Issuance and Use of Tokens for Gaming in Electronic Gaming Devices

PURPOSE: This rule establishes design requirements, approval procedures, and issuance standards for tokens used in electronic gaming devices. (1) No holder of a Class B license shall issue or cause to be utilized in its gaming operation any tokens for gaming in electronic gaming devices unless the tokens are approved by the commission. In requesting approval of the tokens, the licensee shall first submit to the commission a detailed schematic of its proposed token which shall show its front, back, and edge; its diameter and thickness; and any logo, design, or wording to be contained on it; all of which shall be depicted on the schematic as they will appear, both as to size and location, on the actual token. Once the design schematics are approved by the commission, no token shall be issued or utilized until a sample of the token is also submitted and approved by the commission. (2) A holder of a Class B license with the approval of the commission, shall issue metal tokens designed for gaming in its electronic gaming devices. These tokens shall— (A) Be round in shape, have clearly and permanently impressed, engraved or imprinted on them the name of the casino and the specific value of the token, and at least on one (1) side of the token, 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; (B) Contain the statement—“Not Legal Tender”; (C) Not be deceptively similar to any current or past coin of the United States or a foreign country; (D) Not be of a size or shape or have other characteristics which will physically present their use to activate lawful vending machines or other machines designed to be operated by coins of the United States; and (E) Not be manufactured from a ferromagnetic material or from a three (3)-layered material consisting of a coppernickel alloy clad on both sides of a pure copper core or from a copper-based alloy, except if the total zinc, nickel, aluminum, magnesium and other alloying metal exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the token’s weight. (3) Tokens approved for issuance by a holder of a Class B license shall be— (A) Issued to a patron upon payment for a token or in accordance with a complimentary distribution program; (B) Capable of insertion into designated electronic gaming devices operated by the holder of a Class B license for the purpose of activating play; (C) Available as a payout from the hopper of the electronic gaming devices; and (D) Redeemable by the patron in accordance with the Act. 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 June 2, 1995, effective Dec. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed May 13, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed June 29, 2023, effective Feb. 29, 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.