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casinos actually want you to take their chips and they make a lot of money from people collecting them. The chip costs less than $1 for them to make, so every time some buys 1 for a dollar and leaves with it them make money.

Sort of like the federal government printing those novelty quarters from each state. The government makes a boatload of money because of people collecting them and taking them out of circulation.

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This is correct. Its also why many casinos issue collectable limited edition chips (i.e. Mirage, MGM, Stardust). They want you to take them home.

Examples here: http://www.oldvegaschips.com/newchips.htm

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The casino that has been most successful at getting customers to take chips home with them has been the Palms as of late. Using sex to sell chips =/ A lot of people take their $5, $25, and sometimes even $100 chips home with them. This is great for business. I got my hands on a georgeous playboy $100 chip from Palms, but I cashed it in anyway [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]