(1) Each gaming operator shall install in its gaming establishment a closed circuit television system according to the following specifications and shall allow the Board Inspectors to direct the use of the equipment for a specified period, if so requested by a Board Inspector.
(2) The closed circuit television system shall include, but need not be limited to, the following—
(a) light sensitive cameras with zoom, scan, and tilt capabilities to effectively and clandestinely monitor in detail and from various vantage points, the following—
(i) the gaming conducted at each gaming table in the gaming establishment and the activities in the Pit,
(ii) the gaming conducted at the slot machines in the gaming establishment,
(iii) the operations conducted at and in the cashier's cage,
(iv) the operations conducted at and in the change booths,
(v) the count processes conducted in the count room in conformity with regulations 33 and 43,
(vi) the movement of cash, gaming chips, gaming plaques or tokens, drop boxes, and drop buckets in the gaming establishment,
(vii) the entrances and exits to the gaming establishment and the count rooms, and
(viii) such other areas as the Board designate;
(b) video units with time and date insertion capabilities for taping what is being viewed by any camera of the system;
(c) audio capability in the count rooms; and
(d) one or more monitoring rooms in the gaming establishment which shall be in use at all times by the employees or agents of the gaming operator assigned to monitor the activities in the gaming establishment and may be used as necessary by the Board Inspectors or officers or agents of the Board.
(3) Adequate lighting shall be present in all areas, including the Pit and gaming tables, where closed circuit camera coverage is required to enable clear camera coverage and the coverage shall be of significant quality to produce clear video tapes and still picture reproductions.
(4) A gaming operator shall be required to maintain a surveillance log of all surveillance activities in the monitor room.
(5) A surveillance log shall be maintained by employees of the gaming operator working in the monitor room and shall include, at a minimum, the following—
(a) date and time of surveillance;
(b) person initiating surveillance;
(c) reason for surveillance;
(d) time of termination of surveillance;
(e) summary of the results of the surveillance;
(f) a record of any equipment or camera malfunctions.
(6) A surveillance log shall be available for inspection at any time by officers of the Board.
(7) Video or audio tapes shall be retained for at least 7 days or for such longer period as the Board may require.
(8) Employees or agents of the gaming operator assigned to monitor activities shall be independent of, the gaming floor, the Slot Department, the Security Department, and the Cashiers Cage Department.
(9) Entrances to the closed circuit television monitoring rooms shall not be visible from the gaming floor.
(10) Under no circumstances shall video or audio tapes be edited or altered without the expressed written permission of the Board.