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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".23" citation="COMAR 36.05.03.23" title_num="36" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Table Game Payouts.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall use a table game payout document meeting the requirements of this regulation to pay a single payout event that requires the filing of a IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator shall prepare and timely file IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, in accordance with IRS rules and regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator shall pay a table game 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 methods of payment approved by the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility operator shall develop and include in the internal controls submitted to and approved by the Commission under COMAR 36.03.10.05 procedures addressing the payment of a table game payout event that requires the filing of an IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A facility operator's internal controls shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The use of a two-part computer generated table game payout document initiated on the request of a dealer or above after verifying the winning combination of characters at the table game and the amount of the payout.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A requirement that, if a single payout event that requires the filing of an IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, is less than $50,000, a security department employee or floorperson or above sign the payout document after verifying the winning combination of characters at the table game and the amount of the payout.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A requirement that, if a single payout event that requires the filing of an IRS Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, is $50,000 or more, a pit manager or higher level gaming operations department employee other than the preparer of the document sign the table game payout document after verifying the winning combination of characters at the table game and amount of the payout.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A requirement that the following information be on a two-part computer generated table game payout document:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Date and time;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Identification number of the table game on which the payout was registered;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Winning combination of characters constituting the payout or a code corresponding to the winning combination of characters constituting the payout;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Amount to be paid;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Signature or identification code of the preparer of the document;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The signature or identification code of a verifying witness in accordance with this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>The signature or identification code of the employee issuing the funds;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A requirement that the surveillance department:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be notified of a table game payout of $25,000 or more;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Log all notices regarding a table game payout in the surveillance log required under COMAR 36.03.10.12; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Obtain and retain in accordance with COMAR 36.03.10.11 a photograph of the face of the player receiving the payout;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Details pertaining to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Payment of a payout at the table game;</text>
      </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="(7)">
      <text>Procedures addressing unclaimed table game payouts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <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 table game 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 table game payouts including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Overrides or adjustments where the payout requested does not match the payout amount; 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 table game payout documents; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Procedures utilized to issue a manual table game payout document which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Conform to the table game payout verification and signature requirements of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Involve use of a three-part serially pre-numbered manual table game payout document residing in a book, wiz machine, or functional equivalent;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Require manual table game payout books or their functional equivalent to be maintained in a secured locked cabinet; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Require the key to the cabinet in §E(9)(c) of this regulation to be:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Controlled by the security department or the table games department in a manual key box or an automated key tracking system; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Limited to sign out by a floorperson or above.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>