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

## Subtitle 05 — Table Games

### Chapter 02 — Table Game Equipment

#### Regulation .21 Dealer Controlled Electronic Table Game System — Procedures.

*COMAR 36.05.02.21*

A. If a table game using a dealer controlled electronic table game system is equipped with a bill validator, a player may participate in wagering at the table game by:

  (1) Inserting currency or a gaming voucher into the bill validator; or

  (2) Presenting currency or value chips to the dealer or boxperson.

B. A dealer controlled electronic table game system that is equipped with a bill validator shall communicate with the Commission’s central monitor and control computer system to:

  (1) Transmit accounting and auditing information;

  (2) Retrieve information in real time; and

  (3) Activate or disable a dealer controlled electronic game.

C. If a table game using a dealer controlled electronic table game system is not equipped with a bill validator, a player shall participate in wagering by presenting currency or value chips to the dealer or boxperson.

D. When a player presents currency, a gaming voucher, or value chips as described in §A or C of this regulation:

  (1) The dealer controlled electronic table game system shall:

    (a) Credit to the player’s game account an amount of funds equivalent to the currency, gaming voucher or value chips presented by the player; and

    (b) Display on the electronic fund display the amount of funds deposited into the player’s game account; and

  (2) The player shall acknowledge the amount of funds deposited into the player’s game account.

E. A player shall cash out of a table game using a dealer controlled electronic table game system by receiving:

  (1) A gaming voucher equal in value to the balance in the player’s game account; or

  (2) Value chips from the dealer or boxperson from the table inventory container that are equal in value to the balance in the player’s game account.

F. After a player has cashed out of a table game using a dealer controlled electronic table game system, the dealer or boxperson shall zero out the electronic fund display of the player’s game account.