Chip Specifications

PURPOSE: This rule establishes chip specifications. (1) Value Chips. (A) Each chip issued by a holder of a Class B license shall be round in shape, have clearly and permanently impressed, engraved, or imprinted on both sides of the chip the name of the excursion gambling boat and the specific value of the chip, and, on at least one (1) side of the chip, the city or other locality and the state where the establishment is located and the manufacturer’s name or a distinctive logo or other mark identifying the manufacturer. Chips with a value contained on them shall be known as value chips and chips without a value contained on them shall be known as nonvalue chips. (B) Unless otherwise authorized by the commission, value chips may be issued by Class B licensees in denominations of fifty cents, one, two, two and one-half, five, twenty-five, one hundred, five hundred, one thousand, five thousand, and ten thousand dollars (50¢, $1, $2, $2.50, $5, $25, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000). The licensees shall have the discretion to determine the denominations to be utilized and the amount of each denomination necessary for the conduct of gaming operations. (C) Each denomination of value chip shall have a different primary color from every other denomination of value chip. Unless otherwise approved by the commission, value chips shall fall within the colors set forth in this subsection when the chips are viewed both in daylight and under incandescent light. In conjunction with these primary colors, each holder of a Class B license shall utilize contrasting secondary colors for the edge spots on each denomination of value chip. Unless otherwise approved by the commission, no holder of a Class B license shall use a secondary color on a specific denomination of chip identical to the secondary color used by another holder of a Class B license on that same denomination of value chip. The primary color to be utilized by each holder of a Class B license for each denomination of value chip shall be— 1. 50¢ Pink 2. $ 1 White 3. $ 2 Beige 4. $2.50 Blue 5. $ 5 Red 6. $ 25 Green 7. $100 Black 8. $500 Fire Orange 9. $1,000 Purple 10. $5,000 Gray 11. $10,000 Yellow (D) Each denomination of value chip utilized by a holder of a Class B license, unless otherwise authorized by the commission, shall— 1. Have its center portion impressed, engraved, or imprinted with the value of the chip and the excursion gambling boat issuing it and utilize a different center shape for each denomination; 2. Be designed so as to be able to determine on surveillance closed circuit television the specific denomination of a chip when placed in a stack of chips of other denominations; and 3. Be designed, manufactured, and constructed so as to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, the counterfeiting of value chips. (2) Nonvalue Chips. (A) Each nonvalue chip utilized by a excursion gambling boat shall be issued solely for the purpose of gaming at roulette. The nonvalue chip(s) at each roulette table shall— 1. Be round in shape; 2. Have the name of the excursion gambling boat issuing it clearly and permanently impressed, engraved, or printed into its center on both sides of the chip; 3. Contain a design, insert, or symbol differentiating it from the nonvalue chips being used at every other roulette table in the excursion gambling boat’s gaming operation; 4. Have “Roulette” clearly and permanently impressed, engraved, or printed on both sides; and 5. Be designed, manufactured, and constructed so as to prevent, to the greatest extent possible, the counterfeiting of these chips. (B) Nonvalue chips issued at a roulette table shall only be used for gaming at that table and shall not be used for gaming at any other table in the excursion gambling boat’s gaming operation, nor shall any holder of a Class B license or its employees allow any patron to remove nonvalue chips permanently from the table from which they were issued. (C) No person at a roulette table shall be issued or permitted to game with nonvalue chips that are identical in color and design to value chips or to nonvalue chips being used by another person at the same table. When a patron purchases nonvalue chips, a nonvalue chip of the same color shall be placed in a slot or receptacle attached to the outer rim of the roulette wheel. At that time, a marker denoting the value of a stack of twenty (20) chips of that color shall be placed in the slot or receptacle. (D) Nonvalue chips shall only be presented for redemption at the table from which they were issued and shall not be redeemed or exchanged at any other location in the excursion gambling boat’s gaming operation. When so presented, the dealer at the issuing table shall exchange them for an equivalent amount of value chips which may then be used by the patron in gaming or redeemed as any other value chips. (E) Each holder of a Class B license shall have the discretion to permit, limit or prohibit the use of value chips in gaming at roulette provided, however, that it shall be the responsibility of the licensee to keep an accurate account of the wagers being made at roulette with value chips so that the wagers made by one player are not confused with those made by another player at the table. AUTHORITY: sections 313.004, 313.807, and 313.817, RSMo 2016, and section 313.805, RSMo Supp. 2023.* 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 May 13, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed April 3, 2001, effective Oct. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed Oct. 29, 2008, effective April 30, 2009. Amended: Filed June 30, 2009, effective Jan. 30, 2010. Amended: Filed Aug. 31, 2023, effective March 30, 2024. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994, 2014; 313.805, RSMo 1991, amended 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2022; 313.807, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 2000, 2012; and 313.817, RSMo 1991, amended 1992, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2014, 2016.