Licensees must have numbered games stations with separate lock boxes and money paddles for each station. "Money paddle" means a wooden or plastic implement used to push money into the lock box slot.
- (1) The money paddle must remain in the lock box slot whenever it is not in use. The money slot of the lock box must not exceed three and one-half inches in length and one-half inch in width; and
- (2) Dealers must exchange all currency presented by the players for coin or chips and the dealer must immediately place it in the lock box; and
- (3) Licensees must keep the keys to all lock boxes in the counting area at all times; and
- (4) Only cashiers may open the lock boxes and they must open them only in the counting area.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 06-22-051 (Order 604), § 230-09-050, filed 10/27/06, effective 1/1/08.]