are property of the casinos & we aren't supposed to be allowed to keep ANY of them...not just roulettes and/or tournament chips. I have held a private poker tournament during the past seven conventions. The tournament was not allowed to return to The Venetian because the poker room manager said that several of the tournament chips were harvested (although I am not completely confident of that). One regular player was not even allowed to play because of an association he had with someone that had been caught "harvesting" roulette chips. While we (as collectors) may harvest for collecting purposes, there are probably many more people that take the chips in an attempt to gain an advantage (either over the casino or over other players).

Steve B