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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 36.05.03.02" title_num="36" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Table Inventory.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When a table game is opened for gaming, table game operations shall commence with the table inventory.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator may not cause or permit gaming chips, coins, or plaques to be added to, or removed from, a table inventory during the gaming day except:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In exchange for cash;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In exchange for an issuance copy of a counter check presented by a player;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For the payment of winning wagers and collection of losing wagers made at the gaming table;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>In exchange for a gaming chip or plaque received from a player having an equal aggregate face value;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>In conformity with fill and credit procedures; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>For the collection of vigorish.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When a table game is not open for gaming activity, the table inventory and a Table Inventory Slip shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be stored in a locked container that is clearly marked on the outside with the game and the gaming table number to which it corresponds;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have the information on the Table Inventory Slip be visible from the outside of the container; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be stored either in the cage or secured to the gaming table, in a manner consistent with the facility’s approved internal controls.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Notwithstanding the requirements in §C of this regulation, for table games that are not open for gaming activity during the gaming day, a facility operator may use this alternative procedure:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A floorperson or above shall complete a Closed Table form for every table that was not open for gaming during the gaming day;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The table inventory shall remain locked during completion of the Closed Table form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Closed Table form shall contain:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The date and identification of the shift ended;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The game and table number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The date the table was last opened for gaming; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The signature and license number of the floorperson or above who completed the Closed Table form; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>After completion of the procedure, the floorperson or above who completed the Closed Table form shall deposit the form into the drop box.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The keys to the locked containers containing the table inventories shall be maintained and controlled by the gaming operations department and may not be made accessible to cage personnel or to any employee responsible for transporting the table inventories to or from the gaming tables.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Table Inventory Slips shall be two-part forms upon which the following is recorded:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The date and identification of the shift ended;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The game and table number;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The total value of each denomination of value chips, coins and plaques remaining at the gaming table;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The total value of all denominations of value chips, coins and plaques remaining at the gaming table; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The signatures of the dealer, or boxperson and floorperson, assigned to the gaming table who conducted the count of the table inventory when the gaming table was closed and when the gaming table was opened.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>