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

## Subtitle 03 — Gaming Provisions

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

#### Regulation .44 Count Room Design Standards.

*COMAR 36.03.10.44*

A. A facility operator shall have a count room designated, designed, and used for counting the contents of cash storage and table game drop boxes at a location approved by the Commission.

B. A count room shall conform to the following standards:

  (1) Be constructed of materials and have an interior design which provides maximum security over the assets stored, and the activities conducted in, the room;

  (2) Meet the surveillance requirements of Regulation .11 of this chapter including audio coverage of the count process; and

  (3) Be constructed with doors equipped with:

    (a) An alarm system which tracks all ingress to and egress from the room and:

      (i) Directly alerts the security department; or

      (ii) Directly, or through a documented communications protocol, alerts the surveillance department; and

    (b) A locking mechanism with key backup, or a key that is:

      (i) Different from the key to any other door to the count room;

      (ii) Different from the keys to the locks securing each cash storage and table game drop box; and

      (iii) Controlled by the security department or the accounting department.

C. A facility operator shall install in its count room a table constructed of clear glass or similar transparent material to be used for the emptying, counting, and recording of the contents of cash storage and table game drop boxes.