58 Pa. Code § 603a.8 - Additional sets of gaming chips; removal from active use
(a) Within 120 days of the commencement of
table games at a licensed facility, the certificate holder shall also have at
least one approved set of value chips that may be used as a back-up for the
$100 and $500 value chips in active use. Each back-up set of value chips
maintained for use by a certificate holder must have secondary colors that are
different from the secondary colors of the value chips in active use and may
use a different shade of the primary color. All back-up sets of value chips
must conform to the color and design requirements in this chapter.
(b) Each certificate holder shall have at
least one reserve set of Roulette chips for each color utilized in the licensed
facility with a design insert or symbol different from the Roulette chips
comprising the primary sets. All back-up sets of Roulette chips must conform to
the color and design requirements in this chapter.
(c) If a certificate holder uses RFID chips
for its value or Roulette chips, the certificate holder may request that the
Board waive the requirements in subsection (a) or (b) by filing a petition in
accordance with §
493a.4 (relating to petitions
generally). The petition must include, at a minimum:
(1) A detailed description of the RFID
technology and devices that will be used at the licensed facility.
(2) A detailed description of how the RFID
chips and related equipment will be used in the licensed facility.
(3) A detailed explanation of how the use of
the RFID chips and related equipment will reduce or eliminate the potential use
of counterfeit value or Roulette chips.
(4) The approximate length of time it will
take the certificate holder to install the necessary devices and related
equipment for the RFID technology to be operational in the licensed
facility.
(d) The
certificate holder shall remove a set of gaming chips in use from active play
whenever:
(1) It is believed the licensed
facility is taking on multiple counterfeit chips valued at $100 or
more.
(2) Any other impropriety or
defect in the utilization of a set of chips makes removal of the chips in
active use necessary.
(3) The Board
or its Executive Director directs that a set of chips be removed from active
use.
(e) An approved
back-up set of value chips or a reserve set of Roulette chips required under
subsections (a) and (b) shall be placed into active play whenever an active set
is removed.
(f) Whenever a set of
chips in active use are removed from play, the certificate holder shall
immediately notify the casino compliance representatives of the impending
removal and the reasons for the removal.
(g) A certificate holder shall immediately
notify the casino compliance representatives of the discovery of counterfeit
value chips.
Notes
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