I get they’re not easy to reproduce but isn’t it easier to counterfeit chips than money? How would someone that steals chips use them if they’re only valid in the casino they came from?
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It might be easier to make chips that look the part than money the looks the part. But making the chips is only part of the issue.
Cash can be used almost everywhere. So if you want to slowly introduce fake money, you can do it in many many places.
Casino chips have to be used at that specific casino. So if you want to pass fakes, you need to walk right into the home of the people you’re cheating.
Also if you want to make it worth your time, you need need to either fake high-worth chips, or fake a lot of low-worth chips. But walking up to the cashier to do either of those things will get lots of attention.
The casino might ask you when you were there to win/buy these chips? You can make up some dates but when you don’t show up on any of their hundreds of security cameras on those days, they will get suspicious.
Also, for obvious reasons, the higher the worth of the chip, the more tech goes into those chips like RFID etc.
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