~~~ in informing collectors as to what are not real casino chips and suggest that collectors should not buy them and explains the problem with doing so down the road; there is and has been something that can be done about this at the manufacturing level that myself and others proved that all it took was to inform the manufacturer as to how serious a problem it can be when an "imitation" of an "authentic" casino chip is manufactured.

I and a few others who took it upon ourselves to personally inform Paulson of our concern regarding a series of "imitation" chips they made. for a customer that were very close to some Cuba casino chips resulted in Paulson contacting that customer and requested the complete production of the Cuba chips be returned to Paulson for destruction and it happened -- the production was returned...

Maybe... if any organized casino chip collecting club(s) contacted manufacturers who produce close "imitation" chips and explained the problem along with even possibly informing such manufacturers how the Federal Trade Commission acts to control the manufacturing of counterfeit numismatic and political items via the Hobby Protection Act... which, clearly outlines how "imitation" items can be marked with certain text to iinform that the item is a copy... those manufacturers would consider such measures because, at it stands right now, any item that is not an exact copy of an authentic item is not a counterfeit and anyone with the help of any manufacturer can produce whatever they wish with the item not being exact.

Casino chips are not protected under the HPA because they are not numismatic items being part of a coinage which, only a government can mint....

It all boils down to if a manufacturer is willing to cooperate or not... and there is only one way to find out.