If you ask a lawyer, they can only practice law in the states in which they are admitted to the bar. If you are in a different state, they may be practicing without a license (not a good thing). In any case, this issue has been discussed by people in the know (not lawyers) on this board, multiple times. Gene Trimble has offered the answer as to Nevada casinos. Check the archives and you will find it. I don't know if that applies to the States in which you are asking, though. The short answer for Nevada, not a legal opinion, but a restatement of Gene's posts: You are not buying the chips. You are given them as an iou to allow the gambling to function. They remain at all times the property of the casino. Thus, they have the right to get them back at any time, or to stop you from taking them off of the premises. As we know, casinos generally do not go after collectors to get back chips that have already been taken, but who knows what may happen in the future.

Michael Siskin