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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".38" citation="COMAR 36.03.10.38" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Jackpot Payout.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definition.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator shall utilize a multipurpose jackpot or credit meter payout document meeting the requirements of this regulation to pay:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A jackpot not totally and automatically paid by a video lottery terminal; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Credits accumulated by a player on a video lottery terminal if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The number of accumulated credits exceeds the amount which may be paid utilizing a gaming ticket under
                    Regulation .36 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Due to malfunction, the credits cannot be paid by the video lottery terminal; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A single jackpot event requires the filing of IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prepare and timely file IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, in accordance with IRS rules and regulations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Withhold payment of a jackpot prize to satisfy a player’s financial obligation to the State, such as the payment of child support arrearage or other requirements of State law; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Immediately report to the Commission any incident in which a video lottery terminal fails to lock up and preclude play following a single jackpot event:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Requiring the filing of an IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, as required by the IRS; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>At an amount lower than the IRS requires for reporting, as approved by the Agency.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility operator shall pay a jackpot or credit meter payout of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>$50,000 or more by check; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Less than $50,000 by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cash or check; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>On the request of a player, any combination of cash, gaming ticket, check, or other method of payment approved by the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A facility operator may withhold a player’s outstanding indebtedness to the facility from a jackpot prize or credit meter payout after satisfying a player’s financial obligation to the State, as required in
                §C(2) of this regulation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>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 payment of a jackpot or credit meter payout not totally and automatically paid by a video lottery terminal.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A facility operator’s internal controls shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The use of a two-part computer-generated jackpot or credit meter payout document initiated on the request of a gaming operations department attendant or gaming operations department supervisor or above after verifying the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Winning combination of characters on the video lottery terminal or table game and the amount of the jackpot; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Number of accumulated credits;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unless a request for an alternate verification procedure is submitted in writing and approved by the Commission, a requirement that, if a jackpot or credit meter payout is $1,200 or more but less than $15,000, a security department employee or a gaming operations department attendant or gaming operations department supervisor or above other than the preparer of the document sign the jackpot or credit meter payout document after verifying the payment of the jackpot or credit meter payout to the player and:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Winning combination of characters on the video lottery terminal and the amount of the jackpot; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Number of accumulated credits;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A provision that only the preparer is required to sign the jackpot or credit meter payout document if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A jackpot or credit meter payout is less than $10,000;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A facility operator’s slot or casino management system can independently verify a jackpot or credit meter payout;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The facility operator’s slot or casino management system and the central monitor and control system are fully operational; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Overrides or adjustments are not required;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A requirement that, if a jackpot or credit meter payout is $15,000 or more but less than $35,000, a security department employee or a gaming operations department supervisor or above other than the preparer of the document sign the jackpot or credit meter payout document after verifying the payment of the jackpot or credit meter payout to the player and:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Winning combination of characters on the video lottery terminal and the amount of the jackpot; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Number of accumulated credits;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A provision that, if a jackpot or credit meter payout document generated under
                  §G(1) of this regulation is requested by a gaming operations department supervisor or above, the verification required by
                  §G(4) of this regulation may be completed by a gaming operations department attendant, a gaming operations department supervisor or above, or a security department employee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A requirement that, if a jackpot or credit meter payout is $35,000 or more, an operations department shift manager or higher level operations department employee other than the preparer of the document sign the jackpot or credit meter payout document after verifying the payment of the jackpot or credit meter payout to the player and:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Winning combination of characters on the video lottery terminal and amount of the jackpot; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Number of accumulated credits;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A provision that, if a jackpot or credit meter payout document required under
                  §G(1) of this regulation is requested by a gaming operations department shift manager or higher level gaming operations department employee, the verification required by
                  §G(6) of this regulation may be completed by a gaming operations department attendant, a gaming operations department supervisor or above, or a security department employee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A requirement that the following information be on a two-part computer-generated jackpot or credit meter payout document:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Date and time;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Asset number of the video lottery terminal or table game on which the jackpot was registered or credits accumulated;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Winning combination of characters constituting the jackpot or a code corresponding to the winning combination of characters constituting the jackpot or an indication that a credit meter payout is to be made;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Amount to be paid;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Unique transaction number generated by the video lottery system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Signature or identification code of the preparer of the document;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>If the payout is $1,200 or more, the signature or identification code of a verifying witness in accordance with this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Unless an automated jackpot payout machine or a cash wallet is utilized to effect the payment, the signature or identification code of the cashier issuing the funds;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>If utilized, procedures and controls applicable to a jackpot or credit meter payout:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Using an automated jackpot payout machine meeting the requirements of
                    Regulation .42 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>By a gaming operations department attendant from a cash wallet impressed with $10,000 or less;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>If utilized, procedures and controls to be implemented if the facility operator resets the video lottery terminal or credit meter before the player is paid;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>A requirement that the surveillance department:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be notified of a jackpot or credit meter payout of $25,000 or more;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Log all notices regarding a jackpot or credit meter payout in the surveillance log required under
                    Regulation .12 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Obtain and retain in accordance with
                    Regulation .11 of this chapter a photograph of the face of the player receiving the payout;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Details pertaining to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Payment of a jackpot or credit meter payout at the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Cashiers’ cage;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Video lottery terminal; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Table game;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The use of an accounting drop box; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Audit procedures to be performed by the facility operator’s accounting department at the conclusion of each gaming day;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Procedures addressing unclaimed jackpots or accumulated credits abandoned on a video lottery terminal or table game;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Details which establish the ability of the facility operator’s video lottery system to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Ensure that a two-part computer-generated jackpot or credit meter payout document is not susceptible to change or deletion from the system after preparation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Process and document system overrides or adjustments to jackpot or credit meter payouts including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Overrides or adjustments where the payout requested does not match the payout amount sent from the video lottery terminal to the video lottery system; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Identification of the level of employee having override authority; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Process voided jackpot or credit meter payout documents; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Procedures utilized to issue a manual jackpot or credit meter payout document which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Are to be used only when the video lottery system is unable to generate an jackpot or credit meter payout document;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conform to the jackpot payout or credit meter payout verification and signature requirements of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Involve use of a three-part serially prenumbered manual jackpot or credit meter payout document residing in a book, wiz machine, or functional equivalent;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Require manual jackpot or credit meter payout books or their functional equivalent to be maintained in a secured locked cabinet in the cashiers’ cage; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Require the key to the cabinet in
                    §G(15)(d) of this regulation to be:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Controlled by the security department or the accounting department; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Limited to sign out by a gaming operations department supervisor or above.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Electronic Jackpot or Credit Meter Payout System.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A facility operator may use an electronic jackpot or credit meter payout system approved by the Commission to process jackpot or credit meter payout transactions.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A facility operator may process jackpot or credit meter payouts using a portable device or other method approved by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The electronic jackpot or credit meter payout system shall be capable of maintaining independently, or in conjunction with another computer system:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A record of each IRS Form W-2G in accordance with
                    §C of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A record of each jackpot or credit meter payout document in accordance with
                    §G of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>All signatures required by this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A record of a voided transaction and the reason for the void; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Any other information the Agency staff requires.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>