You can always walk up to the craps table, plop down $50.00 and ask for 10 $5.00 chips. The time you go is important too...a near empty table is always the best for that. If the table only has one player, Im sure the dealers or boxman would look through a few chips and pick you out some LE's. If you're only needing $1.00 chips, then its really easy. The table can be crowded too. I think you'll find most dealers are pretty nice about it.