Brian:

I didn't say he had "great credentials", just "credentials" because he is the Editor of the publication "Casino Player"; a person who, you have to admit, knows how casinos operate!

My only point is the one you made in your statement: "...I would however agree that casinos live on gamblers and not collectors. Seems like common sense to me."

I cannot expound on his alleged misstatement of the facts because I know nothing about those machines in ANY jurisdiction. I made the point based on all of the complaints and gripes about LE chip issuances that have been bantered about over the years. I worked in Atlantic City for 12 years and remember the Trump Castle Royal Flush Series nightmare--they busted A.C. collectors b@lls and didn't care if we didn't like it! AND, look at the treatment A.C. collectors are receiving at the Tropicana--they don't care if they p@ss off the collectors.

I made my point just to emphasize how casinos view us and not to start an argument on when Atlantic City Silver Strike Machines were removed. Chuck T.