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Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions are applicable throughout this Part.
(a)Base plate means the interior shelf of the dealing shoe on which the cards rest.
(b)Continuous shuffling device means an electronic dealing device designed to reshuffle continuously the cards of a discard rack randomly into a dealing shoe so that those integrated cards are being dealt from a changing card stack.
(c)Edge means the surface of a chip across which its thickness can be measured in a perpendicular line from one face to the other.
(d)Edge spot means an identifying characteristic used on the edge of each value chip issued by a gaming facility licensee.
(e)Face means each of the two surfaces of a chip across which the diameter of the chip can be measured.
(f)Face plate means the front wall of the dealing shoe against which the next card to be dealt rests and that typically contains a cutout.
(g)Impress means the roulette chips, which are used for gaming, that remain at each roulette table or table inventories that are maintained by player-banked Poker dealers on an impress basis.
(h)Impressment means an inventory conducted on each impress.
(i)Plaques mean a solid, one-piece object constructed entirely of plastic or other substance and have at least two but no more than six smooth, plane surfaces. At least two of the plane surfaces, each to be known as a face, shall be opposite and parallel to each other and identical in shape, which shall be a square, rectangle or ellipse. Other surfaces of a plaque shall be known collectively as the edge.
(j)Primary color means the predominant color used on a chip.
(k)RFID chip means a chip that contains a radio-frequency identification tag that can be used to determine the authenticity of the chip.
(l)Secondary color means any color on the face or edge of the chip that is used as a contrast to the chip’s primary color.