1. A drop box that has been used must be removed from a table by the end of the day's activity. If a drop box is removed from a table and the cash is not counted immediately, the drop box must be transported by the shift manager and, if there is more than one employee on duty, escorted by an employee to a safe storage place. The cash must be removed from the drop box before the drop box can be used for another day's activity. An empty drop box may be stored on a table or in a safe storage place.

2. A drop box must be opened by a two-person count team. The individuals shall be independent of each other. A count team may be an independent person and a gaming employee; two representatives of a financial institution, accounting firm, security agency, or security company; two nongaming employees; or two gaming employees provided that one of the gaming employees does not conduct games at the site. A count team may not be two individuals who have a direct supervisor and subordinate relationship and may not be a common household member, spouse, child, parent, brother, or sister of the other count team member, except when using an independent contractor. A count team member may not be the individual responsible for auditing the twenty-one activity.

3. The key to the lock securing the contents of a drop box must be controlled by one count team member who may not access the drop box unless both count team members are present. If there are two separate locks that secure the contents of a drop box, the key to the second lock must be controlled by the other count team member.

4. Each individual independently shall count the drop box cash in the presence of the other individual and resolve any difference between the two counts. Documentation of the count must be initialed and dated by both count team members.

History: Effective May 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2000; July 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; October 1, 2006; July 1, 2010; April 1, 2016; January 1, 2023; July 1, 2026.

General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1

Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1