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A Harvest Adventure Story REGGIE
A very recent Chipping Tale should you ever want to use it.
Last night I drove to Viejas Casino in San Diego County after work - braved rush-hour traffic or better said, went with the (mostly) ebb and flow of it - and arrived at Viejas around 9:00 PM.
i'd received a special invitation in the mail to get $20 in free play chips. But the conditions were I had to arrive on a specified Monday or Wednesday to cash in on the offer. Arriving at the casino, I went to the V Club and was told to first insert my Club Card in any slot machine. The $20 credit would be applied to the card, and I should then go to the cashier to exchange that for chips if such were my desire. The Viejas comp chips are notched ceramic ones, good for a two-year interval, and have recently been released for the 2017-2018 period.
Off the the main Cage I trotted, "loaded" club card in hand, dodging a cocktail bar that somehow appeared where some perfectly good slot machines stood a few months ago. At the Cage, I presented my player's card, the invitation card and my driver's license. I was informed that my ID (driver's license) wasn't current, but that I had $25 in comp chips available. I suggested the cashier look carefully at my current, valid license and she agreed that it was in fact still good, That hurdle cleared, she asked: "Do you want five nickels or a twenty-five?"
I expressed surprise, and she said, "Nickels are $5 chips." Told her I understood that half of the question but I didn't know $25 NCV chips even existed. "Oh, yes," she replied, "Comp chips come in 5 and 25."
I briefly thought over the dilemma. Almost nobody, no card gambler anyway, would put a free $25 chip in his pocket, walk past the tables and out of the casino with it. So, ask for the five $5 chips and have extras to sell or trade to four of my closest collector friends? Maybe even one to Reggie? Or . . . get a single $25 NCV which nobody knows exists as of yet, and which will likely remain quite rare, but keep it for myself? What would YOU do?
Yep, that's what I did, too.
J. Eric Freedner
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