205 CMR 146.01 - Gaming Chips and Plaques (General Rules)
(1) No
gaming chip shall be utilized by a gaming licensee in a gaming establishment
until:
(a) The design specifications of the
proposed gaming chip, prior to the manufacture of the gaming chip, are
submitted to and approved by the Bureau, which submission shall include a
detailed schematic depicting the actual size and, as appropriate, location of
the following:
1. Each "face" of the gaming
chip, which is the flat surface across which the diameter of the chip can be
measured including any indentations or impressions;
2. The "edge" of the gaming chip, which is
the surface of the chip across which its thickness can be measured in a
perpendicular line from one face to the other; and
3. Any colors, words, designs, graphics or
security measures contained on or within the gaming chip;
(b) A sample stack of 20 gaming chips,
manufactured in accordance with its approved design specifications, is
submitted to and approved by the Bureau; and
(c) The Bureau has confirmed that the
identification requirements of 205 CMR 146.01 are visible using the gaming
licensee's closed circuit television system.
(2) Each gaming chip issued by a gaming
licensee shall be designed and manufactured with sufficient graphics or other
security measures including, at a minimum, those features specifically required
to appear on the face or edge of a gaming chip pursuant to 205 CMR 146.01 so as
to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, the counterfeiting of the gaming
chip.
(3) No gaming licensee shall
use or redeem in its gaming establishment any gaming chip that it knows, or
reasonably should know, is materially different from the approved sample or no
longer conforms to the requirements of 205 CMR 146.01.
(4) No gaming licensee or other person
licensed by the Commission shall manufacture for, sell to, distribute to, or
use in any facility outside of Massachusetts any gaming chips having the same
edge spot and design specifications as those approved for use in Massachusetts
gaming establishments.
(5) A gaming
licensee may issue promotional non-gaming chips that are prohibited from use
for gaming in any gaming establishment. The physical characteristics of such
chips shall be sufficiently distinguishable from approved design specifications
of any gaming chip issued by any gaming licensee so as to reasonably ensure
that they will not be confused with authorized gaming chips. At a minimum, such
promotional non-gaming chips shall:
(a) Be
unique in terms of size or color;
(b) Have no edge designs unique to gaming
chips; and
(c) Bear the name of the
gaming licensee issuing them and language on both faces stating that they have
no redeemable value.
(6)
A gaming licensee shall remove a set of gaming chips in use from active play
whenever it has reason to believe the gaming establishment has accepted
counterfeit chips or whenever any other impropriety or defect in the
utilization of that set of chips makes removal of the chips in active use
necessary or whenever the Bureau so directs. An approved back-up set of value
chips or non-value chips shall be placed into active play whenever an active
set is removed.
(7) Whenever chips
in active use are removed from play, the gaming licensee shall immediately
notify the Bureau of the removal and the reason for removal.
(8) Each set of gaming chips approved by the
Bureau for use by a gaming licensee shall receive a unique and permanent
alphabetical designation. This designation shall be assigned by the gaming
licensee during the design schematic approval process and shall be used for all
inventory procedures required by 205 CMR 146.02. If a gaming licensee elects to
commingle gaming chips pursuant to 205 CMR 146.02, in addition to the assigned
alphabetical designation for that set of chips, each different sample within
the set shall also be assigned an accompanying unique numeric
designation.
(9) If a licensee uses
RFID chips or plaques they must submit a detailed description of the technology
and devices proposed for use at the gaming establishment. Any certifications or
testing done by an independent testing lab that is certified by the Commission
pursuant to
205 CMR
144.06: Independent Testing
Laboratory Certification and Auditing must be included in the
submission. Policies and procedures describing how the RFID chips and related
equipment will be used must be submitted to the Commission.
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