Illinois Administrative Code › Title 86 - REVENUE › Part 3000 - RIVERBOAT AND CASINO GAMBLING › Subpart F - CONDUCT OF GAMING › Section 3000.625 - Chip Specifications

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Value Chips
1) Each Chip issued by a holder
				of an Owner's License shall be round in shape, have clearly and permanently
				impressed, engraved or imprinted thereon the name and location of the issuing
				Riverboat Gaming Operation and the specific value of the Chip, except that a
				holder of an Owner's License may issue Gaming Chips without a value impressed,
				engraved or imprinted thereon for Roulette. Chips with a value contained
				thereon shall be known as "Value Chips" and Chips without a value contained
				thereon shall be known as "Non-Value Chips."
2) Value Chips may be issued by the holder of
				the Owner's License in denominations of $.25, $.50, $1.00, $2.50, $5.00,
				$20.00, $25.00, $100.00, $500.00, $1,000.00 and $5,000.00. The holder of the
				Owner's License shall have the discretion to determine the denominations to be
				utilized on its Riverboat and the amount of each denomination necessary for the
				conduct of Gaming operations.
3)
				Each denomination of Value Chip shall have a different primary color from every
				other denomination of Value Chip. Value Chips shall fall within the colors set
				forth below when such Chips are viewed both in daylight and under incandescent
				light. In conjunction with such primary colors, each holder of an Owner's
				License shall utilize contrasting secondary colors for the edge spots on each
				denomination of Value Chip. Unless otherwise approved by the Administrator, no
				holder of an Owner's License shall use a secondary color on a specific
				denomination of Chip identical to the secondary color used by another holder of
				an Owner's License on that same denomination of the Value Chip. The primary
				color to be utilized by each holder of an Owner's License for each denomination
				of Value Chip shall be:
A) $0.25 -
				"Blue";
B) $0.50 - "Mustard
				Yellow";
C) $1.00 -
				"White";
D) $2.50 -
				"Pink";
E) $5.00 - "Red";
F) $20.00 - "Yellow";
G) $25.00 - "Green";
H) $100.00 - "Black";
I) $500.00 - "Purple";
J) $1,000.00 - "Fire Orange"; and
K) $5,000.00 - "Gray".
4) Each denomination of Value Chip utilized
				by a holder of an Owner's License shall, unless otherwise authorized by the
				Administrator:
A) Have its center portion,
				which contains the value of the Chip and the Riverboat Gaming Operation issuing
				it, of a different shape for each denomination;
B) Be designed so as to be able to determine
				on closed circuit black and white television the specific denomination of such
				Chip when placed in a stack of Chips of other denominations; and
C) Be designed, manufactured and constructed
				so as to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, the counterfeiting of such
				Chips.
5) The Board
				shall have the discretion to approve a Value Chip in the denomination of
				$1,000.00 or $5,000.00 at variance with the requirements of this Section
				provided that any variation is specifically identified as such by the holder of
				the Owner's License and provided further that said variation does not affect
				the control, security or integrity of said Chips or the operation of the
				Games.