Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-106-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 112-106-1 - Surveillance system

(a) A facility manager or applicant for a facility manager certification shall have a surveillance system before beginning gaming operations. The surveillance system shall include a digital video system capable of the following:

(1) Instant replay;

(2) recording by any camera in the system; and

(3) allowing simultaneous and uninterrupted recording and playback.

(b) The surveillance system shall include a communication system capable of monitoring the gaming facility, including the security department.

(c) The surveillance system shall be connected to all facility alarm systems.

(d) The surveillance system shall be capable of monitoring the entire property, except private offices and restrooms.

(e) The surveillance system shall include the following features:

(1) Redundant system drives;

(2) a backup power supply capable of operating all surveillance equipment during a power outage. The backup power supply shall be tested on a monthly basis;

(3) backup storage components that will automatically continue or resume recording in the event of failure of any single component of the system, so that the failure of any single component will not result in the loss of any data from the system; and

(4) automatic restart if a power failure occurs.

(f) The digital video system shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Function as a closed network;

(2) have its access limited to the personnel identified in the surveillance system plan;

(3) be equipped to ensure that any transmissions are encrypted, have a firewall at both ends, and are password-protected;

(4) be equipped with a failure notification system that provides an audible and visual notification of any failure in the surveillance system or the digital video recording storage system;

(5) record all images and audit records on a hard drive;

(6) be locked by the manufacturer to do the following:

(A) Disable the erase and reformat functions; and

(B) prevent access to the system data files; and

(7) be equipped with data encryption or watermarking so that surveillance personnel will be capable of demonstrating in a court of law that the video was not altered or manipulated in any way.

(g) The surveillance system shall include cameras dedicated to monitoring the following with sufficient clarity to identify any person:

(1) The entrances to and exits from the gaming facility;

(2) the count rooms;

(3) the vaults;

(4) the surveillance room;

(5) the security rooms;

(6) all cage areas; and

(7) all exterior entrances to and exits from the property.

(h) The surveillance system required by this regulation shall be equipped with light-sensitive cameras with lenses of sufficient magnification to allow the operator to read information on an electronic gaming machine reel strip and credit meter and be capable of clandestine monitoring in detail and from various vantage points, including the following:

(1) The conduct and operation of electronic gaming machines, lottery facility games, and parimutuel wagering;

(2) the conduct and operation of the cashier's cage, satellite cashier's cages, mutuel lines, count rooms, and vault;

(3) the collection and count of the electronic gaming bill validator canisters; and

(4) the movement of cash and any other gaming facility assets.

(i) All cameras shall be equipped with lenses of sufficient magnification capabilities to allow the operator to clearly distinguish the value of the following:

(1) Chips;

(2) dice;

(3) tokens;

(4) playing cards;

(5) positions on the roulette wheel; and

(6) cash and cash equivalents.

(j) The surveillance system shall provide a view of the pit areas and gaming tables capable of clearly identifying the following:

(1) The dealers;

(2) the patrons;

(3) the hands of all participants in a game;

(4) facial views of all participants in a game;

(5) all pit personnel;

(6) the activities of all pit personnel;

(7) the chip trays;

(8) the token holders;

(9) the cash receptacles;

(10) the tip boxes;

(11) the dice;

(12) the shuffle machines;

(13) the card shoes, which are also called dealing boxes;

(14) the playing surface of all gaming tables with sufficient clarity to determine the following:

(A) All wagers;

(B) card values; and

(C) game results; and

(15) roulette tables, which shall be viewed by the surveillance system with color cameras.

(k) The surveillance of the electronic gaming devices shall be capable of providing the following:

(1) A view of all patrons;

(2) a facial view of all patrons with sufficient clarity to allow identification of each patron;

(3) a view of the electronic gaming device with sufficient clarity to observe the result of the game;

(4) an overall view of the areas around the electronic gaming device;

(5) a view of each bill validator with sufficient clarity to determine bill value and the amount of credit obtained; and

(6) a view of the progressive games, including the incrementation of the progressive jackpot.

(l) All surveillance system display screens shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Be equipped with a date and time generator synchronized to a central clock that meets the following requirements:

(A) Is displayed on any of the surveillance system display screens; and

(B) is recorded on all video pictures or digital images;

(2) be capable of recording what is viewed by any camera in the system; and

(3) be of a sufficient number to allow the following:

(A) Simultaneous recording and coverage as required by this article;

(B) off-line playback;

(C) duplication capabilities;

(D) single-channel monitors in the following areas:

(i) Each entry and each exit;

(ii) the main bank and cages;

(iii) table games; and

(iv) count rooms; and

(E) no more than four channels per monitor in all other areas where surveillance is required.

(m) The surveillance system shall be connected to at least one video printer. Each video printer shall be capable of generating clear color copies of the images depicted on the surveillance system display screen or video recording.

(n) The surveillance system shall allow audio recording in any room where the contents of bill validator canisters are counted.

(o) All wiring within the surveillance system shall be tamper-resistant.

(p) The surveillance system shall be linked to the commission's security office with equipment capable of monitoring or directing the view of any system camera.

(q) The commission's director of security shall be notified at least 48 hours in advance of the relocation of any camera on the surveillance system's floor plan.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-106-1

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 74-8772; effective Sept. 26, 2008; amended April 1, 2011.