# COMAR Title 36 — Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency

## Subtitle 03 — Gaming Provisions

### Chapter 10 — Video Lottery Facility Minimum Internal Control Standards

#### Regulation .18 Cashiers’ Cage Design Standards.

*COMAR 36.03.10.18*

A. A facility operator shall have on, adjacent, or proximate to the gaming floor a physical structure known as a cashiers' cage to house the cashiers and to serve as the central location in the facility for:

  (1) The custody of the cash, accounting records, and forms and documents required under this chapter to conduct video lottery and table game operations;

  (2) The initial financial consolidation of all transactions pertaining to video lottery terminal and table game activity; and

  (3) Other functions normally associated with the operation of a cashiers' cage.

B. A cashiers’ cage shall include the following design features:

  (1) A manually triggered silent alarm system connected:

    (a) Directly to the security department; or

    (b) Directly, or through a documented communication protocol, to the monitor room of the surveillance department;

  (2) A double door entry and exit system that will not permit an individual to pass through the second door until the first door is securely locked, as follows:

    (a) The first door leading from the gaming floor shall be controlled by the security department, the surveillance department, or a Commission-approved computerized access control system.

    (b) The second door leading into the cashiers’ cage shall be controlled by the cashiers' cage or a Commission-approved computerized access control system.

    (c) The double door entry and exit system shall be equipped with surveillance capability sufficient to allow monitoring of:

      (i) All ingress and egress; and

      (ii) The interior compartment; and

    (d) Both doors of the double door entry and exit system shall be equipped with:

      (i) Separate locks with a key or release mechanism which is different on each door; and

      (ii) Locks which are operational in the event of a power failure; and

  (3) Any entrance to the cashiers’ cage that is not a double door entry and exit system shall be equipped as an alarmed emergency exit door.

C. A facility may have one or more satellite cages physically separate from the cashiers' cage which:

  (1) May perform all of the functions of a cashiers' cage authorized by this chapter; and

  (2) Shall be equipped with an alarm system in compliance with §B(1) of this regulation.

D. A facility operator shall make readily available to the Commission:

  (1) An access control matrix indicating which employee job descriptions are authorized to have access to the cashiers’ cage and any satellite cage; and

  (2) A list of employees, with license number, who are authorized:

    (a) To have access to the:

      (i) Cashiers’ cage and any satellite cage;

      (ii) Keys to the manual locks securing the double door entry and exit system; and

      (iii) Release button on magnetic locks securing the double door entry and exit system;

    (b) To activate or deactivate alarm systems for the cashiers' cage and any satellite cage; and

    (c) To grant access to the cashiers’ cage and any satellite cage through the access control matrix or a computerized access control system.