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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".50" citation="COMAR 36.03.10.50" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Off-Site Customer Service Location.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator may establish an off-site customer service location for a player to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Establish a customer deposit account and make a deposit under Regulation .23 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pay a counter check under Regulation .28 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator that uses an off-site customer service location shall have internal controls that require:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Establishment of a compliance program required under COMAR 36.03.10.07.Q, that is updated to include the off-site customer service location operation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identification of the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Address of the off-site customer service location;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Date the off-site customer service location is expected to open;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Name and contact information of the off-site customer service location manager;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Off-site customer service location telephone number(s);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Off-site customer service location normal hours of operation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>An organization chart listing all positions that will have responsibility over Maryland operations related to the off-site customer service location;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Commencement of an off-site customer service location operation only after receiving Commission approval;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An employee independent of the off-site customer service location operation and the cage department to submit a monthly listing and reconciliation of all outstanding credit instruments that have been transferred to branch offices to the credit issuances and payments recorded by the cage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>An Off-Site Customer Service Location Report to be maintained by the licensee and updated quarterly to include the following for each off-site customer service location:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Address and telephone numbers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If applicable, opening and closing date;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Name of the off-site customer service location manager;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Off-site customer service location normal hours of operation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Year-to-date and previous calendar year dollar amounts of the following Maryland specific transactions received or disbursed, and controlled by, the off-site customer service location:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Cash deposits, noncash deposits, and total deposits;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Cash withdrawals, noncash withdrawals, and total withdrawals; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Cash payments on credit instruments, noncash payments on credit instruments, and total payments on credit instruments;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The Off-Site Customer Service Location Report to be submitted to the Commission no later than 30 days after the end of the calendar year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>An off-site customer service location to maintain the following records for Maryland video lottery operations:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A separate monthly log, by day, of payments received on credit instruments that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Player’s name on an account to which a payment is being applied;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Name of individual making a payment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Date of payment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Amount of payment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Whether a payment was by cash, check or other financial instrument;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A separate monthly log, by day, of all funds deposited and withdrawn that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Player’s name on an account to which the funds are being applied;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Name of the individual making the payment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Date of deposit or withdrawal;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Amount of deposit or withdrawal;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Whether the transfer of funds was made by cash, check, or other financial instrument; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>New ending account balance; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Monthly record of currency exchange rate gains and losses and money changer fees in conjunction with a player’s payment on a credit instrument that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Player’s name;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Date of receipt; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Amount of payment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Any costs associated with the Commission’s audit or review of an off-site customer service location operation to be reimbursed by the licensee to the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An off-site customer service location may not open until the Commission approves:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The internal controls described in §B of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An activation request submitted by the facility to the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>