Definitions

As used in 205 CMR 138.00, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Annuity Jackpot means any slot machine payout offered by a gaming licensee, where a patron is entitled to receive cash payments at specified intervals in the future. Asset Number means a unique number permanently assigned to a slot machine and a slot cash storage box for purposes of tracking that machine and storage box while owned by a gaming licensee. Bank is defined in M.G.L. c. 167B, § 1. Cage Supervisor means any person who supervises personnel and functions within the cashiers' cage. Cash means currency or coin. Cash Equivalent means a certified check, cashier's check, treasurer's check, personal checks, travelers' check, money order, or other instrument deemed a cash equivalent by the commission. Check is defined in M.G.L. c. 106, §§ 3 through 104. Chief Gaming Executive means the individual employed by a gaming establishment who is responsible for the daily conduct of a gaming licensee's gaming business. Unless the chief gaming executive also serves as the chief executive officer of the gaming licensee, the chief gaming executive shall report directly to the chief executive officer of the gaming licensee. 138.01 continued Closer means the original of the Table Inventory Slip upon which each table inventory is recorded at the end of each shift. Confidential Information means information related to a Sports Wagering Account, the placing of any Wager or any other sensitive information related to the operation of Sports Wagering including the amount credited to, debited from, withdrawn from, or present in any particular Sports Wagering Account; the amount of money Wagered by a particular patron on any event or series of events; the unique patron ID or username and authentication credentials that identify the patron; the identities of particular Sporting Events on which the patron is Wagering or has Wagered, or the location from which the patron is Wagering, has Wagered, or has accessed their Sports Wagering Account. Confidential Information may also include Personally Identifiable Information. Debit Card Cash Transaction means a transaction in which a patron obtains cash, chips, plaques, or slot tokens from a cashier by presenting a recognized debit card. Derogatory Information means issues that have a negative bearing on one's casino credit including such things as a patron credit account being partially or completely uncollectible, checks returned unpaid by the patron's bank, settlements, liens, judgments, other credit problems of the patron, or any other information provided by a gaming licensee's security or surveillance department. Electronic Fund Transfer is defined in M.G.L. c. 167B, § 1. Handle means the total value of coins, slot tokens, including foreign slot tokens, currency, coupons, gaming vouchers, and electronic credits invested by a patron to activate the play of a slot machine or other electronic gaming device. Identification Credential means government issued photo identification which contains the person's signature. Imprest means the basis on which cashiers' cage and slot booth funds are replenished from time to time in exactly the value of the net of expenditures made from the funds and value received. Incompatible function means a function that places any person or department in a position to both perpetrate and conceal errors or irregularities in the normal course of their duties. For example, anyone recording transactions and having access to assets ordinarily would be considered to be in a position to perpetrate errors or irregularities. Persons may have incompatible functions if such persons are members of departments which have supervisors not independent of each other. Master Game Report means a record of the computation of the win or loss or, for the game of poker, the poker revenue, for each gaming table, each game, and each gaming day. Multi-State Jackpot means any progressive slot machine jackpot offered by one or more gaming licensees in conjunction with a licensee from another jurisdiction pursuant to a multi-state progressive slot system agreement. Opener means the duplicate copy of the table inventory slip upon which each table inventory is recorded at the end of each shift and serves as the record of each table inventory at the beginning of the next succeeding shift. Outstanding Patron Check means any Counter Check or replacement check that is not due for deposit or presentation pursuant to 205 CMR 138.45 and has not in fact been deposited or presented for payment or redeemed by the drawer. Patron Check means a Counter Check or a replacement check. Patron Deposit means the total value of cash, cash equivalents, complimentary cash gifts, slot tokens, prize tokens, gaming chips or plaques deposited with a gaming licensee by a patron for his or her subsequent use pursuant to 205 CMR 138.40. Personally Identifiable Information means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonablycapable of being associated with, or could reasonablybe linked, directlyor indirectly, with a particular patron, individual or household. Personally Identifiable Information includes, but is not limited to, Personal Information as that phrase is defined in M.G.L. c. 93H and 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth. PersonallyIdentifiableInformation mayalso include Confidential Information. Poker Revenue means the total value of rake charged to patrons at all poker tables pursuant to 205 CMR. Replacement Check means a counter check which replaces one or more previously issued counter checks. Slot Drop Container shall include slot drop buckets, slot drop boxes and slot cash storage boxes. Slot Machine Drop means the total value of coins, slot tokens, and foreign slot tokens in a slot drop bucket or a slot drop box, the total value of currency, gaming vouchers and coupons in a slot cash storage box, and the total value of electronic credits withdrawn from patron accounts, if applicable. Slot Machine Win means the value of the drop less any jackpots paid less any change to the hopper inventory. Supervisor means a key gaming employee or gaming employee employed in the operation of a gaming establishment in a supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary decisions which regulate gaming operations, including but not limited to, boxpersons, floorpersons, pit bosses, poker shift supervisors, table games shift managers, the gaming manager, and the assistant gaming manager. Suspicious Gaming Vouchermeans anygaming voucher that appears to have been counterfeited, tampered with or altered in any way that would affect its integrity, suitability, validity or value. Table Game Drop means the sum of the total value of currency, coin, or coupons deposited in the drop box at a gaming table. Table Game win or loss means the amount of table game drop minus the change in the tables chip inventory, including chips issued during fills and chips removed during credits for tables other than poker tables. Third Party Check means a check endorsed by its payee to another party who becomes the holder in due course. Unscanned Gaming Vouchermeans anygaming voucher that a gaming licensee elects to redeem when its gaming voucher system or any component thereof is inoperable and, as a result, the system is unable to determine the validity of the voucher. Unsecured Currency, Unsecured Gaming Voucher, Unsecured Ticket, and Unsecured Coupon means currency, a voucher, ticket, or coupon found inside a bill changer but outside a bill validator box. Unverified Gaming Voucher means any gaming voucher, other than a suspicious gaming voucher, that the gaming voucher system fails to verify and electronically cancel in the system when it is presented for redemption and scanned. Wire Transfer means a transfer of funds through Fedwire Funds Service as governed by 12 CFR Part 210, Subpart B - Funds Transfers Through Fedwire.