<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:18:12.01:07.01 Entitlement to slot machine credits or payouts and to abandoned monies.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:18:12.01:07.01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:18:12.01:07.01 Entitlement to slot machine credits or payouts and to abandoned monies."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt; color:black;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:18:12.01:07.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Entitlement to slot machine credits or payouts and to abandoned monies.</b> A patron must be actively engaged in playing a slot machine to be entitled to any credits or payouts from the slot machine. If a patron leaves a slot machine with credits on the machine, the patron waives any right to claim these credits.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Any credits removed from a slot machine or tickets found shall be taken to the cage while any investigation for the owner of the credits or tickets is conducted. Upon completion of an investigation, the credits or tickets will either be returned to the owner or dropped in the accounting lockbox to be treated as an unclaimed ticket. No unclaimed ticket may remain in the cage for more than 48 hours.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If a patron abandons chips, tokens or cash in a licensed gaming establishment or on a licensed gaming table, the patron waives any right to claim the chips, tokens or cash. Any chips, tokens or cash found in a licensed gaming establishment including chips, tokens or cash abandoned on a licensed gaming table shall be taken to the cage while any investigation for the owner of the chips, tokens or cash is conducted. Upon completion of an investigation, the monies will be returned to the owner or recorded as found money on the daily cash summary at the end of the shift.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This rule does not require that an investigation be conducted.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source</b>: 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 44 SDR 151, effective April 30, 2018.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority</b>: SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-7">42-7B-7.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented</b>: SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-4">42-7B-4(21)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-7">42-7B-7</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-11">42-7B-11(13).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>