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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".34" citation="COMAR 36.10.13.34" title_num="36" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="13" heading="Collection of Cash Storage and Drop Boxes.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>At least 30 days before sports wagering operations are to commence or other time period approved by the Commission, a sports wagering licensee shall submit to the Commission in writing a drop schedule setting forth specific pick-up days and times for collection of cash storage drop boxes, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Specifications as to what areas of the sports wagering facility will be covered on each pick-up day; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Specific transportation routes to be utilized from the sports wagering facility floor to the count room on each pick-up day.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee shall notify the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In writing, of a permanent change in the drop schedule including a pick-up day or time, area of the floor to be dropped, or transportation route; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Prior to any temporary deviation from the drop schedule.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee shall make readily available to the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An access control matrix indicating which employee job descriptions are authorized to participate in the cash storage drop box collection process; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A list of employees, with license numbers, who are authorized to participate in the cash storage drop box collection process.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee shall develop and include in the internal controls submitted to and approved by the Commission under Regulation .04 of this chapter procedures addressing the collection of cash storage drop boxes.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensees internal controls shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Detail the actual procedures to be performed and documentation to be generated by drop team employees collecting cash storage drop boxes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In accordance with the drop schedule; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>On an emergency basis; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Require:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cash storage drop boxes to be transported directly to, and secured in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The count room; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A trolley storage area approved by the Commission under COMAR 36.10.15.04B;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Except as provided in §F of this regulation, the cash storage drop box collection process to involve the participation of at least three employees, at least one of whom is an employee of the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Security department or other department approved by the Commission; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Accounting department;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Prior to the movement of a trolley containing cash storage boxes from the sports wagering facility floor into the count room, an accounting department supervisor to verify that the number of cash storage boxes being transported from the facility floor equals the number of cash storage boxes scheduled for collection that day; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Prior to changing the type of a kiosk, or removing a kiosk from the sports wagering facility floor, that an emergency drop shall be conducted.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Commission may allow the holder of a Class B-2 sports wagering license to perform the cash storage drop box collection process with at least two employees, one of whom is an employee of the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Security department or other department approved by the Commission; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Accounting department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee shall transport cash storage drop boxes in an enclosed trolley secured by one lock that has a key which is controlled by the security department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee shall store cash storage drop boxes not attached to a bill validator, including emergency cash storage drop boxes that are not actively in use:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In the count room in an area approved by the Commission;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In a trolley storage area approved by the Commission under COMAR 36.10.15.04B; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In another location at the sports facility approved by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The cabinet or trolley used for storage under §G of this regulation shall be secured by one lock that has a key which is controlled by the security department in:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A manual key box; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An automated key tracking system.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Immediately prior to the commencement of the count process, the security department may issue its key to the storage cabinet or trolley required under §G of this regulation to a count room supervisor for the purpose of allowing count room personnel to gain access to the cash storage drop boxes to be counted.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>A trolley storage area utilized to store cash storage drop boxes prior to the count process shall meet the design standards for a count room under Regulation .35 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Except for security officers, the drop and count team members assigned to the collection of cash storage drop boxes shall wear a one-piece, pocketless jumpsuit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>