Welcome Jason. You hit it on the head, imho, when you said hobby. Most of us are not involved to make a profit, its a hobby - collecting casino chips. The CCGTCC has a wonderful publication that comes out quarterly, and our annual convention in Vegas is a great excuse to make the trip to sin city. Everyone has their own personal reasons why we belong to this organization. For 99% of us, its all about the collecting of chips, never mind these guys that always have chips for sale. For me personally, its all about the trading.