The game of baccarat and sports book betting are the the two principal areas that use these chips for wagering. Actually, I'm told the sports book uses the chips principally as a convenient to pay off winning wagers; saves handling a lot of paper currency.

Several oversize chips have been used as No Cash Values. The Harrahs "Satisfaction Guaranteed" 5 is an example.

Not all baccarat games, even those played at the 'big table' use oversize. They seem to gradually be going out of favor except for the really big denominations.

Several foreign casinos use oversize chips in acrylic form, usually made by B&G. The Canadian casinos around Montreal are an example. They also sell an oversize as a 'gift chip', sold in a satin presentation bag, and exchangable for live chips at the tables.

There is one casino I'm aware of that does use oversize chips for regular play:
Lake of the Torches in Wisconsin. They recently issued 50c and $5 oversize chips. Lady Luck in Las Vegas also made an oversize 'Puttin on the Ritz' L.E. a few years ago, the only L.E. I'm aware of.

Regarding size, most are 43 mm. The Harrahs brass-cores were strangely made at 44 mm.

There are larger diameter chips used for high denomination play. The Dunes $25,000 recently discussed on this Board is about the only example that a collector might be able to get his hands on. It's 50 mm in size.

There is a very pretty obsolete pink jeton from el San Juan in Puerto Rico that is 54 mm in size. It's a $25 baccarat and not too hard to find.

In case you'd like an idea of how many there are out there, I have 62 oversizes in my Nevada Collection, and am missing maybe 15 or so that are priced out of my collecting range.

I have obsolete baccarats from Aladdin, Caesars Tahoe, and Sands for sale or trade in case you're interested.

DonL