Section 68IAC14-3-2. Playing card specifications

   (a) All playing cards utilized by a riverboat licensee or a riverboat license applicant must comply with this rule.

  (b) All playing cards must meet the following specifications:

(1) Unless otherwise provided in this article, all decks of cards must be one (1) complete standard deck of fifty-two (52) cards in four (4) suits. The four (4) suits shall be hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. Each suit shall consist of numerical cards from:

(A) two (2) to ten (10);

(B) a jack;

(C) a queen;

(D) a king; and

(E) an ace.

(2) The backs of each card in a deck must be identical and no card shall contain any marking, symbol, or design that will enable a person to know the identity of any element printed on the face of the card or that will differentiate the back of that card from any other card in the deck.

(3) All edges must be perfectly square with each side at a precise ninety (90) degree angle to each adjacent side of the card.

(4) The radius of all four (4) corners must be exactly the same.

(5) The name or logo of the riverboat licensee or riverboat license applicant must be imprinted on the back side of each playing card twice in a mirror image. The mirror imaged name or logo of the riverboat licensee or riverboat license applicant must be spaced a minimum of three-fourths (¾) of an inch apart.

(6) When playing cards have a white border, the border must be a minimum of three-sixteenths (3/16) of an inch on each side of the card.

(7) In the hearts suit, the hearts must be a burgundy red color.

(8) In the diamonds suit, the diamond pips must be a burgundy red color.

(9) In the spades suit, the spades must be a black color.

(10) In the clubs suit, the trefoil-shaped figure must be a black color.

(11) All finished card decks are to be packaged through use of a cellophane or shrink wrap in single deck boxes with a tamper resistant security seal and a tear band.

(12) The manufacturer's identification name shall be placed on each deck box.

(13) The manufacturer's identification name shall be placed on each box containing individual decks of playing cards.

(Indiana Gaming Commission; 68 IAC 14-3-2; filed Apr 19, 1996, 3:00 p.m.: 19 IR 2269; filed Mar 21, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2097; readopted filed Nov 25, 2002, 10:11 a.m.: 26 IR 1261; readopted filed Nov 14, 2008, 12:51 p.m.: 20081210-IR-068080730RFA; readopted filed Nov 24, 2014, 10:49 a.m.: 20141224-IR-068140402RFA)