Rule 3772-11-17 | Chip specifications.
(A) Casino operators must submit a detailed schematic and production sample of proposed value chips and non-value chips to the executive director for approval before placing them into circulation.
(B) The detailed schematic must show the front, back, and edge of each denomination of value chip and each non-value chip and the design and wording to be contained on the chip.
(C) Each value and non-value chip must be designed, manufactured, and constructed to prevent counterfeiting.
(D) A casino operator must notify a gaming agent upon discovering a counterfeit chip and must deliver the counterfeit chip to the gaming agent.
(E) Each value and non-value chip must have its center portion impressed, engraved, imprinted, or inlaid with the name of the casino facility that is issuing the chip.
(F) Each value chip issued by a casino operator must have the following characteristics:
(1) Be round;
(2) Have its center portion impressed, engraved, imprinted, or inlaid with the value of the chip;
(3) Have, at least on one side of the chip, the name of the city or other locality and the state in which the casino facility is located and either the manufacturer's name or a distinctive logo or other mark identifying the manufacturer;
(4) Utilize a different center shape for each denomination; and
(5) Be designed so that the specific denomination of a chip can be determined on surveillance camera monitors when placed in a stack of chips of other denominations.
(G) Unless otherwise authorized by the executive director, value chips may be issued by casino operators in denominations of one dollar, two dollars and fifty cents, five dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and twenty-five thousand dollars. Each casino operator will have the discretion to determine the denominations to be utilized at its casino facility and the amount of each denomination necessary for the conduct of casino gaming operations.
(H) Unless otherwise authorized by the executive director, value chips worth equal to or less than five hundred dollars must have a diameter of thirty-nine millimeters, and value chips worth greater than five hundred dollars must have a diameter of forty three millimeters.
(I) Each denomination of value chip must have a different primary color from every other denomination of value chip. Unless otherwise approved by the executive director, value chips must have the colors specified in this paragraph when the chips are viewed both in daylight and under artificial light. In conjunction with these primary colors, each casino facility must utilize contrasting secondary colors for the edge spots on each denomination of value chip. Unless otherwise approved by the executive director, no casino operator can use a secondary color on a specific denomination of chip identical to the secondary color used by another casino facility in this state on that same denomination of value chip. The primary color to be utilized by each casino facility for each denomination of value chip must be as follows:
(1) For one dollar, white;
(2) For two dollars and fifty cents, pink;
(3) For five dollars, red;
(4) For twenty dollars, yellow;
(5) For twenty-five dollars, green;
(6) For one hundred dollars, black;
(7) For five hundred dollars, purple;
(8) For one thousand dollars, fire orange;
(9) For five thousand dollars, grey;
(10) For ten thousand dollars, burgundy; and
(11) For twenty-five thousand dollars, blue.
(J) Each non-value chip utilized by a casino operator for roulette must meet the following conditions:
(1) Contain a design, insert, or symbol differentiating it from the non-value chips being used at every other roulette table in the casino facility;
(2) Have "Roulette" impressed on it; and
(3) Only be used for roulette.
(K) Non-value chips issued at a roulette table may only be used for gaming at that table and must not be redeemed or exchanged at any other location in the casino facility. When so presented, the dealer at the issuing table must exchange these chips for an equivalent amount of value chips.
(L) Patrons must not be allowed to remove non-value chips from the roulette table from which the chips were issued.
(M) Patrons at a roulette table may not be issued or permitted to wager with non-value chips that are identical in color and design to value chips or to non-value chips being used by another person at the same table. When a patron purchases non-value chips, a non-value chip of the same color must be placed in a slot or receptacle attached to the outer rim of the roulette wheel. At that time, a sign denoting the value of a stack of twenty chips of that color must be placed in the slot or receptacle.
(N) Each casino operator has the discretion to permit, limit, or prohibit the use of value chips in wagering at roulette. Each casino operator is responsible for keeping an accurate account of the wagers being made at roulette with value chips so that the wagers made by one player are not confused with those made by another player at the table.
Last updated May 2, 2022 at 9:30 AM
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