Opening and closing a table, number of employees, chip bank services, procedure for accepting currency and chips, and drop box

1. To open a paddlewheel table, an employee shall inspect each peg and the pointer of a paddlewheel for uneven wear, immediately replace any worn peg or pointer, and evaluate the balance of a paddlewheel. 2. An organization may not conduct paddlewheels unless two employees are on duty at the site. 3. A fill and credit slip must be prepared and used according to section 99-01.3-08-05. An organization shall perform chip bank services according to section 99-01.3-08-06. An organization may account for the games of paddlewheels and twenty-one separately and, if the activity is separately recorded, shall use casino chips prescribed by the attorney general. 4. A wheel operator, upon receiving currency from a player at a table, shall spread each bill of currency facedown and flat, in sequence of denomination, in the inner table area, perpendicular to a chip tray, and momentarily move the wheel operator's hands away from the currency so it is within a camera's view. A wheel operator, upon receiving a casino chip from a player at a table to be exchanged for a betting chip, shall place the chip in the inner table area at the wheel operator's left and sort, stack, and fan the chips. However, a wheel operator may use a rack to account for one or more sets of twenty chips of the same value. A wheel operator shall then take betting chips from the chip tray, equal in value to the currency or casino chip, fan the betting chips, and momentarily move the wheel operator's hands away from the betting chips so they are within a camera's view. A wheel operator shall then restack the betting chips, push the betting chips to the player, and place the currency in a drop box or place the casino chip in the chip tray, or both. 5. After a day's activity, an employee shall transport a drop box from a table, store it, and count drop box cash according to section 99-01.3-08-14.