Last year while driving to the convention and passing through New Mexico, I stopped by an Indian Casino and was looking at their tables for a couple chips I needed. After checking a few tables, a casino person in plain clothes identified himself as security and asked me to accompany him to an area off the casino floor. Since, I had done nothing wrong, I said sure. He asked for my identification and wanted to know why I was looking at their chips? I told him I was a chip collector, showed him my CC&CTCC membership card, and told him I was looking for a very hard to find, anniversary chip for my collection. He was very courteous, and told me he knew where I could find one, pointed me to the table and accompanied me there where he told the dealer to help me obtain the chip. He said the guys in the sky had notified him that I was doing something strange by looking at all the chips. They just wanted to know what I was doing. Being courteous landed me two choice chips that had been tucked in the back of the regular chips. Here's one of those chips:
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