WAC 230-15-285   Camera and monitor requirements for closed circuit television systems.  (1) Class F and house-banked licensees' closed circuit television system must consist of light sensitive cameras capable of permitting the viewer to determine card and chip values. Each video camera must be capable of having the images displayed on a video monitor and recorded.

     (2) Class F and house-banked licensees must install, at least:

     (a) Cameras in a manner that will prevent them from being obstructed, tampered with, or disabled; and

     (b) Pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) cameras behind a smoked dome, one-way mirror, or similar materials that conceal the camera from view; and

     (c) One or more fixed camera focused over each gambling table, covering the entire table layout.

     (d) In nonhouse-banked games, an additional fixed camera must focus over the dealer area, covering the chip rack, all drop box openings, and the community card area; and

     (e) A sufficient number of fixed cameras and/or PTZ cameras to monitor players and dealers at each gambling table. The PTZ cameras must be:

     (i) Permanently programmed; and

     (ii) Capable of viewing each patron and dealer at each gambling position at least once every five minutes; and

     (f) A sufficient number of fixed cameras and/or PTZ cameras in the count area or count room; and

     (g) Fixed cameras and/or PTZ cameras in any other location deemed necessary.

     (4) In addition, house-banked card game licensees must:

     (a) Install a sufficient number of video monitors in their CCTV system to simultaneously view multiple gambling tables, the cashier's cage, and count room activities;

     (b) Install a sufficient number of fixed cameras and/or PTZ cameras in the cage(s); and

     (c) Install a sufficient number of PTZ cameras having the ability to determine the card and chip values for winning hands.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 07-10-034 (Order 611), § 230-15-285, filed 4/24/07, effective 1/1/08.]