Well...it was bound to happen sometime. My luck finially ran out at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, IN. I had 5 lavender and 5 mint green roulettes...in near new condition in my pocket. I colored out and walked away from the table ...about to make a be line for the cashiers cage and then a quick getaway.

It was then that the floor supervisor came to be with a "Sir...do you happen to have some roulette chips that you didnt cash in at the table? Of course my first inpulse was to push her aside and run for it....yelling "You'll never take me alive, Copper!!!" Fortunately, my impulse to make my own James Cagney like stand off quickly left...mostly by the sight of the security guard who was quickly approaching. So, I fessed up. "why, Yes...I have a bunch of chips. I have about 10 $1.00 chips and a couple of roulettes too. That's okay isnt it" I said with my most charming and innocent look. "NO, Sir, It is not" she said to me, "its against the law" My reponse: BUt I didnt steal them, I paid for them"
She went on to inform me that under the gambing laws, roulette chips are not permitted off the table...and that i will have to go back to the table and cash them in. At this time...there are 3 different security guards watching from a "safe" distance. I looked at the exit ramp....I looked at her....I looked at guard one...and guard 2...and even guard 3. I looked once more at the exit ramp...but sighed as i resigned myself to going home roulette-less.

I walked slowly back to the roulette table...feeling like a schoolboy who had been caught with a copy of Mad magazine in class. I cashed them all in. Well...almost all. You see..the bad boy in me had decided he was going to keep one as a trophy. I left the boat quickly...stopped at the cashier off the boat and walked in a "oh so cool, calm and collected" fashion to may car.

As I drove away...i pulled out my one roulette chip and told it sweetly.."baby...you're comin home with me now"