N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69E-1.33

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:69E-1.33 - Issuance and use of slot tokens for gaming and simulcast wagering; prize tokens, slot token and prize token specifications; promotional non-gaming tokens

(a) Each casino licensee may issue the following types of metal disks having two faces and an edge:

1. A "slot token" that is:

i. Designed for gaming use in the hoppers of the casino licensee's slot machines, in keno and in simulcast wagering within the casino licensee's casino simulcasting facility;

ii. Capable, upon insertion into and recognition by the coin acceptor of a designated slot machine operated by the casino licensee that issued the slot token, of activating the play of that slot machine;

iii. Issuable, in an exchange with a patron upon request, only from a slot booth, the cashiers' cage, a change machine or bill changer, or by a changeperson; provided, however, that each casino licensee may issue slot tokens as complimentary services or items in accordance with a distribution program;

iv. Exchangeable, by a patron at the casino where the slot token was issued;

v. Redeemable, by the issuing casino licensee promptly upon request of the patron surrendering one or more slot tokens for an equivalent amount of cash or for a casino check of that casino licensee in the amount of the slot tokens surrendered and dated the day of the redemption; and, at the option of the issuing casino licensee, redeemable upon request of the patron by mail, provided such redemption shall be effectuated by a cage supervisor; and

vi. Incapable of activating play at any slot machine other than a slot machine operated by the casino licensee that issued the slot token; and

2. A "prize token" that is:

i. Designed to be awarded and issued only as a payout from a payout-only hopper of a designated slot machine that is operated by the casino licensee using the token;

ii. Incapable of activating slot machine play at any slot machine which is capable of accepting coin or slot tokens of a denomination that is greater than the denomination of the prize token;

iii. Unavailable for use in keno or simulcast wagering;

iv. Redeemable, by the issuing casino licensee promptly upon request of the patron surrendering one or more prize tokens for an equivalent amount of cash or for a casino check of that casino licensee in the amount of the prize tokens surrendered and dated the day of the redemption; and, at the option of the issuing casino licensee, redeemable upon request of the patron by mail, provided such redemption shall be effectuated by a cage supervisor;

v. Exchangeable, by a patron at the casino where the prize token was issued;

vi. Unavailable as a manually paid jackpot;

vii. Unavailable as a payout on a winning progressive jackpot;

viii. Unavailable as a multi-casino jackpot; and

ix. Unavailable as a complimentary service or item.

(b) Each slot token and each prize token shall be designed so that it:

1. Clearly identifies the name or trade name and location of the issuing casino;

2. Clearly states its face value;

3. Contains on at least one face, in the case of a slot token only, a statement that notifies a patron that the slot token will be accepted to activate play only in slot machines operated by the casino licensee that issued it;

4. Contains the statement "Not Legal Tender";

5. Is not deceptively similar to any current or past coin of the United States or a foreign country;

6. Is of a size or shape or has other characteristics which physically prevents its use in lawful vending machines or other machines designed to be operated by coins of the United States, except slot machines;

7. Is not manufactured from:

i. A three-layered material consisting of a pure copper core clad on both sides with a copper-nickel alloy;

ii. A copper based alloy, unless the total zinc, nickel, aluminum, magnesium and other alloying metal exceeds 25 percent of the token's weight; or

iii. A ferromagnetic material;

8. Shall not have a diameter which is between:

i. 0.680 inch and 0.860 inch;

ii. 0.890 inch and 0.980 inch;

iii. 1.018 inches and 1.068 inches;

iv. 1.180 inches and 1.230 inches; or

v. 1.475 inches and 1.525 inches;

9. Shall not weigh less than two grams and shall not be less than 0.060 inch thick;

10. Incorporates such anti-counterfeiting features and other security measures as the Division may require including, without limitation, for slot tokens in a denomination greater than $ 500.00, high security coin acceptor technology for casino licensee and denomination recognition; and

11. Contains on each face, in the case of a prize token only, a statement that notifies a patron that the prize token does not activate play.

(c) A casino licensee may issue the following denominations of slot tokens which shall have the following diameters:

Denomination	Diameter
$.10	.875 inches
$.25	.986 inches
$.50	1.175 inches
$ 1.00	1.469 inches
$ 2.00	1.340 inches
$ 5.00	1.750 inches
$ 10.00	1.700 inches
$ 20.00	1.650 inches
$ 25.00	1.875 inches or 1.950 inches
$ 50.00	1.812 inches
$ 100.00	1.600 inches
$ 500.00	1.550 inches

(d) Each prize token with a face value that is less than the denomination of any slot token that is approved for use by any casino licensee shall be designed, through differences between it and such slot token in metal content, diameter, thickness or by any other means approved by the Division, to prevent its use for activating play at any slot machine that is capable of accepting any slot token of greater denomination than the prize token.

(e) Each casino licensee may encase its prize tokens in clear plastic provided that:

1. The plastic does not hamper the payout of prize tokens from a payout-only hopper;

2. A patron with reasonable ease can remove the prize token from the plastic; and

3. The casino licensee:

i. Redeems each prize token under the same terms and conditions whether or not the prize token, when presented for redemption, is encased in plastic as originally issued by the casino licensee; and

ii. Reasonably notifies its patrons that prize tokens that are encased in plastic when originally issued to the patron may be redeemed without removing the plastic.

(f) No slot token or prize token shall be issued by a casino licensee or utilized in a casino or casino simulcasting facility unless and until a sample slot token or prize token, manufactured in accordance with its approved design specifications, is submitted to and approved by the Division.

(g) No casino licensee shall issue, use or allow a patron to use in its casino or casino simulcasting facility any slot token or prize token that it knows, or reasonably should know, is materially different from the sample of that slot token or prize token approved by the Division.

(h) A casino licensee may issue promotional non-gaming tokens not intended for and prohibited from use in gaming or simulcast wagering in its casino or casino simulcasting facility. The physical characteristics of promotional non-gaming tokens shall be sufficiently distinguishable from approved design specifications of any authorized slot token issued by a casino licensee so as to reasonably ensure that they will not be confused with authorized slot tokens and that they will be incapable of activating slot machine play at any slot machine operated by the issuing casino licensee or any other casino licensee. In addition, at a minimum, such promotional non-gaming tokens shall:

1. Be unique in terms of size or metallic composition;

2. Be not deceptively similar to any current or past coin of the United States or a foreign country, nor have characteristics which physically allow their use in lawful vending machines or other machines designed to be operated by coins of the United States; and

3. Bear the name and location of the issuing casino licensee on at least one face and language on both faces stating that they do not activate slot machine play.

(i) A casino licensee may issue a slot token in a denomination greater than $ 500.00 provided that each such slot token:

1. Has a diameter and manufacturing tolerance approved by the Division; and

2. Incorporates approved high security coin acceptor technology, which technology shall also be incorporated in the coin acceptor that the casino licensee uses in conjunction with the slot token.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69E-1.33