"Borrowing" casino chips

[Dusseldorf]

So, is it kosher to buy a rack of $1 chips, drop it in your backpack and walk out of the place?

Or will you get taken out to the desert and shot?

[SossMan]

I don't think they encourage it.

[slavic]

$1 Chips they don't care
$5 Chips they kiss you on the mouth as you walk out the door
Blackbirds I got some odd looks but they seemed wrather happy.
I haven't tried taking out a rack of $500's yet.
Not much need for those really.

[The Dude]

Big casinos and cardrooms won't stop you. I do it all the time in Vegas - buy a bunch of chips and take them upstairs to my room to play home games. I've also done it at Commerce in LA - bought several racks of blue chips and walked out of the place. If it's a smaller cardroom they might take issue with it.

[Degen]

think about it

how much do those chips cost to produce? ten cents each? you pay $1 each for them, and leave...would you care?

i personally collect chips and have probably $200 worth at home of all different denominations and have never once been given even a weird glance.

the Palms is great about this...all of their $5 chips have Playboy Playmates and Nascar drivers and stuff on them...whenver i go there i'm always leaving with at least one chip...i feel like such a fish! lol


Edit: Tournament chips, obviously, are a completely different story...if they catch you trying to take those, you'll be banned and kicked out of the tourney.

[soah]

10 cents?

[mosch]

I've taken large numbers of chips out of the casino before, nobody said a word. I've played in other private games both in and outside of casinos that were played with casino chips, too.

What's the worst that will happen? They might ask you not to do it... in which case you walk to the next casino and try again.

[sirtimo]

you're not "borrowing" chips.. .you buy them with your money. They are yours.

[nervous]

I'm thinking of a really cool way to get essentially a free set of chips for personal play.

Can you return them once you go back to the casion/how often do they change the faces on the chips?

[sekrah]

At the Taj, they change them everytime Haley's Comet passes by.

[Chipr777]

In the large quanities the casinos purchase chips still cost around 90 cents each.

[Degen]

really? wow

you can get personalized clay ones for ten to twenty cents each in bulk, i just assumed it was the same

[tylerdurden]

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you can get personalized clay ones for ten to twenty cents each in bulk, i just assumed it was the same

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Casino chips generally have a custom mold ($$$$), higher-quality (i.e. REAL) clay, labels with artwork, etc etc.

[PITTM]

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you're not "borrowing" chips.. .you buy them with your money. They are yours.

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[Al_Capone_Junior]

Since the casino paid considerably less than $1 a piece for those chips, I don't think they are going to break your kneecaps on the way out. They might thank you tho for your generous donation to the casino.

al

[Luv2DriveTT]

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Since the casino paid considerably less than $1 a piece for those chips, I don't think they are going to break your kneecaps on the way out. They might thank you tho for your generous donation to the casino.

al

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Al:

Does LVCC force the casinos to leave money in escrow to match the chips the casino keeps in stock? When the casino's weekly/daily/monthly chip accounting comes short, can the casino use the resulting funds, or are they forced by LVCC to keep the money in a separate account?

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[toots]

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really? wow

you can get personalized clay ones for ten to twenty cents each in bulk, i just assumed it was the same

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Speaking as someone who plays poker as much to get to play with casino quality chips as anything else:

There's a huge gulf of difference in materials, quality, security features, customization and manufacturing process between anything you can get for $.20 each and what they use in most casinos.

Although, some of the ceramics (Chipco, BG) and injection molded (Bud Jones) casino chips really make me question whether they're getting their money's worth.

But, for real "clay" (quoted, since it isn't really clay, either), such as Paulson, ASM, TR King or even Blue Chip, the differences are considerable.

And, it's such a niche market that there really isn't a ton of pressure for organizations that sell primarily to casinos to reduce their prices.

Still, I find real "clay" chips to be in an entirely different league than virtually anything that you can get for $.20 each.

[sfer]

I'm curious about this too.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Casinos are required to keep money on hand to cover their chips in play. However, I don't know the exact accounting practices regarding the counts, and how the money must be used, etc (that's not my area of expertise).

al

[Luv2DriveTT]

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Casinos are required to keep money on hand to cover their chips in play. However, I don't know the exact accounting practices regarding the counts, and how the money must be used, etc (that's not my area of expertise).

al

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Can you do some research with your friends in management? I've been wondering this for a long time. Hence why the Wynn included RFDI in their chips.

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[CrashPat]

I was chatting with a guy from my local haunt and he said they have sold so many red chips in the past couple of years that they are starting to run low. I guess they have people come in that will buy a rack of them and leave. Pretty weird if you ask me. I'm all for it, I wish they would replace all of their nasty ass grubby chips, but I understand the cost and would rather keep the rake at 3 bucks max. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[seeker]

Not true. In Nevada and most other legalized gambling areas, the rules/laws state that gambling equipment is the property of the casino. That includes chips. They serve as markers for what the casino owes you back. You never own the chips. That being said, it is highly unlikely a casino would track you down to get them back, but they could.