Ignoring the redemption period, the casino can write off the foreign chips and bury them. Cheaper and easier than trying to return them.

When the foundation for the remodeling of Gold Country was poured, in Elko, over $125,000 in old chips and tokens from Red Lion Motor Inn, Gold Country and foreigns from all over, were encased and destroyed.

Maybe someone found a dump site, out in the desert, where they hauled off old discarded concrete from a Las Vegas casino.

Best luck to them, it's probably not easy work picking chips out of that mess.