Renewal of Slot Machine Licenses, Occupational License Application Requirements for Business Entities, Pari-Mutuel Occupational License Transition Period Provisions, Operational Requirements, Compulsive or Addictive Gambling Prevention Program, Slot ...

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61D-14.003: Renewal of Slot Machine Licenses
61D-14.006: Occupational License Application Requirements for Business Entities
61D-14.013: Pari-Mutuel Occupational License Transition Period Provisions
61D-14.016: Operational Requirements
61D-14.019: Compulsive or Addictive Gambling Prevention Program
61D-14.022: Slot Machine Requirements
61D-14.024: Logic Compartment
61D-14.040: Game Cycle, Payment of Credits by Ticket Printer, and Ticket Redemption
61D-14.042: Accounting and Occurrence Meter Specifications
61D-14.056: Security and Surveillance Logs
61D-14.061: Slot Cash Storage Boxes
61D-14.072: Cashier’s Cage, Satellite Cages, Vaults, and Accounting Controls
61D-14.073: Meter Readings
61D-14.081: Monthly Remittance Reports

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol.32,No.17, April 28, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The changes are in response to written comments received from interested parties in the pari-mutuel industry and the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, and comments made at a public rule hearing on May 23, 2006.

61D-14.003 Renewal of Slot Machine Licenses.

(1) No change.

(2) The license period for a renewed slot machine license shall be 1 year, which shall be concurrent with the pari-mutuel wagering annual license issued pursuant to Section 550.01215 or Section 550.5251, Florida Statutes.

(3) through (4) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(a), (b), 551.104(4) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.006 Occupational License Application Requirements for Business Entities.

(1) No business entity, including a sole proprietorship, shall manage, oversee, or provide services for slot machine operations or provide services, products or goods to a slot machine licensee unless the entity is licensed by the division as a slot machine business entity occupational licensee. The slot machine occupational license requirements of this section apply to any business entities, including sole proprietorships, as follows:

(a) A business entity that acts as a slot machine management company, slot machine manufacturer or distributor, or sells slot machine gaming related products, services or goods to a slot machine licensee, or whose employees may be granted access to the designated slot machine area by reason of the employment position they hold with the business entity shall apply for a business entity occupational license; and

(b) Business entities that do not supply slot machine gaming related products, goods or services, or goods are not required to hold a business occupational license. However, the slot machine licensee shall be required to maintain a list of employees as required by of such a business who may occasionally require incidental access to slot machine gaming areas in its security plan referenced in paragraph 61D-14.051(4)(k), F.A.C.

(2) through (3)(l) No change.

(m) A list of all ownership interests of five percent or greater. If a corporation, the name of the state in which incorporated and the names and addresses of the officers, directors, and shareholders holding five percent or more equity or, if a business entity other than a corporation, the names and addresses of the principals, partners, shareholders or any other person holding five percent or more equity;

(n) The names and addresses of the ultimate equitable owners for a corporation or other business entity, if different from those provided under paragraph (3)(h), unless;

1. The securities of the corporation or entity are registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 United States Code Sections 78a-78kk;

2. If such corporation or entity files with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission the reports required by Section 13 of the act above, or if the securities of the corporation or entity are regularly traded on an established securities market in the United States;

(o)(m) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall also disclose:

1. through 6. No change.

(p)(n) A list of slot machine licensees to whom the applicant intends to provide services, products or goods.

(4) through (7) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(a), (b), 551.107(4)(a) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.013 Pari-Mutuel Occupational License Transition Period Provisions.

(1) Any person who on the effective date of these regulations possesses a pari-mutuel wagering occupational license and is required by Section 551.107(2), Florida Statutes, to obtain a slot machine occupational license, shall file an initial application for a slot machine license within ninety thirty days following the effective date of this section these regulations. Such a person, except for a person who obtained a license through the waiver process of Section 550.105(5)(c), Florida Statutes, and Rule 61D-5.006, F.A.C., is authorized to work in the slot machine area of a slot machine licensee until such time as the initial application for a slot machine occupational license has been granted or denied.

(2) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(a), (b), 551.107(2)(b) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.016 Operational Requirements.

(1) through (7) No change.

(8) No slot machine or any part of the logic compartment referenced in Rule 61D-14.024, F.A.C., shall be removed from its location designated by the facility floor plan without prior written notification to the surveillance department and, the division or FDLE.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(c), (e), (g), (h), (i), 551.113(3), 551.114 FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.019 Compulsive or Addictive Gambling Prevention Program.

(1) through (2) No change.

(3) Training shall be conducted within thirty (30) days of the employee's hire date. Certification of such training shall be maintained onsite in each employee’s personnel file.

(4) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(a), (b), (g), (i), 551.104(4)(i), 551.118(1) FS. History– New ________.

 

61D-14.022 Slot Machine Requirements.

(1) through (3) No change.

(4) Electrical testing of slot machines shall be performed by a licensed independent test laboratory. Electrical testing is the responsibility of the manufacturer, purchaser, and operator of the equipment. A slot machine shall be able to withstand the following tests, resuming game play without operator intervention:

(4)(a) through (12) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(c), (d), (h), (i) FS. History–New _______.

61D-14.024 Logic Compartment.

(1) No change.

(2) Once a slot machine has been certified by a licensed independent laboratory and the division or FDLE have verified software program of the slot machine, the division or FDLE shall apply evidence tape to all program storage media, both writable or non-writable, including EPROM, DVD, CD-ROM, and any other type of program storage devices, and logic compartments prior to the slot machine being offered for play.

(3) Any occupational licensee who observes a break in the security tape, or that security tape has been tampered with, fallen off, or has been removed from within the logic compartment shall immediately notify security and surveillance, and the slot machine shall be shut down. Security shall notify the division or FDLE. Such a slot machine shall not be offered for play until the division or FDLE has examined the slot machine and determined that there has been no tampering and that the slot machine is in compliance with Chapter 551, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 61D-14, F.A.C.

(4) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(c), (i) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.040 Game Cycle, Payment of Credits by Ticket Printer, and Ticket Redemption.

(1) through (5) No change.

(6) Any adjustment made to any ticket or voucher shall require two approval signatures, of which at least one of the signatures shall be by a supervisor, and all changes shall be contained in a log indicating: who, what, when, the item value before and after the change, and the reason for the adjustment.

(a) The names and occupational license numbers of the employees of the slot machine licensee who approved the adjustment;

(b) What adjustment was made to the ticket or voucher;

(c) When the adjustment was made;

(d) The item value before and after the change; and

(e) The reason the adjustment was made.

(7) through (8) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(c), (d), (e), (i) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.042 Accounting and Occurrence Meter Specifications.

(1) There shall be a minimum of two (2) electro-mechanical meters contained in each slot machine. One electro-mechanical meter shall measure total credits into the slot machine. The other electro-mechanical meter shall measure total credits paid out of the slot machine.

(2) through (5) No change.

(6) All electronic meters required by this section, except those described in subsection (5), shall communicate their information to the facility based monitoring system.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(c), (d), (e), (g) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.056 Security and Surveillance Logs.

(1)(a) through (c) No change.

(d) Deion of the activity observed or performed for any and all unusual occurrences observed by a surveillance employee;

(e) through (2) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(g), (i), 551.104(4)(h) FS. History–New ________.

61D-14.061 Slot Cash Storage Boxes.

(1) No change.

(a) Have a two separate locks that shall only be opened by a keys that is secured under the slot machine licensee’s system of internal controls as provided in subsection 61D-14.053(2), F.A.C. are different from each other;

(b) through (3) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(d), (g), (i) FS. History–New ________.

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

(1) through (2) No change.

(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)(3) Each vault shall include the following:

(a) through (c) No change.

(5)(4) 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)(5) 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)(6) 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.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(d), (g), (i) FS. History–New ________.

 

61D-14.073 Meter Readings.

(1) Accounting department employees shall at least once a month manually read and record all meters referenced in subsections 61D-14.042(1)-(2), F.A.C., and reconcile those readings with the information on the facility based monitoring system.

(2) through (3) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103(1)(d), (e), (e), (i) FS. History–New _______.

 

61D-14.081 Monthly Remittance Reports.

(1) through (2) No change.

(a) “Credits In” shall include all credits registered on the ‘total in meter’ of a slot machine referenced in subsection 61D-14.042(1), F.A.C.; and

(b) “Credits Out” shall include all credits registered on the ‘total out meter’ of a slot machine referenced in subsection 61D-14.042(1), F.A.C.

(3) No change.

(4) Tickets and or vouchers which remain unclaimed after 30 days shall be accounted for as taxable slot machine revenue reported as referenced in subsection (1).

(5) No change.

 

Specific Authority 551.103(1), 551.122 FS. Law Implemented 551.103 (1)(d), (g), 551.106(3) FS. History–New ________.