Mississippi Administrative Code

All records required by this regulation must be maintained for 5 years. (Adopted: 09/25/1991; Amended: 09/15/2004.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 3-12.25 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-33

(a) All licensees shall store gaming equipment only in locations approved by the Commission. 1. The Commission shall be notified of the location of any proposed storage facility prior to utilization of the facility. 2. The Commission shall conduct an inspection of the location pr…

A gaming device or gaming device modification submitted for approval by a manufacturer or made available for play by a licensee must not use a theme that is otherwise contrary to the public policy of the state or would constitute an unsuitable method of operation. (Adopted: 09/15…

(a) A manufacturer or distributor shall not distribute a gaming device in this state and a licensee shall not offer a gaming device for play unless it has been approved by the Commission or is offered for play pursuant to a field test ordered by the Executive Director. (b) An ope…

All gaming devices submitted for approval: (a) Must be electronic in design and operation and must be controlled by a microprocessor or the equivalent. Microcontrollers are allowed. (b) Must theoretically pay out a mathematically demonstrable percentage of all amounts wagered, wh…

All inter-casino linked systems submitted for approval: (a) Shall have a method to secure data transmissions between the games and devices and the main computer of the operator, as approved by the Executive Director; (b) Gaming devices connected to a common payoff schedule shall:…

A licensee must have a computer connected to all gaming devices to record and monitor the activities of such devices. No gaming devices shall be operated unless it is on-line and communicating to a computer monitoring system approved by the Executive Director. Such computer monit…

Each manufacturer shall employ or retain an individual who understands the design and function of each of its gaming devices, cashless wagering systems, or inter-casino linked systems who shall respond within the time specified by the Executive Director to any inquiries related t…

The Executive Director or his designee may require transportation of not more than two working models of a new gaming device to a designated electronics laboratory for review and inspection. The Executive Director may employ the services of an outside electronics laboratory to ev…

(a) Tax and license fees shall be paid on one slot machine when: 1. Only one person has the opportunity to insert one or more coins, currency, tokens or similar object into a single receptacle; and 2. That person has the opportunity to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens …

(a) As used in this section:1. "Progressive jackpot" means a slot machine payoff that increases automatically over time or as the machine or another operated by a single licensee is played. 2. "Base amount" means the amount of the progressive jackpot initially offered before it i…

As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) Ante: A player's initial wager or predetermined contribution to the pot prior to the dealing of the first hand. (b) Call: A wager made in an amount equal to the immediately preceding wager. (c) Card game s…

(a) The rules and procedures for all card room tournaments shall be submitted by the licensee to the Mississippi Gaming Commission at least ten (10) working days prior to commencement of the tournament. (b) A casino licensee may offer complimentary card room tournament entries pr…

(a) Shills may not check and raise or play in any manner between themselves or in collusion with others to the disadvantage of other players within the game. (b) Each establishment employing shills or proposition players shall identify such shills or proposition players upon requ…

(a) Stakes players shall not be utilized by any licensee. (b) No dealer may wager in any game in which he is dealing. Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 3-3.12 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-25 Adopted: 09/25/1991; Adopted 5/21/2015

(a) The dollar amount of funds contributed by players into the pools is returned when won in accordance with the posted rules with no commission or administrative fee withheld. Payouts for promotional progressive pots, pools and any other promotion are to be prominently displayed…

(a) Each card table shall have one card game drop box with the drop slot located at least four inches in front of the table tray and to the right thereof, unless the table is equipped with a drop slot located at least two inches to the right of and even with the top right-hand co…

No cash or chips received for the sale of stakes shall be commingled with any rake-offs or other compensation received by the licensee from the players for the right to play. (Adopted: 09/25/1991.) Notes 13 Miss. Code. R. 3-3.3 Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-23

(a) When the card table bank is to be replenished with chips from the card room bank, all cash or chips to be transferred must be counted down by the dealer in public view on the card table and verified by the person who transports the cash or chips. (b) The transfer shall be pre…

(a) Card room banks shall be used exclusively for the purposes of the issuance and receipt of shill funds, the maintenance of card table banks used in card games, and the purchase and redemption of chips by players. (b) Card table banks shall be used only for the purposes of maki…

(a) The amount of any rake-off must be conspicuously posted at or near the table. Rake-offs shall only be pulled from the pot by the dealer in an obvious manner after each wager and call or at the completion of the hand. The rake-off shall be placed in a designated rake circle an…

Each licensee shall conspicuously display the rules of each card game it exposes for play. This section may be satisfied if published rules are maintained in a location readily accessible to players and notice of the location of such rules is posted conspicuously in the casino ca…

(a) A licensee may elect to offer a card room promotional activity involving a jackpot for one or more pre-designated high value hands when such a hand is held by a player as a losing hand. Such a promotion is defined as a Bad Beat Jackpot. (b) The jackpot shall be paid from a se…

(a) Once a bad beat jackpot has been established, the licensee shall not discontinue the jackpot except by a player winning the jackpot or unless the Executive Director approves otherwise. (b) The licensee shall submit a proposal for discontinuing the bad beat jackpot to the loca…

(a) Prior to operating a progressive keno game, the licensee must have systems of record keeping, surveillance, and internal controls relative to the operation of the progressive keno game approved by the Executive Director. (b) A licensee may impose a limit on a progressive keno…

As used in this regulation: (a) "Chip" means a non-metal or partly metal representative of value, redeemable for cash, and issued and sold by a licensee for use at table games or counter games at the licensee's gaming establishment. (b) "Token" means a metal representative of val…

(a) When chips or tokens are received from the manufacturer or distributor thereof, they shall be opened and checked by at least two (2) employees of the licensee from different departments. Any deviation between the invoice accompanying the chips or tokens and the actual chips o…

(a) Chips shall be taken from or returned to the reserve chip inventory in the presence of at least two (2) individuals. The denominations, number and amount of chips so taken or returned shall be recorded in the chip inventory ledger together with the date and signatures of the …

If the Executive Director denies any application required or permitted by this regulation, or withdraws any approval previously granted, the licensee may appeal the Executive Director's decision to the Commission within ten (10) days after the date of the decision. The appeal mus…

(a) A licensee shall not issue any chips or tokens for use in its gaming establishment, or sell or redeem any such chips or tokens, unless the chips or tokens have been approved in writing by the Executive Director. A licensee shall not issue any chips or tokens for use in its ga…

(a) Chips and tokens must be designed, manufactured, and constructed in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations, and policies of the United States, this state, and other states, and so as to prevent counterfeiting of the chips and tokens to the extent reasonably poss…

(a) Tokens must not be manufactured from material possessing sufficient magnetic properties so as to be accepted by a coin mechanism, other than that of a slot machine. (b) Tokens must not be manufactured from a three-layered material consisting of a copper-nickel alloy clad on b…

(a) A licensee that uses chips or tokens at its gaming establishment shall: 1. Comply with all applicable statutes, regulations, and policies of this state and of the United States pertaining to chips or tokens; 2. Sell chips and tokens only to patrons of its gaming establishment…

(a) A licensee that permanently removes from use or replaces approved chips or tokens at its gaming establishment, or that ceases operating its gaming establishment whether because of closure or sale of the establishment or any other reason, must prepare a plan for redeeming disc…

(a) As used in this section, "counterfeit chips or tokens" mean any chip-or token-like objects that have not been approved pursuant to this regulation, including objects commonly referred to as "slugs," but not including coins of the United States or any other nation. (b) Unless …

(a) As used in this section, "promotional chip" means a chip- or token-like object issued by a licensee for use in promotions or tournaments at the licensee's gaming establishment. (b) Promotional chips must be designed, manufactured, approved, and used in accordance with the pro…

Other instrumentalities with which gaming is conducted must be designed, manufactured, approved, used, discontinued, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this regulation applicable to chips and tokens, except as follows: (a) Such other instrume…

As used in this regulation: (a) "PTZ camera" means a video camera which possesses, at a minimum, pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities or features comparable thereto. (b) "Dedicated camera" means a video camera which is required by this regulation or an order of the Executive Director…

(a) In addition to any other recording requirements that are or may be imposed by this regulation, every licensee shall record all views, activities, and locations as the Executive Director may from time to time require. (b) Every licensee shall record and maintain a shift activi…

(a) Every applicant for a gaming license shall submit to the Executive Director, a surveillance system plan no later than ninety (90) days prior to the start of gaming operations, and shall comply with the requirements set forth in this regulation no later than seven (7) days pri…

Access to monitor rooms shall be limited only to those personnel who are employed exclusively for surveillance purposes and those personnel whose names appear on the monitor room access list approved by the Executive Director; such access list shall be submitted either quarterly …

This regulation sets forth the minimum standards that must be followed by licensees with respect to surveillance systems and monitor rooms. The Executive Director may, in his sole discretion, require a licensee to comply with surveillance system requirements that are more stringe…

(a) Every licensee shall install, maintain, and operate at all times a surveillance system that possesses the capability to monitor and record clear unobstructed views of all areas and transactions within: 1. The hard count room and any area where uncounted coin is stored during …

(a) Every licensee who operates table games or a card room shall install, maintain and operate at all times a surveillance system that shall possess the capacity to monitor and record clear and unobstructed views of all active table games or card table surfaces, including table b…

Every licensee who operates a keno game shall install, maintain, and operate at all times a surveillance system that continuously monitors and records clear, unobstructed and uninterrupted views of the following while the game is exposed for play: (a) All keno desks, and satellit…

(a) Every licensee who exposes slot machines for play shall install, maintain, and operate at all times a surveillance system that continuously monitors and records clear, overall, and continuous views of all areas that contain slot machines with sufficient clarity to identify al…

The surveillance system must cover all areas of any security office wherein any persons may be detained, questioned, interviewed or interrogated by casino security officers. Security office coverage must include both audio and video, be recorded at all times that a person is deta…