Bob,

There used to be a line and they limited a couple of releases to 5 chips at a time. They usually let people go through the line more than once. Then there is always the possibility of getting someone in the casino to by extras for you, even strangers will work.
I think it would be great for a lot of people to show up at once. We know that 1000 $5 AC chips is enough to go around. The more people that are able to get the chips at the casino the more growth for the hobby in my opinion. Maybe not the best for the business side of it but the business side wouldn't survive without the hobby.

BriaN