Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD
Subpart K - Table games
Chapter 603a - TABLE GAME EQUIPMENT
Section 603a.3 - Value chips; denominations and physical characteristics

(a) Certificate holders may issue and use value chips in denominations of $1, $2, $2.50, $5, $20, $25, $100, $500, $1,000 and $5,000 and other denominations approved in accordance with § 601a.10(a) (relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment).

(b) The primary color used for each denomination of value chip must be in accordance with the colors specified in subsection (c). A primary color may not be used as a secondary color on a value chip of another denomination if its use on the edge is reasonably likely to cause confusion as to the chip's denomination when the edge alone is visible.

(c) Each gaming chip manufacturer shall submit sample color disks to the Bureau of Gaming Operations that identify all primary and secondary colors to be used for the manufacture of value chips for certificate holders in this Commonwealth. Once a gaming chip manufacturer has received approval for a primary or secondary color, those colors shall be consistently manufactured in accordance with the approved samples. For a primary color to be approved for use, it must visually appear, when viewed either in daylight or under incandescent light, to comply with the following colors:

(d) Each value chip issued by a certificate holder must contain identifying characteristics that may appear in any location at least once on each face of the value chip and are applied in a manner which ensures that each identifying characteristic is clearly visible and remains a permanent part of the value chip. These characteristics must be visible to surveillance employees using the licensed facility's surveillance system and include, at a minimum:

(e) In addition to the characteristics specified in subsection (d), each value chip in a denomination of $100 or more must contain a design or other identifying characteristic that is unique to the gaming chip manufacturer. Upon approval of a particular design or characteristic, in accordance with § 601a.10(a), the gaming chip manufacturer shall thereafter have the exclusive right to use that design or characteristic on any denomination of value chip. The approved unique design or characteristic may be used on all value chips manufactured for use in this Commonwealth and may be changed only after receiving written approval of the new unique design or other identifying characteristic from the Board's Executive Director in accordance with § 601a.10(a).

(f) Each value chip issued by a certificate holder must contain an edge spot that:

(g) When determining the secondary colors to be used to make the edge spot on a particular denomination of value chip, a certificate holder shall use only those secondary colors that are reasonably likely to differentiate the certificate holder's value chip from the same denomination of value chip issued by any other certificate holder.

(h) If an approved value chip uses a single secondary color, no other certificate holder may use a similar secondary color as the sole secondary color on the same denomination of value chip unless it is used in a different approved pattern or design.

(i) If an approved value chip uses a combination of two or more secondary colors, no other certificate holder may use that identical combination of secondary colors on the same denomination of value chip unless it is used in a different approved pattern or design.

(j) Any value chip issued by a certificate holder in the denomination of:

(k) In addition to the items in this section that are specifically required to appear on the face and edge of a value chip, each value chip with a denomination below $100 must contain at least one anticounterfeiting measure and each value chip with a denomination of $100 or more must contain at least three anticounterfeiting measures.