Beerball Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 In Tunica it is, but you would draw even more attention with big chips in another casino IMO. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Update : Bellagio nixing $25,000 chip after heist Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International is giving public notice that it's discontinuing its standard chip valued at $25,000 and calling for all gamblers holding the chips to redeem them by April 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 His only chance is to sell them to an organized crime syndicate at a small fraction of their worth. Maybe, and just maybe, a mafia scenerio could cash those chips somehow by getting a high roller whos mobbed up to cash them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 His only chance is to sell them to an organized crime syndicate at a small fraction of their worth. Maybe, and just maybe, a mafia scenerio could cash those chips somehow by getting a high roller whos mobbed up to cash them. There may be someone out there willing to give him a small percentage of the value of the chips. Maybe he sells them on ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) I dont think thats true. It's true. Most casinos do accept other casinos chips, but not the big ones. In any event, I was in Vegas when this happened. Talked to the Pit Boss at the Flamingo about it. She told me that all the big denomination chips are tracked and he doesn't have a shot in hell of cashing those in. They know exactly which chips were stolen and are waiting for someone to try to cash them. He can probably cash in all of the small denomination chips over time, they won't know which ones those are, but it's a lot work for not that much money. Edited December 30, 2010 by BlueFire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Link Police have arrested a 29-year-old Las Vegas man in the brazen armed robbery of $1.5 million in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip. So that didn't end well, for him anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Link So that didn't end well, for him anyway. It says he was arrested at the Bellagio, so I'm guessing he tried to cash a few in. Still, I hope we get to hear more details of how that arrest actually played out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 It says he was arrested at the Bellagio, so I'm guessing he tried to cash a few in. Still, I hope we get to hear more details of how that arrest actually played out. Link The man accused of holding up a posh Las Vegas Strip casino was living large after the heist, gambling away hundreds of thousands of dollars, until he got caught trying to hawk his stolen chips online to poker players, authorities say. An arrest report for the helmeted bandit says Carleo lost about $105,000 at the resort over the next month — including $73,000 on New Year's Eve. He stayed at least one week at the resort in late January, enjoying meals, drinks and rooms furnished by the casino. Seems he was more successful than we thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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