Thanks for the advice....
I am not finding a lot of cooperation on this trip. What I mean is...there are not as many antique, brocantes shops around. You pass through a town and happen to see one and they either don’t have any casino items ...don’t know where to find any ...or they are closed. Many shops carry hours of 11am to 1:30 and the 4p to 7 pm.
The casinos almost never have access to the chips until a manager comes in “at table game time”. Those times vary from each casino/town. Sometimes it is 7pm and others don’t open the games until 9pm. Most of the casinos up north only have 2 tables games and sometimes they don’t even open them up if there is not any players.
I went to 3 casinos today...no current chips were available. The cashier and managers wanted to help me out....but they didn’t even have a key to get to them.
I did manage to get a few items...all from casino employees...they were very nice. I will post in a bit.

I have nothing but respect for Carlos P....driving through all these towns. Going to all these casinos and acquiring chips. I don’t think many people understand the time, effort and dedication it takes to get them. Most of the time it is a small window of opportunity.