13 Miss. Code. R. 3-5.5 - Use Of Chips And Tokens
(a) A licensee that
uses chips or tokens at its gaming establishment shall:
1. Comply with all applicable statutes,
regulations, and policies of this state and of the United States pertaining to
chips or tokens;
2. Sell chips and
tokens only to patrons of its gaming establishment and only at their
request;
3. Promptly redeem its own
chips and tokens from its patrons;
4. Post conspicuous signs at its
establishment notifying patrons that federal law prohibits the use of the
licensee's tokens, and that state law prohibits the use of the licensee's
chips, outside the establishment for any monetary purpose whatever;
and
5. Take reasonable steps,
including examining chips and tokens and segregating those issued by other
licensees to prevent sales to its patrons of chips and tokens issued by another
licensee.
(b) A licensee
shall not accept chips or tokens as payment for any goods or services offered
at the licensee's gaming establishment with the exception of the specific use
for which the chips or tokens were issued, and shall not give chips or tokens
as change in any other transaction.
(c) A licensee shall not redeem its chips or
tokens if presented by a person who the licensee knows or reasonably should
know is not a patron of its gaming establishment, except that a licensee shall
promptly redeem its chips and tokens if presented by:
1. Another licensee who represents that it
redeemed the chips and tokens from its patrons and received them unknowingly,
inadvertently, or unavoidably; or
2. An employee of the licensee who presents
the chips and tokens in the normal course of employment.
(d) A licensee shall not knowingly sell, use,
permit the use of, accept, or redeem chips or tokens issued by another
licensee, except as follows:
1. A licensee may
redeem tokens issued by another licensee if:
i. The tokens are presented by a patron for
redemption to a cashier of the licensee's gaming establishment and the patron
states that he or she received the tokens at the licensee's establishment from
the payout chutes of slot machines or from an employee of the licensee;
or
ii. The tokens are presented by
a patron at a table game, and the licensee redeems the tokens with tokens of
its own, places the redeemed tokens in the table's drop box, and separates and
properly accounts for the redeemed tokens during the count performed pursuant
to the licensee's system of internal control; and
2. A licensee may redeem chips issued by
another licensee if:
i. The chips are
presented by a patron for redemption at the cashier's cage of the licensee's
gaming establishment; or
ii. The
chips are presented by a patron at a table game and the licensee redeems the
chips with chips of its own, placed the redeemed chips in the table's drop box,
and separates and properly accounts for the redeemed chips during the count
performed pursuant to the licensee's system of internal control.
(e) Chips whose use is
restricted to uses other than at table games or other than at specified table
games may be redeemed by the issuing licensee at table games or non-specified
table games if the chips are presented by a patron, and the licensee redeems
the chips with chips issued for use at the game, places the redeemed chips in
the table's drop box, and separates and properly accounts for the redeemed
chips during the count performed pursuant to the licensee's system of internal
control. (Adopted: 09/25/1991.)
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