§ 1408a.13. Accounting controls for the sports wagering area.
(a) The assets for which each ticket writer is responsible shall be maintained on an imprest basis. A ticket writer shall not permit any other person to access his or her imprest inventory.
(b) A ticket writer shall begin a shift with an imprest amount of currency and coin to be known as the ‘‘sports wagering inventory.’’ No funds shall be added to or removed from the sports wagering inventory during the shift, except:
(1) In collection of sports wagering wagers.
(2) To make change for a patron buying a sports wagering ticket.
(3) In collection for the issuance of sports wagering vouchers.
(4) In payment of winning or properly cancelled or refunded sports wagering tickets.
(5) In payment of sports wagering vouchers.
(6) In exchanges with the cage, a satellite cage or sports wagering area vault supported by proper documentation, which documentation shall be sufficient for accounting reconciliation purposes.
(c) A ‘‘sports wagering count sheet’’ shall be completed and signed by the sports wagering shift supervisor, and the following information, at a minimum, shall be recorded thereon at the commencement of shift:
(1) The date, time and shift of preparation.
(2) The denomination of currency of coin in the sports wagering inventory issued to the ticket writer.
(3) The total amount of each denomination in the sports wagering inventory issued to the ticket writer.
(4) The sports wagering window number to which the ticket writer has been assigned.
(5) The signature of the sports wagering shift supervisor.
(d) A ticket writer assigned to a ticket window shall count and verify the sports wagering inventory in an area out of view of the public, and shall agree the count to the sports wagering count sheet. The ticket writer shall sign the count sheet attesting to the accuracy of the information recorded thereon. The sports wagering inventory shall be placed in the ticket writer’s drawer and transported directly to the appropriate sports wagering area window by the ticket writer.
(e) At the conclusion of a ticket writer’s shift, the ticket writer’s drawer and its contents shall be transported to an area out of view of the public, where the ticket writer shall perform a blind count of the contents of the drawer and record the following information, at a minimum, on the sports wagering count sheet:
(1) The date, time and shift of preparation.
(2) The denomination of cash or cash equivalents in the drawer.
(3) The total amount of each denomination of cash or cash equivalents in the drawer.
(4) The signature of the ticket writer.
(f) A sports wagering supervisor, or above, shall compare the ticket writer net for the shift generated by the terminal and if it agrees with the sports wagering count sheet total plus the sports wagering inventory, shall agree the count to the sports wagering count sheet and shall sign the sports wagering count sheet attesting to the accuracy.
(g) If the sports wagering window net for the shift as generated by the system does not agree with the sports wagering count sheet total plus the sports wagering inventory, the sports wagering supervisor, or above, shall record any overage or shortage. If the count does not agree, the ticket writer and the sports wagering supervisor, or above, shall attempt to determine the cause of the discrepancy with the count.
(h) If the discrepancy cannot be resolved by the ticket writer and sports wagering supervisor, or above, the discrepancy shall be reported in writing to the sports wagering manager or department supervisor in charge at the time. Any discrepancy in excess of $500 shall be reported to the Office of Sports Wagering and Bureau of Casino Compliance, with a report that shall include the following:
(1) Date.
(2) Shift.
(3) Name of the ticket writer.
(4) Name of the sports wagering supervisor, or above.
(5) Window number.
(6) Amount of the discrepancy.
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