Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation Casino Regulations, 2002, A-18.011 Reg 3

1 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation Casino Amendment Regulations, 2023 being Chapter A-18.011 Reg 3 (effective February 1, 2003) as amended by the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 2005 c.3 and Saskatchewan Regulations 84/2006, 117/2007, 89/2019 and 43/2023. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 Table of Contents PART I 20 Resolution of complaints Title, Interpretation and Application 21 Compliance plan 1 Title 22 Security department 2 Definitions 23 Items to be secured 3 Application 24 Repealed 25 Surveillance department PART II Regulation of Games of Chance 26 Two separate recording systems 4 Corporation to submit description of table games 27 Restrictions on surveillance equipment, 5 Rules of play personnel and room 6 Slot machine pay out 28 Surveillance room record to be kept 7 Repealed 29 Maintaining records and replacing equipment 8 Progressive jackpots PART VI 9 Betting limits Gaming Employees and Gaming Suppliers 10 Credit prohibited 30 Gaming employees 10.1 Corporation not to accept third party cheques 31 Suppliers 10.2 Chips to be used at table games 32 Repealed 11 Use of devices, cameras, etc. 33 Tips and gratuities 11.1 Conduct and management 34 Conflict of interest PART III PART VII Restrictions on Who May Play Games of Chance Reports 12 Persons under 19 prohibited in casino 35 Information reports 12.1 Application to permit persons under 19 to be in casino 35.1 Policies, procedures and manuals 13 Persons not permitted to play 36 Record of complimentary services and items 14 Repealed PART VIII 15 Repealed Miscellaneous Internal Management and Control 37 Filing plans and lay-outs 16 Management and control system 37.1 Emergency power supply 16.1 Count 38 Persons exhibiting a gambling problem 17 Written records to be maintained 39 Banking machines 18 Equipment 40 Marketing PART V 41 Hours of operation Internal Security and Surveillance 42 Reimbursement of authority costs 19 Access for inspections and investigations 42.1 Reimbursement of authority costs by Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan 43 R.R.S. c.A-18.01 Reg 4 repealed 44 Coming into force 3 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 CHAPTER A-18.011 REG 3 The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 PART I Title, Interpretation and Application Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation Casino Regulations, 2002. Definitions 2 In these regulations: “Act” means The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997; (« Loi ») “bankroll” means the reserve money and chips that are not in use and that are held in secure storage; (« provision ») “bet” means any money or chip that is risked on the outcome of a game of chance; (« mise ») “bill acceptor” means an electronic device attached to a slot machine, table game or ticket redemption kiosk that is capable of detecting the entry of, and accepting, valid soft currency; (« accepteur de billets de banque ») “cashier’s cage” means a secure work area within the casino for cashiers that includes a storage area for the casino’s bankroll; (« caisse-clients ») “casino” means a place that is owned, leased or occupied for the purpose of playing games of chance and includes all facilities that are ancillary to or operated in conjunction with that place; (« casino ») “chip” means a symbol with a monetary value that is issued by the corporation for use at table games and that may be redeemed for its monetary value from the corporation, but does not include a ticket or a promotional chip; (« jeton ») “compliance plan” means a compliance plan prepared by the corporation in accordance with section 21; (« plan de conformité ») “corporation” means the Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation continued pursuant to The Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan Corporation Act; (« Société ») “count room” means a secure room in the casino where hard currency and soft currency are counted; (« salle de comptage ») “deck” means: (a) a standard set of playing cards, composed of four suits; or (b) a specialty set of playing cards approved by the authority in accordance with section 4 for use in a game of chance; (« paquet de cartes ») 4 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 “dice” means cubes, the sides of which have a different number of dots ranging from 1 to 6, that: (a) are used in the operation of dice games; and (b) conform to integrity standards as approved by the authority; (« dés ») “drop” means: (a) in a table game, the total monetary value of the hard currency and the soft currency that are exchanged for chips or contained in the bill acceptor; and (b) in a slot machine, the total monetary value of the soft currency contained in the bill acceptor; (« argent misé ») “drop box” means a locked container affixed to a gaming table into which the drop, fill slips, credit slips, coupons, promotional chips and table inventory forms are placed; (« cagnotte ») “fill” means a transaction in which a supply of chips, hard currency or soft currency is transferred from one area of the casino to another; (« transfert ») “game of chance” means a lottery scheme conducted and managed by Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan on behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan pursuant to paragraph 207(1)(a) of the Criminal Code and played in a casino operated by the corporation; (« jeu de hasard ») “gaming area” means an area within a casino in which one or more games of chance are located as approved by the authority; (« aire de jeux ») “gaming equipment inventory” means all electronic and mechanical parts required for the operation of electronic gaming equipment; (« stock d’équipement de jeux de hasard ») “gaming technical services area” means the area within a casino where electronic gaming equipment inventory is stored or where the servicing of electronic gaming equipment occurs; (« aire des services techniques pour les jeux ») “hard currency” means coins accepted by the corporation; (« monnaie métallique ») “house rules” means: (a) rules of conduct for players and visitors established by the corporation; and (b) gaming variations established by the corporation that are not inconsistent with the approved rules of play; (« règles internes ») “jackpot” means any money, merchandise or thing of monetary value given to a player as the result of a specific combination or combinations of characters indicated on a slot machine or as specified under the rules of a table game; (« lot ») 5 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 “linked jackpot” means a jackpot determined by: (a) 2 or more slot machines linked to a device that: (i) records, from time to time, an amount that, in the event of a jackpot or other result being obtained on one of those machines, may be payable as winnings; (ii) for the purpose of recording the amounts mentioned in subclause (i), receives data from each slot machine to which the device is linked; and (iii) is not capable of affecting the outcome of a game of chance on a slot machine to which the device is linked; or (b) 2 or more gaming tables linked to a system for accumulating a portion of bets made at the designated tables and combining those portions of bets to create a jackpot payable as specified under the rules of the table game; (« lot lié ») “player” means a person who engages in play in any game of chance; (« joueur ») “police officer” means a member of a police service within the meaning of The Police Act, 1990 or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (« agent de police ») “progressive jackpot”: (a) means a jackpot that increases in value as a result of cumulative play at: (i) an independent or a linked slot machine; or (ii) an independent or a linked table game; and (b) may include a linked jackpot; (« lot progressif ») “progressive slot machine” means a slot machine with a pay out that increases as the slot machine is played; (« appareil à sous à lot progressif ») “progressive table game” means a table game with a pay out that increases as the table game is played; (« jeu sur table progressif ») “promotional chip” means a symbol without monetary value that is issued for promotional purposes by the corporation for use at a table game; (« jeton promotionnel ») “slot machine” means a slot machine within the meaning of section 198 of the Criminal Code; (« appareil à sous ») “soft currency” means paper currency and tickets accepted by the corporation; (« monnaie non métallique ») “table game” means any lottery scheme pursuant to paragraph 207(1)(a) of the Criminal Code that is not operated on or through a computer, video device or slot machine; (« jeu sur table ») “ticket” means any ticket, coupon or voucher accepted by the corporation. (« ticket »). 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s3; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s2. 6 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 Application 3 These regulations apply only to Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and casinos operated by the corporation. 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s4. PART II Regulation of Games of Chance Corporation to submit description of table games 4(1) Before the corporation offers a table game for play in a casino, the corporation shall submit to the authority for approval a complete description of the table game proposed for play, including: (a) the rules of play; (b) the types of bets that may be made; (c) the betting limits; (d) use of jackpots as part of the table game, including linked jackpots and progressive jackpots, and all schedules for jackpots offered; (e) the method of play; (f) a description of any equipment used in play; (g) the theoretical advantage of the casino for the game and the theoretical hold per cent; and (h) a copy of the mathematical analysis done by an independent third party acceptable to the authority and used by the corporation to assist in game selection. (2) Before the corporation makes any change to an approved table game in a casino, the corporation shall submit to the authority for approval a complete description of the change. (3) The corporation shall not offer a table game for play in a casino or make any change to an approved table game until it receives written approval from the authority. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s4. Rules of play 5(1) The corporation shall ensure that any game of chance is offered for play in accordance with the description of the game of chance approved by the authority. (2) The corporation shall ensure that the rules of play of any game of chance offered for play in a casino and the pay out odds as approved by the authority are available for reference by a player or patron. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s5. 7 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 Slot machine pay out 6(1) The corporation shall ensure that each slot machine pays out a mathematically demonstrable pay out percentage of not less than 85% of all amounts bet on that machine. (2) Before offering a new slot machine game for play in a casino, the corporation shall submit information about the slot machine to the authority in a form and manner acceptable to the authority. (3) Before offering a jackpot on a slot machine or linked slot machines, the corporation shall submit the proposed jackpot structure to the authority for approval. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s5. 7 Repealed. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s6. Progressive jackpots 8(1) The corporation shall ensure that: (a) all progressive slot machines or progressive table games are connected to a progressive jackpot display showing the progressive jackpot amount; (b) each progressive jackpot is conspicuously displayed at or near the slot machines or table games to which a progressive jackpot applies; (c) each machine, in the case of linked slot machines on a linked jackpot, has the same probability of hitting the combination that will give the progressive jackpot; and (d) no jackpot display is turned back to a lesser amount unless: (i) the amount shown on the progressive jackpot display is paid to a player as a jackpot; (ii) it is necessary to adjust the progressive jackpot display to prevent it from displaying an amount greater than the prize available; (iii) it is necessary to change the progressive jackpot display because of a slot machine or table game malfunction, in which case the malfunction and adjustment must be recorded by the on line data monitoring system or table games personnel; or (iv) there is interference of a fraudulent nature, in which case the nature, date and time of the event must be recorded by the appropriate on line data monitoring system or table games personnel. (2) If the corporation desires to dispose of a progressive jackpot in a manner other than the pay out of the progressive jackpot at a slot machine or table game connected to the progressive jackpot, the corporation must obtain prior approval from the authority. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s7. 8 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 Betting limits 9(1) Repealed. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s8. (2) The corporation shall ensure that: (a) betting limits are clearly posted at each game of chance; and (b) no player exceeds the betting limits. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s9; 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s8. Credit prohibited 10 The corporation shall not issue tickets or chips in exchange for credit, including credit through the use of a credit card. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s9; 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s4. Corporation not to accept third party cheques 10.1 The corporation shall not issue tickets or chips or provide currency, in exchange for a third party cheque. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s9; 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s5. Chips to be used at table games 10.2 The corporation shall ensure that all bets at table games are made with chips, unless the authority authorizes otherwise. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s6. Use of devices, cameras, etc. 11(1) Subject to subsection (2): (a) the corporation shall not allow any person to use any electronic, mechanical, telecommunications or other device in the casino to assist in projecting or influencing the outcome of a game of chance, including any device to assist in keeping track of: (i) cards that have been dealt; (ii) changing probabilities; or (iii) playing strategies; and (b) no person shall use any electronic, mechanical, telecommunications or other device in the casino to assist in projecting or influencing the outcome of a game of chance, including any device to assist in keeping track of: (i) cards that have been dealt; (ii) changing probabilities; or (iii) playing strategies. 9 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 (2) Except as authorized by the authority: (a) the corporation shall not allow any table game player to use any electronic, mechanical, telecommunications or other device at a gaming table that could assist in projecting or influencing the outcome of the table game, including any device that could assist in keeping track of: (i) cards that have been dealt; (ii) changing probabilities; or (iii) playing strategies; and (b) no table game player shall use any electronic, mechanical, telecommunications or other device at a gaming table that could assist in projecting or influencing the outcome of the table game, including any device that could assist in keeping track of: (i) cards that have been dealt; (ii) changing probabilities; or (iii) playing strategies. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s6. Conduct and management 11.1 Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan, in its conduct and management of games of chance, shall ensure that the corporation complies with the Act, these regulations and The Gaming Regulations, 2007. 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s6. PART III Restrictions on Who May Play Games of Chance Persons under 19 prohibited in casino 12 Subject to section 12.1: (a) no person under 19 years of age shall be present in the gaming area or in areas of the casino where the gaming area is in view; and (b) the corporation shall ensure that persons under 19 years of age are not present in the gaming area or in areas of the casino where the gaming area is in view. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s11. 10 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 Application to permit persons under 19 to be in casino 12.1(1) In this section, “gaming area” includes areas of the casino where the gaming area is in view. (2) The corporation may apply to the authority to permit persons under the age of 19 to enter the gaming area of a casino. (3) In its application pursuant to this section, the corporation shall provide the following: (a) unless the authority determines otherwise, the number of persons under 19 years of age who are the subject of the application; (b) the casino that is the subject of the application; (c) the purpose for which the corporation is seeking to make the application; (d) the date and period during which the persons under 19 may be permitted to enter the gaming area; (e) any other information that the authority may require. (4) On receipt of an application, the authority may issue an approval to allow the corporation to permit persons under 19 years of age to enter the gaming area of the casino named in the application during the dates and periods set out in the approval, but only if the authority is satisfied that: (a) the purpose for which the persons under 19 years of age will be in the gaming area is only one or both of the following: (i) to provide entertainment; (ii) to accompany a parent, guardian or other adult who, in the opinion of the authority, is a proper person, for an educational purpose; (b) the persons under 19 years of age are not going to be involved in gaming or demonstrations of gaming while in the gaming area; (c) it is not detrimental to the persons under 19 years of age to be in the gaming area; (d) it is not contrary to the public interest to issue the approval. (5) The authority may impose any terms or conditions on an approval that it considers necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of subsection (4). (6) The corporation shall: (a) ensure that the persons under 19 years of age: (i) are not involved in gaming or demonstrations of gaming while they are in the gaming area; (ii) enter only the gaming area of the casino named in the approval; and (iii) are in the gaming area of the casino only during the dates and periods named in the approval; and (b) comply with any terms and conditions imposed pursuant to subsection (5). 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s11. 11 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 Persons not permitted to play 13 The corporation shall not permit the following persons to play games of chance: (a) the minister responsible for the authority; (b) the minister responsible for Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan; (c) any employee of the corporation or Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan; (d) any officer or director of Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or officer of the corporation; (e) persons who appear to be intoxicated. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s11; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s7. 14 Repealed. 2005, c.3, s.28. 15 Repealed. 2005, c.3, s.28. PART IV Internal Management and Control Management and control system 16 The corporation shall implement internal management and control policies and procedures for each casino to ensure that: (a) financial records and reporting are accurate, reliable and prepared on a timely basis; (b) the potential for error and breaches of the Criminal Code are minimized; (c) functions, duties and responsibilities are segregated to minimize opportunities for collusion between employees; (d) money and chips are safeguarded; and (e) efficient operations are promoted. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s16; 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s7. Count 16.1 The corporation shall ensure that hard currency and soft currency are counted separately. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s12. Written records to be maintained 17 The corporation shall maintain written records respecting the corporation’s internal management and control policies and procedures for its casinos, including the corporation’s policies and procedures respecting the following matters: (a) house rules; (b) forms, records and documents; (c) cashiers’ cages; (d) drop boxes; 12 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 (e) transportation of drop boxes to and from gaming tables; (f) storage of drop boxes; (g) procedures for accepting hard currency and soft currency at gaming tables; (h) receipt of chips, decks and dice from the manufacturer or distributor; (i) acquisition of customized chips, decks and dice; (j) inventory and storage of chips, promotional chips, decks and dice; (k) gaming equipment inventory; (l) tips and gratuities; (m) procedures for closing gaming tables; (n) characteristics of the count room; (o) ticket-in, ticket-out (TITO) tickets for slot machines; (p) procedures for opening, counting and recording contents of drop boxes; (q) table game count procedures; (r) procedures for table game fills and for removing chips, hard currency and soft currency from gaming tables and transporting these to a cashier’s cage; (s) transportation of decks and dice to and from gaming tables; (t) selling used cards; (u) procedures for reconciling card handling; (v) drop box release key procedures; (w) drop box contents key procedures; (x) count room key procedures; (y) slot machine key procedures; (z) slot machine equipment standards; (aa) bill acceptor drop and count standards; (bb) slot machine jackpot pay outs and slot fills; (cc) slot machine soft currency handling procedures; (dd) slot machine destruction; (ee) program storage devices; (ff) jackpot pay outs; (gg) recording large financial transactions; (hh) found currency; (ii) ticket redemption kiosk count and fill procedures. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s8. 13 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 Equipment 18(1) The corporation shall: (a) render unavailable for play gaming machines or equipment determined to be malfunctioning; and (b) conduct tests to verify the accuracy of program storage devices to ensure conformity with standards established by the authority. (2) The corporation shall ensure that all mechanical, electrical and computer components that affect the outcome of games of chance are locked or secured at all reasonable times. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s18; 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s14. PART V Internal Security and Surveillance Access for inspections and investigations 19(1) The corporation shall allow access to persons appointed by the authority pursuant to section 10 of the Act for the purpose of: (a) inspecting casinos to determine whether the corporation or any registrant is complying with the Act and these regulations; and (b) inspecting all machines and equipment used in the playing of games of chance and used for conducting surveillance operations in the casino. (2) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall: (a) co-operate with investigations by persons authorized pursuant to the Act to enforce the Act and these regulations; and (b) allow any police officer access to a casino to investigate criminal matters within the casino. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s19; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s8. Resolution of complaints 20 The corporation shall ensure that: (a) any complaint respecting a game of chance is dealt with appropriately; and (b) any individual caught cheating with respect to a game of chance is reported to the authority. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s20; 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s15. 14 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 Compliance plan 21 The corporation shall submit to the authority for approval a written compliance plan for the effective security and surveillance of the corporation’s casinos, including the corporation’s policies and procedures respecting the following matters: (a) controlling entrances and exits; (b) excluding minors; (c) controlling intoxicated persons; (d) controlling persons displaying undesirable behaviour; (e) employing a risk management plan; (f) contracting internal security services; (g) cooperating with the authority in the investigation of breaches of the Act and these regulations; (h) cooperating with police services in the investigation of Criminal Code offences; (i) ensuring decks, chips and dice have security features unique to each casino; (j) determining security clearance levels; (k) conducting background screening of companies and persons providing services to the casino that are not gaming services; (l) monitoring and investigating illegal activity within the casino; (m) identifying and preventing cheating at play, money laundering and other illegal activities within the casino; (n) collecting and maintaining evidence for the purpose of prosecuting persons suspected of or alleged to have taken part in illegal activity; (o) gathering research and other information for sharing with other jurisdictions providing services related to casinos. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s9. Security department 22(1) The corporation must have a security department. (2) In accordance with the corporation’s compliance plan, the corporation’s security department shall perform security duties at each casino, including: (a) observing financial transactions; (b) transporting and observing the transportation of chips, dice, decks and money in a casino; (c) refusing access to persons identified by the corporation as persons who are not permitted access to a casino; (d) removing persons who are not permitted to remain in a casino; 15 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 (e) observing activities in cashiers’ cages and the count room; (f) monitoring and recording those areas of the casino that are not monitored and recorded by the corporation’s surveillance department; and (g) carrying out all other activities that are identified in the corporation’s compliance plan as security department activities. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s9. Items to be secured 23 The corporation shall ensure that all money, chips, dice, decks and keys are secured as may be reasonably required for the proper operation of a casino. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s9. 24 Repealed. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s10. Surveillance department 25(1) The corporation must have a surveillance department. (2) In accordance with the corporation’s compliance plan, the corporation’s surveillance department shall perform surveillance duties at each casino, including: (a) monitoring and recording by video or similar process: (i) activities in all gaming areas of the casino, including: (A) the bets made; (B) the chip, hard currency, soft currency and card values played; and (C) the outcome of each game of chance; (ii) simultaneous viewing of both the table and the wheel of each roulette game of chance; (iii) all drop boxes and tip boxes; (iv) the movement of hard currency, soft currency, chips, dice, drop boxes, bill acceptors, tip boxes and other gaming equipment; (v) all areas, transactions and activities within the cashiers’ cages with sufficient clarity to permit identification of persons making the transactions, the currency, chips, tickets and slips transacted, and any paperwork associated with the transactions; (vi) the entrance, exit and interior of the vault, count room, cashiers’ cages and casino; (vii) activities in the gaming technical services area; (viii) all slot machines; (ix) all ticket redemption kiosks; and (x) any activity in the casino that the corporation suspects to be illegal, including cheating, theft or fraud; 16 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 (b) making video and audio recordings of all activity taking place in: (i) the count room; and (ii) any other area of the casino identified by the authority; and (c) carrying out all other activities that are identified in the corporation’s compliance plan as surveillance department activities. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s11. Two separate recording systems 26(1) For the purpose of monitoring the corporation’s casinos: (a) the corporation’s security department shall operate a recording system at each casino; and (b) the corporation’s surveillance department shall operate a recording system at each casino that is separate from the recording system mentioned in clause (a). (2) Each recording system mentioned in subsection (1) must include: (a) light sensitive cameras with pan, zoom and tilt capabilities and fixed cameras arranged to permit the monitoring and recording capabilities required by these regulations and the corporation’s compliance plan; (b) monitors; (c) time and date insertion capabilities for all cameras in the system; and (d) printers with the capability to immediately generate a clear still copy of a recorded image. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s11. Restrictions on surveillance equipment, personnel and room 27(1) The corporation shall ensure that: (a) access to all equipment used by the surveillance department to monitor and record activities within the casino is limited to: (i) surveillance personnel; (ii) personnel authorized by the corporation to have access in the presence of surveillance personnel; and (iii) persons appointed by the authority to undertake investigations on the authority’s behalf; (b) authorized surveillance personnel have no duties within the casino other than those specified in their certificates of registration; (c) each casino is monitored from a surveillance room, the interior of which is not visible to the public, that is used exclusively to monitor the activities within the corporation’s casinos; 17 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 (d) each casino monitored remotely has a surveillance room, the interior of which is not visible to the public, that is used primarily for investigative purposes and in which surveillance recordings can be viewed; (e) all surveillance room equipment remains in the surveillance room, except when the equipment is being repaired or replaced; and (f) persons appointed by the authority to inspect casino operations have direct access to all of the corporation’s surveillance rooms and surveillance equipment. (2) The corporation shall ensure that: (a) adequate lighting is present in all areas of a casino to enable clear video recordings with images of sufficient clarity to permit identification of persons, tables, slot machines and particular activities; and (b) there is minimal background noise in the count room to enable discernable audio recordings. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s11. Surveillance room record to be kept 28 The corporation shall maintain a written record in the surveillance room of: (a) all persons entering and exiting the surveillance room; and (b) a summary of any monitored activities that are unusual, illegal or suspected of being illegal, including the date and time of the surveillance. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s28. Maintaining records and replacing equipment 29(1) The corporation shall: (a) subject to subsection (2), retain the master copy of all video and audio recordings for at least 14 days; (b) maintain a written log of all recording system equipment malfunctions and keep that log for a period of 3 years after the last entry; and (c) immediately replace malfunctioning recording system equipment or, if immediate replacement is not possible, provide alternative surveillance of gaming and count room activities until replacement is possible. (2) The corporation shall not dispose of recordings of illegal or suspected illegal activities until all issues respecting those activities are resolved. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s12. 18 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 PART VI Gaming Employees and Gaming Suppliers Gaming employees 30(1) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall: (a) not employ any person as a gaming employee unless that person has been granted a certificate of registration by the authority; (b) ensure that no gaming employee works in a position unless that gaming employee has been granted a certificate of registration for that position; and (c) ensure that every gaming employee employed by Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation wears the registration card issued by the authority in plain view while on duty in the casino. (2) Every supplier shall ensure that every gaming employee employed by the supplier wears the registration card issued by the authority in plain view while on duty in the casino. 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s9. Suppliers 31(1) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall: (a) ensure that no person other than a registered supplier or the corporation operates games of chance; (b) subject to subsection (2), ensure that no person, other than a registered supplier, provides gaming supplies or services or non-gaming supplies or services to Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation; and (c) ensure that every person performing duties for Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation on behalf of a registered supplier or on behalf of a supplier exempt from registration pursuant to The Gaming Regulations, 2007: (i) has adequate identification on his or her person while performing those duties; and (ii) produces that identification at the request of the authority or any person authorized or appointed by the authority. (2) Clause (1)(b) does not apply to suppliers that are exempt from registration pursuant to The Gaming Regulations, 2007. (3) No supplier shall supply to Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation gaming supplies or services unless those gaming supplies or services have been obtained from a registered supplier. (4) No registered supplier to Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation shall provide gaming supplies or services or non-gaming supplies or services in Saskatchewan under a name other than the name under which the supplier is registered. 19 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 (5) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall use only gaming supplies or services that meet the standards established by the authority. (6) No supplier shall provide gaming supplies or services to Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation that do not meet the standards established by the authority. 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s10. 32 Repealed. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s24. Tips and gratuities 33(1) Subject to subsection (2), the corporation shall ensure that no person employed in the following areas of the casino by the corporation accepts or receives any tip or gratuity directly or indirectly from any player or patron: (a) the security department; (b) the surveillance department; (c) the gaming technical services areas. (2) Subsection (1) does not preclude persons employed by the corporation from participating in a tip pool established by the corporation. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s25. Conflict of interest 34(1) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall ensure that no director or employee of Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan or the corporation, either for himself or herself or for some other person, promotes or attempts to promote a private or personal interest that results or appears to result in: (a) a conflict or interference with the exercise of that director’s or employee’s duties; or (b) a gain or an advantage to that director, employee or person by virtue of the director’s, employee’s or person’s position. (2) Every registered supplier shall ensure that no employee of the supplier, either for himself or herself or for some other person, promotes or attempts to promote a private or personal interest that results or appears to result in: (a) a conflict or interference with the exercise of his or her duties; or (b) a gain or an advantage to that employee or person by virtue of his or her position. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s34; 19 Oct 2007 SR 117/2007 s7; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s11. 20 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 PART VII Reports Information reports 35(1) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall maintain auditable financial information, and shall make the information available to the authority on request, for: (a) table games on a per table basis; and (b) slot machines on a per machine basis. (2) Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and the corporation shall maintain any other information reports requested by the authority and make them available to the authority on request. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s26; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s12. Policies, procedures and manuals 35.1 The corporation shall provide annually to the authority a list of all internal policies, procedures and manuals, if any, and make them available to the authority on request. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s26. Record of complimentary services and items 36(1) The corporation shall maintain a record of the complimentary services or items provided directly or indirectly to a player at no cost or at a reduced price by the corporation. (2) Repealed. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s14. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s36; 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s27; 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s14. PART VIII Miscellaneous Filing plans and lay-outs 37(1) The corporation shall file a floor plan of the casino with the authority: (a) before commencing to operate the casino; (b) before undertaking renovations to the casino; and (c) at any other time on the authority’s request. (2) The corporation shall ensure that the floor plan of the casino shows the location of all recording system cameras, count rooms, cages and other equipment and facilities used in the operation of the casino. (3) The corporation shall maintain a list of all slot machines and table games in use in the casino. 21 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 A-18.011 REG 3 (4) The corporation shall submit to the authority for approval: (a) the location of the gaming areas of the casino; and (b) any changes to the location of the gaming areas. (5) The corporation shall ensure that it offers gaming only in the areas of the casino that have been approved by the authority as gaming areas. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s15. Emergency power supply 37.1 The corporation shall ensure that every casino has an emergency power supply in the event of a power outage. 15 Sep 2006 SR 84/2006 s29. Persons exhibiting a gambling problem 38(1) The corporation shall implement policies and procedures: (a) to identify persons exhibiting behaviour associated with problem gambling; (b) to provide those persons exhibiting behaviour associated with problem gambling with information respecting appropriate intervention programs; and (c) to promote the responsible use of gambling products. (2) As part of its annual report pursuant to section 34 of The Crown Corporations Act, 1993, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan shall include information relating to the corporation’s policies and procedures with respect to problem gambling. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s16; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s13. Banking machines 39 The corporation shall not permit automated banking machines in the gaming areas of a casino. 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s16. Marketing 40(1) The corporation shall ensure that any advertising or publicity for a casino: (a) does not depict minors; and (b) is not addressed to minors unless the advertising or publicity is intended to: (i) promote abstinence or moderation in playing games of chance; or (ii) advise of the detrimental effects or consequences of excessive gaming. (2) The corporation shall not promote a casino through any means of advertising or publicity that: (a) gives a person an unrealistic perception of a player’s chance of winning; or (b) does not conform to prevailing community standards. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s40. 22 SASKATCHEWAN GAMING A-18.011 REG 3 CORPORATION CASINO, 2002 Hours of operation 41 The authority shall determine the number of days in each week and the number of hours during each day that a casino may be open for business. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s41. Reimbursement of authority costs 42 The corporation shall pay to the authority, within 30 days after the authority issues a statement or invoice, the reasonable cost for: (a) investigations undertaken at the request of the corporation; (b) investigations with respect to the corporation undertaken pursuant to the Act; (c) inspections of any machines and equipment used in the playing of games of chance; (d) inspections of any equipment used for conducting surveillance operations in the casino; (e) inspections of chips, dice, cards and other gaming equipment; and (f) inspections of games of chance. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s42; 29 Nov 2019 SR 89/2019 s17; 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s14. Reimbursement of authority costs by Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan 42.1 Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan shall pay to the authority, within 30 days after the authority issues a statement or invoice, the reasonable cost for: (a) investigations undertaken at the request of Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan; and (b) investigations undertaken with respect to Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan pursuant to the Act. 9 Jne 2023 SR 43/2023 s15. R.R.S. c.A-18.01 Reg 4 repealed 43 The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation Casino Regulations are repealed. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s43. Coming into force 44(1) Subject to subsection (2), these regulations come into force on the day on which section 1 of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 comes into force. (2) If these regulations are filed with the Registrar of Regulations after the day on which section 1 of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 comes into force, these regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 10 Jan 2003 cA-18.011 Reg 3 s44. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE KING’S PRINTER Copyright©2023