Submission of Chips for Review and Approval

PURPOSE: This rule establishes process for submission of chips for review and approval. (1) Each holder of a Class B license shall submit to the commission for approval a sample of each denomination of primary and secondary value chips and a sample of each color of primary and reserve nonvalue chips. The Class B licensee shall not utilize these chips for gaming purposes until approved in writing by the commission. (A) In requesting approval of these chips, a holder of a Class B license prior to having the chips manufactured, shall first submit to the commission a detailed schematic of its proposed chips, and a sample chip, which shall show the front, back, and edge of each denomination of value chip and each nonvalue chip and the design and wording to be contained on the chip, all of which shall be depicted on the schematic or chip as they will appear, both as to size and location, on the actual chip. Once the design schematics or chip is approved by the commission, no value or nonvalue chip shall be issued or utilized unless and until a sample of each denomination of value chip and each color of nonvalue chip is also submitted to and approved by the commission. (B) The name and address of the manufacturer shall be provided to the commission. (C) No holder of a Class B license or other person licensed by the commission shall manufacture for, sell to, distribute to, or use in any casino outside of Missouri, any value or nonvalue chips having the same edge design as those approved for use in Missouri. AUTHORITY: section 313.004, 313.805, and 313.807, RSMo 2016.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Sept. 20, 1993, expired Jan. 17, 1994. Emergency rule filed Jan. 5, 1994, effective Jan. 18, 1994, expired Jan. 30, 1994. Original rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed June 2, 1995, effective Dec. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed May 13, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed July 31, 2014, effective Feb. 28, 2015. Amended: Filed April 1, 2021, effective Dec. 30, 2021. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994, 2014; 313.805, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2021; and 313.807, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 2000, 2012.