S.D. Admin. R. 20:18:12.01:07.01
A patron must be actively engaged in playing a slot machine to be entitled to any credits or payouts from the slot machine. If a patron leaves a slot machine with credits on the machine, the patron waives any right to claim these credits. Any credits removed from a slot machine or tickets found shall be taken to the cage while any investigation for its owner is conducted. Upon completion of an investigation, the ticket will either be returned to the owner or dropped in the accounting lockbox to be treated as an unclaimed ticket. No unclaimed ticket may remain in the cage over 48 hours.
If a patron abandons chips, tokens or cash in a licensed gaming establishment or on a licensed gaming table, the patron waives any right to claim the chips, tokens or cash. Any chips tokens or cash found in a licensed gaming establishment including chips, tokens or cash abandoned on a licensed gaming table shall be taken to the cage while any investigation for the owner of the chips, tokens or cash is conducted. Upon completion of an investigation, the monies will be returned to the owner or recorded as found money on the daily cash summary at the end of the shift.
Nothing herein requires that an investigation be conducted.
S.D. Admin. R. 20:18:12.01:07.01
General Authority: SDCL 42-7B-7.
Law Implemented: SDCL 42-7B-4(21), 42-7B-7, 42-7B-11(13).