Bob; I wrote to Paulson's about the Foxy's Firehouse chips when news of these first made their appearance. The club did get involved at the time. That was a completely different issue. It had to do with Paulson re-issuing (re-manufacturing) chips that were on the table from a legitimate Vegas casino that had closed and selling them in their retail store. If you'll recall, I also got the ANA involved because in my opinion it violated the Hobby Protection Act, which states (generally speaking) that items remanufactured which replicate originals must be stamped "copy". Paulson (to their credit) voluntarily pulled all lthe Foxy's Firehouse hot stamp chips off their shelves.... after several club members were re-selling them as originals at considerable multiples above the .65@ that Paulson was charging. I guess it depends on whose ox is being gored. The Lodge issues are chips of a different color (excuse the pun). Evidently they can charge $500 per set if they thought they could get it, as there obviously is no law in Colorado which prohibits them from doing so. Evidently, The Lodge thought they could get $100 per set.... and the numbers of sets sold to date proves they were correct.

Personally, I think that if the Colorado Chapter members wanted to get involved in an effort to change the Gaming regulations in their home state, they should petition the Gaming Board and offer a solution or push for a regulation that would prohibit such a thing from happening in the future. In fact, I believe that one of the Colorado Chapter members is a member of the Colorado Gaming Board or sits as one of the Commissions. Of course this is only my humble opinion. I'm not an attorney, but I would be willing to help out in any way I could.