205 CMR 138.26
Keys for Dual Locks; Gaming Licensee-controlled Keys and Locks; Notice to the IEB and
Surveillance Department upon Malfunction and Repair, Maintenance or Replacement
(1) Any key, locking mechanism or locking system that is required by 205 CMR 138.00 shall
be subject to review and approval by the IEB. Such key shall be capable of unlocking the
locking device on no more than one type of secure box, compartment or location used or
maintained within the gaming establishment.
(2) A system of internal controls submitted by a gaming licensee in accordance with 205 CMR
138.02 shall include a process for obtaining, reproducing, inventorying and identifying each
controlled key, locking mechanism, or locking system and setting forth the procedure by which
the key, locking mechanism, or locking system shall be controlled. Such internal controls shall,
at a minimum, include an enumeration of those incidents which would be considered to
compromise the security of any part of the gaming establishment.
(3) The types of secure boxes, compartments or locations that require a unique key, locking
mechanism, or locking system shall include, without limitation, the following:
(a) Drop boxes;
(b) Slot drop containers;
(c) Trolleys to transport drop boxes from gaming tables to a secure location;
(d) Trolleys or cabinets used to transport or store, respectively, slot cash storage boxes;
(e) Count room entrance and exit doors;
(f) Compartments housing slot drop buckets containers;
(g) Areas in which slot cash storage boxes are located;
(h) Compartments housing microprocessors or other control units controlling progressive
meter(s) for progressive slot machines;
(i)
Locations housing a computer that controls a progressive payout wager system for
gaming tables offering a progressive payout wager; and
(j) Storage cabinets or trolleys for unattached slot drop boxes.
(4) A system of internal controls submitted by a gaming licensee in accordance with 205 CMR
138.02 shall include inventory procedures for any key required to be controlled and maintained
bya gaming licensee and for anycorresponding locking device including, without limitation, any
key and locking device required by 205 CMR 138.00 for a dual control locking system. The key
and locking device inventory controls of each gaming licensee shall include, at a minimum,
procedures for:
(a) Maintenance of inventory ledgers by identified, authorized personnel for purposes of
documenting:
1. The requisitioning of keys and locking devices from vendors;
2. The receipt of blank key stock;
3. The storage and issuance of keys and locking devices;
4. Any loss, removal from service, and subsequent replacement of keys and locking
devices;
5. The destruction of keys and locking devices; and
6. The results of physical inventories.
(b) The storage of duplicate keys and locking devices, including a physical description of
any storage location and the identification of authorized personnel in control of such
location;
(c) The destruction of keys and locking devices, including documentation detailing in whose
presence any destruction shall occur; and
(d) Physical inventories of all keys and locking devices at least once every 12 months.
(5) A gaming licensee shall notify the IEB and its surveillance department immediately upon
becoming aware of any malfunction of any alarm system or alarmed door, and upon any
emergency service to restore their proper function. In addition, a gaming licensee shall provide
the IEB and its surveillance department with at least 24 hours written notice prior to effecting
any non-emergency repair, maintenance or replacement of any such alarm system or alarmed
door including, without limitation:
(a) Alarm systems for any emergency exit from the gaming floor or simulcasting facility or
Sports Wagering Area;
(b) Alarm systems for the cage, its ancillary office space and any related vault;
(c) Alarm systems for any master coin bank located outside the cage;
(d) Alarmed emergency exit door(s) for the cage;
(e) Alarmed doors to vaults signaling the closed circuit television system;
(f)
Alarmed doors to count rooms signaling the monitoring rooms and the security
department;
(g) Alarm systems providing for a continuous visual signal whenever any access door to the
count room is open; and
(h) Alarm systems for any slot cashier window in a slot booth.