A facility operator may issue a gaming ticket and utilize a gaming ticket system meeting the requirements of this subtitle. A facility operator shall: Issue a gaming ticket which does not expire for 182 days after the date of issuance; Configure its gaming ticket system to: Prevent issuance of a gaming ticket exceeding $10,000; and Require gaming tickets of $5,000 or more to be redeemed only at the cashiers’ cage; Configure a ticket redemption unit under Regulation .38 of this regulation to: Redeem only a gaming ticket of less than $5,000; and Direct a player attempting to redeem a gaming ticket of $5,000 or more to the cashiers’ cage; and Redeem at its cashiers’ cage a gaming ticket of $5,000 or more by: Cash or check; or Check on the request of a player. A facility operator shall immediately report to the Commission evidence that a gaming ticket has been counterfeited, tampered with, or altered in any way which would affect the integrity, fairness, or reliability of the gaming ticket. A facility operator shall develop and include in the internal controls submitted to and approved by the Commission under Regulation .05 of this chapter procedures addressing the issuance and redemption of a gaming ticket. A facility operator’s internal controls shall: Require a gaming ticket to include: Name or trade name of the facility operator; Date and time of issuance; Amount of the gaming ticket; Unique series number automatically generated by the gaming ticket system; Asset number of the video lottery terminal dispensing the gaming ticket; At least one anticounterfeiting measure, which appears on one or both sides of the gaming ticket; Locations where the gaming ticket may be redeemed and any restrictions applicable to redemption; A bar code or magnetic strip which enables the gaming ticket system to identify the numeric information required by this section; and Notice to the player of the terms of expiration; and Include procedures and controls which: Require a gaming ticket system to perform the following prior to payment: Verify the validity of the series number and amount of the gaming ticket; and Electronically cancel the gaming ticket; Require the gaming ticket system to be configured: To permit access to the complete series number of an unredeemed gaming ticket only to gaming ticket system administrative employees and accounting department employees not assigned to the cashiers’ cage; and To maintain a record of all unredeemed gaming tickets for a minimum of 2 years from the date of issuance of the gaming ticket unless a request to remove or relocate system records is submitted in writing and approved in writing by the Commission; Address the following events: Calculation and transmittal by the facility operator of its outstanding expired unredeemed gaming ticket balance to the State; An election by a facility operator to pay a gaming ticket when the gaming ticket system is inoperable or otherwise unable to verify the validity of the gaming ticket at the time of payment; and An election by a facility operator to pay a gaming ticket where the gaming ticket system fails to verify and electronically cancel the gaming ticket when it is presented by the player and scanned for verification; and Require generation, at the conclusion of each gaming day, of reports detailing: Gaming tickets issued; Gaming tickets redeemed and cancelled by redemption location; Unredeemed liability for gaming tickets; Readings on gaming ticket related video lottery terminal meters; Meter readings compared to number and amount of issued and redeemed gaming tickets; and Any exceptions.