Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-107-19

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

Section 112-107-19 - Coupons

(a) Any facility manager may utilize coupons and a coupon system that has been tested and approved by the commission under K.A.R. 112-107-3.

(b) The design specifications for the coupon shall meet the requirements of article 110.

(c) The design specifications for the coupon system shall meet the requirements of article 110.

(d) Each facility manager shall establish a system of internal controls for the issuance and redemption of coupons before issuing any coupon. The internal controls shall be submitted to and approved by the commission under K.A.R. 112-104-1. The system of internal controls shall include the following requirements:

(1) The package containing the coupons shall be opened and examined by at least two members of the accounting department. Each deviation between the invoice and control listing accompanying the coupons, the purchase or requisition order, and the actual coupons received shall be reported to the controller or to a higher authority in a direct reporting line and to the director of internal audit.

(2) Upon examination of the coupons, the facility manager shall cause to be recorded in a coupon control ledger the type and quantity of coupons received, the date of the receipt, the beginning serial number, the ending serial number, the new quantity of unissued coupons on hand, the purchase order or requisition number, any deviations between the number of coupons ordered and the number received, and the signature of any individual who examined the coupons.

(3) All unissued coupons shall be stored in the cage, controlled by a cage department supervisor.

(4) A representative from the internal audit department shall prepare a monthly inventory of unissued coupons. Any deviations between the coupon inventory and the coupon control ledger shall be reported to the controller and the director of internal audit.

(5) A representative of the facility manager shall estimate the number of coupons needed by shift each day.

An accounting department employee shall obtain the quantity of coupons to be issued. If a date indicating when the coupon becomes invalid is not preprinted on the coupon, the accounting department employee shall affix a stamp indicating the date the coupon becomes invalid. The following, at a minimum, shall be recorded in the coupon control ledger:

(A) The date the coupons were issued;

(B) the type of coupons issued;

(C) the beginning serial number of the coupons issued;

(D) the ending serial number of the coupons issued;

(E) the quantity issued and the quantity remaining; and

(F) the signatures of the accounting department employee issuing the coupons and any other department's employee receiving the coupons.

(6) The facility manager shall require unused coupons obtained from the accounting department employee to be stored in a locked cabinet until the coupons are distributed to patrons. All coupons remaining unused at the end of a shift shall be either returned to the cage department for receipt and redistribution or kept for use by the following shift if accountability between shifts is maintained. All expired coupons shall be returned to the cage department on a daily basis. Any coupons that are not used by the expiration date indicated on the coupons shall be voided when returned to the cage department.

(7) Documentation shall be prepared by a representative of the facility manager for the distribution of coupons to patrons. The documentation shall include the following information, at a minimum:

(A) The date and time or the shift of preparation;

(B) the type of coupons used;

(C) the beginning serial number of the coupons used;

(D) the ending serial number of the coupons used;

(E) the total number of coupons used;

(F) the total number of coupons remaining for use by the next shift or returned to the accounting department; and

(G) the signatures of the facility manager's representatives who distributed the coupons.

(8) The coupons shall be redeemed in the following manner:

(A) Coupons redeemable for cash or tokens shall be redeemed only by change persons or at cashiers' booths, the cage, or at any other location within the gaming facility approved by the commission. A change person, booth cashier, or general cage cashier shall accept the coupons in exchange for the stated amount of cash or tokens. Coupons accepted for redemption shall be cancelled by those authorized to accept coupons. Cancellation of coupons shall be done in a manner that cancels the coupon number and shall permit subsequent identification of the individual who accepted and cancelled the coupon. Redeemed coupons shall be maintained and shall be submitted to the main bank not less frequently than at the conclusion of each day.

(B) Coupons redeemable for wagers shall be accepted only in exchange for the wagers stated on the coupons. Cancellation of coupons shall be done in a manner that permits subsequent identification of the individual who accepted and cancelled the coupon. Redeemed coupons shall be maintained and shall be submitted to the main bank not less frequently than at the conclusion of each gaming day.

(C) A coupon redeemable for gaming chips shall be redeemed only by one of the following ways:

(i) At a gaming table and only by a dealer or first-level supervisor who supervises the game, who shall accept the coupon in exchange for the stated amount of gaming chips and shall deposit the coupon into the drop box upon acceptance; or

(ii) by a chip person, who shall accept the coupon only from a patron seated at a poker table at which a game is in progress in exchange for the stated amount of gaming chips and shall cancel the coupon upon acceptance. The coupon shall be cancelled in a manner that permits subsequent identification of the individual who accepted and cancelled the coupon. The cancelled coupons shall be exchanged with the main bank at the conclusion of the chip person's shift, at a minimum.

(D) A match play coupon shall be redeemed only at a gaming table that offers an authorized game in which patrons wager only against the house. The coupon shall be redeemed only by a dealer and only if accompanied by the proper amount of gaming chips required by the coupon. The dealer shall accept the coupon as part of the patron's wager and deposit the coupon into the drop box after the wager is won or lost.

(9) Documentation on unused coupons, voided coupons, and redeemed coupons maintained shall be forwarded on a daily basis to the accounting department, which shall perform the following regarding the coupons:

(A) Review for the propriety of signatures on documentation and for proper cancellation of coupons;

(B) examine for proper calculation, summarization, and recording on documentation, including the master game report;

(C) reconcile by the total number of coupons given to representatives of the department making distribution to patrons, returned for reissuance, distributed to patrons, voided, and redeemed;

(D) record; and

(E) maintain and control until destruction of the coupons is approved by the commission.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-107-19

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 74-8772; effective April 24, 2009.