Required Surveillance Equipment

PURPOSE: This rule establishes required equipment. (1) Each licensee shall install, maintain and operate in the riverboat a closed circuit television system in accordance with the specifications in this rule and shall provide access and override access for the system to the commission or commission’s agent. The closed circuit television system must meet or exceed the following: (A) Solid-state, black-and-white cameras with minimum four hundred plus (400+) line resolution installed in fixed positions with matrix control or with pan, tilt and zoom capabilities, or a combination of them, secreted from public and nonsurveillance personnel view to effectively and clandestinely monitor in detail, from various vantage points, non-gaming areas set forth in the licensee’s surveillance system plan required by 11 CSR 45-7.120 and approved by the commission; (B) Individual solid-state, color television cameras with minimum four hundred seventy plus (470+) line resolution with matrix or pan, tilt and zoom capabilities, or a combination of them, secreted from public and non-surveillance personnel view which is augmented with appropriate color corrected lighting to effectively and clandestinely monitor in detail from, various vantage points, all views required by 11 CSR 45-7.040; (C) All closed circuit cameras must be routed through a central processor before reaching the recorders, and must be equipped with lenses of sufficient magnification to allow the surveillance operator to clearly distinguish the value of the chips, tokens, cash, ticket-in/ticket-out tickets, promotional tickets/coupons and playing cards; (D) Video monitors that meet or exceed the resolution requirement for video cameras with solid-state circuitry, and time and date insertion capabilities for recording the images viewed by any camera in the system. Each video monitor screen must be of such size that all images depicted are clearly discernible by the surveillance operator from his/her normal working position, provided, however, every monitor screen must measure diagonally at least twelve inches (12”) and all controls must be front-mounted; (E) Video printers capable of adjustment and possessing the capability to generate instantaneously, upon command, a clear, color or black and white, or both, copy of the image depicted on the video recording; (F) Global date and time generators based on a synchronized, central or masterclock, recorded on an approved format tape and visible on any monitor when recorded; (G) Wiring to prevent tampering. The system and its equipment must be directly and securely wired in a way to prevent tampering with the system. The system must be supplemented with a backup generator as a power source which is automatically engaged in case of a power outage and capable of returning to full power within seven to ten (7–10) seconds, and is capable of maintaining power until regular power is restored; (H) An additional uninterrupted power supply system capable of sustaining the entire surveillance system at full operating capacity until the backup generator achieves full power; (I) Video switchers capable of both manual and automatic sequential switching for the entire surveillance system; (J) Video recorders capable of producing high quality first generation pictures with a minimum horizontal resolution of three hundred fifty plus (350+) lines for black and white and three hundred plus (300+) lines for color. Recorders shall be of non-consumer, professional or industrial grade recording on a standard one-half (1/2) high, VHS tape format or other format approved by the commission, with high speed scanning and flickerless playback capability. No recorder shall have a recording interval of less than twenty (20) frames per second; except those recording four (4) cameras, as provided in subsection (1) (K) of this rule, which shall record at no less than fifteen (15) frames per second. By July 1, 2011 and thereafter, digital video recording (DVR) systems are required to be utilized which are capable of storage and playback of images at thirty (30) images per second for each camera at four (4) Common Intermediate Format (CIF) resolution, ensuring the video compression technology used shall not cause any degradation of the images recorded. All DVR equipment and systems shall have: 1. A failure notification system that provides an audible, as well as a visual notification of any failure in the surveillance system or the DVR media storage system; 2. A media storage system failover configured with full redundancy so that a failure of any single component will not result in the loss of any data; 3. Simultaneous playback and live viewing while recording live images; and 4. On any storage media produced from the system, the time and date it was recorded superimposed thereon, the media player software necessary to view the images, and a video verification encryption code (watermark); (K) Until July 1, 2011, unless otherwise approved by the commission, one (1) video recorder is required for each video camera viewing entry and exit turnstiles; areas within cashier cages and booths, main banks and slot change booths; vaults; count rooms; table games; and all stationary fill/change banks on the gaming floor. No more than four (4) video cameras shall be recorded on any one (1) video recorder in all other areas; (L) Audio capability in the soft count room; and (M) Adequate lighting in all areas where camera coverage is required. The lighting shall be of sufficient intensity to produce clear video recording and still picture production, and correct color correction where color camera recording is required. Video output must demonstrate a clear picture, in existing light under normal operating conditions. AUTHORITY: sections 313.004, 313.805, and 313.824, RSMo 2000 and 313.800, RSMo Supp. 2006.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Sept. 20, 1993, expired Jan. 17, 1994. Emergency rule filed Jan. 5, 1994, effective Jan. 18, 1994, expired Jan. 30, 1994. Original rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed June 2, 1995, effective Dec. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed July 2, 1997, effective Feb. 28, 1998. Amended: Filed Feb. 19, 1998, effective Aug. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Feb. 26, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed July 28, 2006, effective March 30, 2007. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994; 313.800, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2005; 313.805, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2000; and 313.824, RSMo 1991, amended 1993.