b) Manually triggered silent alarm systems for the cage, its ancillary office space and any related vault, which alarm systems shall be connected directly to the monitoring rooms of the surveillance system and the security department office;

(c) Double door entry and exit system that shall not permit a person to pass through the second door until the first door is securely locked. In addition:

1. The first door of the double door entry and exit system shall be controlled by the security department. The second door of the double door entry and exit system shall be controlled by the cashier’s cage;

2. The system shall have surveillance camera coverage which shall be monitored by the surveillance department; and,

3. Any entrance to the cage that is not a double door entry and exit system shall be an alarmed emergency exit door only; and,

(d) Separate locks on each door of the double door entry and exit system, the keys to which shall be different from each other.

(3) Satellite cages shall be designed and constructed in compliance with the provisions of subsection (2), except that satellite cages shall not be required to utilize a double door entry system as required by subparagraph (2)(c)1. Satellite cages shall have surveillance camera coverage and utilize a lockable door.

(4) Each vault shall include the following:

(a) A metal door with one key that shall be maintained and controlled by the cage. The slot machine licensee shall establish a sign-in and sign-out procedure for removal and replacement of the key or an electronic lock release that can be activated by vault personnel inside the vault;

(b) An alarm device that signals the surveillance department whenever the door to the vault is opened; and,

(c) Surveillance cameras meeting the requirements in Rule 61D-14.054, F.A.C.

(5) Vaults shall be under the control of the accounting department. The storage or removal of currency from vaults shall be documented, and the amount of currency in each vault shall be reconciled daily.

(6) The cashiers assigned to an outgoing shift shall record on a daily cashier’s count sheet the face value of each cage inventory item counted and the total of the opening and closing cage inventories and shall reconcile the total closing inventory with the total opening inventory.

(7) At the end of the slot machine licensee’s hours of operation for each day, a copy of the cashier’s count sheets and related documentation shall be forwarded to the accounting department for agreement with opening and closing inventories.

Rulemaking Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(d), (g), (i) FS. History–New 7-30-06, Amended 5-30-17.