~~~ writing a book ($2.50.chips) at the time.

It was either the '98 or '99 Biloxi show. I remember he walked up to my table peeling off a couple hundreds and reaching for one of my Oostende 250.000 plaques as I said... "Isn't that a little out of your area of interest?" and his reply was... "It's still a 'two fifty' casino chip."