Section 3000.631  Tournament Chips

The Administrator may authorize a Riverboat Gaming Operation to possess a set of Chips, separate from required Value and Non-Value Chips, for use in a Tournament as authorized in Section 3000.614.

a)         The Internal Control System of the Riverboat Gaming Operation shall prescribe the procedures for the receipt, storage, use, accounting and destruction of a set of Chips solely for use in a Tournament.

b)         Chips approved under this Section 3000.631 shall be of a design and of such color, quality and denomination as the Administrator determines to be consistent with accounting, surveillance and security requirements of the Board, in consideration of the limited use intended for such Chips.

c)         A set of Chips approved by the Administrator for use in a Tournament may only be used in a Tournament and may not, in any instance, be redeemed as Value Chips or used in any Game, other than in an approved Tournament.

d)         Nothing in this Section shall preclude the use of Value Chips in a Tournament, except that Value Chips and a set of Chips approved under this Section solely for use in a Tournament may not be utilized in the same Tournament.

(Source:  Added at 23 Ill. Reg. 8996, effective August 2, 1999)