La. Admin. Code tit. 42 § III-4307

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section III-4307 - Specifications for Tokens

A. Unless the division approves otherwise, tokens shall be disk-shaped and shall measure as follows:

1. $0.25 tokens shall be from 0.983 through 0.989 inches in diameter, from 0.064 through 0.070 inches thick, and if the token has reeds or serrations on its edges, the number of reeds or serrations shall not exceed 100;

2. $1 denomination tokens shall be from 1.459 through 1.474 inches in diameter, from 0.095 through 0.115 inch thick, and, if the token has reeds or serrations on its edges, the number of reeds or serrations shall not exceed 150;

3. $5 denomination tokens shall be 1.75 inches in diameter, from 0.115 through 0.135 inch thick, and, if the token has reeds or serrations on its edges, the number of reeds or serrations shall not exceed 175;

4. $25 denomination tokens shall be larger than 1.75 inches but no larger than 1.95 inches in diameter, except that such tokens may be 1.654 inches (42 millimeters) in diameter if made of 99.9 percent pure silver, shall be 0.10 inch thick, and, if the token has reeds or serrations on its edges, the number of reeds or serrations shall not exceed 200; and

5. tokens of other denominations shall have such measurements and edge reeds or serrations as the division may approve or require.

B. Tokens shall not be manufactured from material possessing sufficient magnetic properties so as to be accepted by a coin mechanism, other than that of an electronic gaming device.

C. Tokens shall not be manufactured from a three-layered material consisting of a copper-nickel alloy clad on both sides of a pure copper core, nor from a copper-based material, unless the total of zinc, nickel, aluminum, magnesium, and other alloying materials is at least 20 percent of the token's weight.

La. Admin. Code tit. 42, § III-4307

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Gaming Control Board, LR 38:1683 (July 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 27:15 and 24.