10 Del. Admin. Code § 203-32.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025

Section 203-32.0 - Chips: Value, Non Value and Tournament: Physical Characteristics, Nature of Exchange, Receipt and Storage

32.1 All chips used in gaming shall contain certain identifying characteristics and such design, size and uniform color by denomination as the Director shall require with the exception of cash poker games, in which case the locked box does not have to be transparent.

32.2 Each gaming chip issued by a licensed agent shall be designed and manufactured with sufficient graphics or other security measures to minimize the counterfeiting of gaming chips and provide clear identification by surveillance, including, at a minimum, requirements for the face and edge spot of a gaming chip.

32.3 All wagering on authorized table games shall be conducted with gaming chips or plaques; provided, however, that coupons shall be permitted for use in wagering at authorized games as approved by the Director. An agent shall submit for approval to the Director a sample of its coupons.

32.4 Gaming chips or plaques shall be issued or sold to a patron only at the request of such patron and shall not be given as change in any other but a gaming transaction.

32.5 Each agent shall redeem its gaming chips and plaques only from its patrons and shall not knowingly redeem its gaming chips and plaques from any non-patron source except for employee gratuities as otherwise approved by the Director.

32.6 Each gaming chip and plaque is solely evidence of a debt that the issuing agent owes to the person legally in possession of the gaming chip or plaque and shall remain the property of the issuing agent. Each agent shall have the right at any time to demand that the person in possession of the gaming chip or plaque surrender the item for redemption.

32.7 Each agent shall redeem promptly its own genuine gaming chips and gaming plaques presented by a patron in person, except when the gaming chips or plaques were obtained or being used unlawfully.

32.8 Each agent shall redeem promptly value chips and gaming plaques presented to it by any other licensed agent upon the representation that such chips and plaques were received or accepted unknowingly, inadvertently, or in error. Each agent shall submit to the agency for approval a system for the exchange with other licensed agents of value chips and gaming plaques.

32.8.1 Each licensed agent shall post in a prominent place on the front of the cashiers' cage or any satellite cage a sign which reads: "By law, gaming chips or plaques issued by any other video lottery facility may not be used, exchanged or redeemed in this video lottery facility."

32.9 An agent may apply all or any part of the value chips or gaming plaques presented by a patron to the redemption of any counter check or returned check, provided that the agent has given the patron prior written notice of such right of setoff and has obtained the patron's written acknowledgment thereof in accordance with procedures approved by the Director.

32.10 Value chips previously issued by an agent, which are not in active use by that agent, shall not be used for wagering or exchanged for any other purpose at authorized table games. Such chips shall only be redeemed at the cashiers' cage.

32.11 When gaming chips or plaques are received from the manufacturer or distributor thereof, they shall be opened and checked by not less than two employees of the agent from different departments, one of whom shall be from the accounting or auditing department.

32.11.1 Any deviation between the invoice accompanying the chips and plaques and the actual chips or plaques received, or any defects found in such chips or plaques, shall be reported promptly to the agency. The agent shall not accept delivery of chips unless the agency has been given prior notification of the delivery.

32.12 Agents shall implement procedures to provide for adequate security of all gaming chips and the documentation of a perpetual inventory of chips, including receipt from vendors, issuance and return to approved storage areas, and destruction. A physical inventory of chips shall be performed by an independent department as approved by the agency.

32.13 At the end of each gaming day, an agent shall compute and record the unredeemed liability for each denomination of value chips and gaming plaques using procedures approved by the agency.

32.14 Prior to the destruction of gaming chips and plaques, the agent shall notify the agency in writing, and the destruction of gaming chips and plaques shall be carried out in the presence of at least two individuals, one of whom shall be an employee of the agency.

32.15 Gaming chips which do not contain a denomination on the face shall be known as non-value chips and shall contain identifying characteristics that may appear in any location at least once on the face of the chip, which is clearly visible and remains a permanent part of the gaming chip. Non-value chips shall be submitted by the licensed agent for approval by the Director.

32.16 Non-value chips shall be controlled via periodic physical inventory whose frequency and documentation required shall be determined by the Director.

32.17 Each agent shall have the discretion to permit, limit or prohibit the use of value chips in gaming at roulette and pokette, provided however, that:

32.17.1 Persons shall be permitted to wager a value chip with a match play coupon at any roulette table at which match play coupons are permitted to be used; and

32.17.2 When value chips are in use, it shall be the responsibility of the agent and its employees to keep accurate account of the wagers being made at roulette and pokette with value chips so that the wagers made by one player are not confused with those made by another player at the table.

32.18 Non-value chips shall be presented for redemption only at the gaming table from which they were issued and shall not be redeemed or exchanged at any other location.

32.19 Licensed agents shall have a set of back-up (secondary) chips for value chips in denominations of $25.00 and above and non-value chips. Colors or design of secondary sets of chips shall be easily distinguishable from the primary set of chips in service. Removal of a set of chips from service shall be in accordance with procedures approved by the Director.

32.20 Gaming plaques may be used by an agent, and each shall be a one-piece object which is solid in construction and of a size shape and design as approved by the Director.

32.21 Tournament chips are a chip or token-like object issued by an agent for use in tournaments at the agent's video lottery facility. Tournament chips shall not be used, and agents shall not permit their use, in transactions other than tournaments for which they are issued.

32.21.1 Tournament chips shall be of a shape and size and have such other specifications so as to be distinguishable from other chips and tokens used in the agent's gaming operation.

32.21.2 Each side of each tournament chip shall conspicuously bear the inscription, "No Cash Value."

10 Del. Admin. Code § 203-32.0

22 DE Reg. 500 (12/1/2018) (Final)