Fyi: Speaking Of Poker Chips, They're Really Just Money...

[hblask 1]

OK, so I started to post a question about why casinos don't lose millions to counterfeit chips, which seem like they'd be easy to make, but instead decided to look the answer myself, and found a couple of interesting answers: 1) The machinery to make high-quality chips costs $20,000, and even then you are just beginning the work of creating *identical* chips... 2) High quality chips are extremely difficult to produce, even if you have the right machinery. 3) Casinos are starting to use RFID tags in the chips (like the tags that make the security thing go off at Target). The new Wynn casino is completey switched over from the start.And this interesting but short article: http://experts.about.com/q/Gambling-1414/C...rfeit-Chips.htmNothing further to report at this time.

[MasterLJ 0]

Lots of people made lots of money counterfeiting slot tokens. I'm sure someone gave chips a go.

[chantro 0]

I've wondered about counterfiets myself. Thanks for the info.

[Butcho22 0]

Many casinos hold small tournaments daily which use inexpensive plastic chips. It seems like those would be soooooooo easy to replicate. An why would the casino have any interest in catching people that do this? It's not the casinos money you messing with, they have their rake.

[Nugzy 0]

It takes more than 20,000 worth of machinery to make a Paulson chip. Even if you had $20,000, you couldnt buy one. If $20k was all it took, everyone at ChipTalk would have one. Plus Paulsons are made up of so many differeny materials it would be impossible to replicate one properly. Check out ChipTalk.net if youre interested in chips.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Many casinos hold small tournaments daily which use inexpensive plastic chips. It seems like those would be soooooooo easy to replicate. An why would the casino have any interest in catching people that do this? It's not the casinos money you messing with, they have their rake.

You couldn't be dumber if you tried.

[erac22 0]

Many casinos hold small tournaments daily which use inexpensive plastic chips. It seems like those would be soooooooo easy to replicate. An why would the casino have any interest in catching people that do this? It's not the casinos money you messing with, they have their rake.

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense.

[jowest 0]

Many casinos hold small tournaments daily which use inexpensive plastic chips. It seems like those would be soooooooo easy to replicate. An why would the casino have any interest in catching people that do this? It's not the casinos money you messing with, they have their rake.

I give 2:1 that Butcho22 asked if he could "cash out" his chips in the middle of his first poker tourny

[FourFlusher 0]

Harrah's in Reno has converted over to some cheap assed plastic feeling chip.I liked the brass inlay chips, they were heavy and felt good.Last time I was at Harrah's the chips were pretty new, and they stuck together.For a lot of reasons I think robbing banks is a saner idea than trying to cheat a major casino.But, I can remember the days when they would take the idiots out to the desert for a tune up...sometimes a major overhaul.