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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 36.05.02.06" title_num="36" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="02" heading="Tournament Chips.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If a facility operator conducts a table game tournament, the tournament shall be conducted using tournament chips.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The identifying characteristics of a tournament chip must include at least:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name, logo, or other approved identification of the facility operator issuing the tournament chip;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The word “Tournament”;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The denomination of the chip;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The phrase “No Cash Value”;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Color or design combinations that distinguish the tournament chips from:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Roulette chips used for the play of roulette at the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Value chips issued by a facility operator in the State; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Poker rake chips.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator shall store tournament chips in a secure area approved in advance by the Commission under COMAR 36.05.03.16.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility operator shall conduct an inventory of all tournament chips prior to the start and after the completion of each tournament.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A facility operator shall send a weekly report to Commission compliance representatives of a discrepancy in the inventory on a report that shall include the balance for each denomination of tournament chip on hand at the beginning of the tournament and the balance on hand at the end of each tournament.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>