Pete,

I don't get it in this case. Not only do they not look alike, cashiers always spread the chips (especially high denomination ones) individually when they count them.

The best way to get "look-alike" chips by someone at a casino is in actual action at the table. The dealer has a thousand things to concentrate on, whereas the cashier only has one. But anyone betting stacks of $500 chips per play is going to be under a lot of scrutiny to begin with. I can't imagine that this a real problem with the two mentioned chips. Is it?

Don't misunderstand, I have never and would never try to run false chips into a casino. But the subject comes up from time to time, and it seems to me at the table is the most likely place for it to work. Being a dealer myself, I won't even keep money if I am overpaid when cashing out, for fear it will cost the cashier the money to make it up, or cast suspicion on them from management. Anyone who tries a chip scam in a casino, deserves whatever they get, in my opinion.

David Hench