I understand casinos switch out chips for various reasons. However with how tight all casinos are with security i would assume they would just destroy them. Do they auction them off? Do casino employees get first dibs on them? For example the horseshoe paulsons there appears to be so many out there.
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Where do the bulk of paulson chips come from? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Nickamas
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San Luis, Mexico.
Most bulk chip sets that you'll see around here were purchased (either directly or at auction) by resellers who then make them available to the chipping public. Some gaming jurisdictions require that obsolete value checks be destroyed, but others allow for sales under certain conditions (varying by jurisdiction).
gopherblue
Straight Flush
Paulsons are sh@t out of unicorn’s a$$es.
What? It’s true. NAGB.
What? It’s true. NAGB.
Darthhoodie
Flush
tabletalker7
Full House
Where do the bulk of paulson chips come from?
Google "l'origine du monde courbet”
Darthhoodie
Flush
Well if we know where this place is maybe someone from this site should go get a job there, or are we on some type of list 
Sadly, all of the Vegas chips over the last number of years and all the ones currently in use will be destroyed at the end of their life, regardless of condition, as per NV gaming laws. Harvesting live chips in low denominations is one way to get them, but the higher denoms will all be dust. 
Klobberer
Full House
I'm pretty sure thats how BTAC is bottled...
SpaceMonkey420
Full House
I have bulk in my garage and sock drawers.
JoeyMack
Flush
Also...a pretty good number of available Paulson chips are fantasy chips (fake casino chips made for sale to the public). They were made for direct sale to the public through secondary vendors and resellers but were discontinued years ago. Here is a list of them with pics compiled by @kk405 :
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/list-of-paulson-non-casino-sets-including-pictures.21206/
Concerning the Horseshoe Casino chips, here is a write up on them by @BGinGA :
“The Horseshoe Club in Gardena CA was a real card room, and closed in 1989. At some point towards the end, Paulson chips with "Horseshoe Casino" and mostly real shaped inlays were ordered, but they were either never used, or never delivered..... and if the latter, most likely sold in the Paulson store in Las Vegas.
Paulson later produced additional "Horseshoe Casino" fantasy chips, using the same nine base/spot color combinations but with round inlays, and these were sold in the Paulson store. Those same color/spot combinations were also used to produce chips for quite a few different fantasy chip sets (Le Cove, Casino de Mexico, Viva Las Vegas, etc.), prior to the B&G/Bud Jones/Paulson reverse merger that became GPI. The well-known Paulson "fantasy chip colors" lineup all started here.”
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/list-of-paulson-non-casino-sets-including-pictures.21206/
Concerning the Horseshoe Casino chips, here is a write up on them by @BGinGA :
“The Horseshoe Club in Gardena CA was a real card room, and closed in 1989. At some point towards the end, Paulson chips with "Horseshoe Casino" and mostly real shaped inlays were ordered, but they were either never used, or never delivered..... and if the latter, most likely sold in the Paulson store in Las Vegas.
Paulson later produced additional "Horseshoe Casino" fantasy chips, using the same nine base/spot color combinations but with round inlays, and these were sold in the Paulson store. Those same color/spot combinations were also used to produce chips for quite a few different fantasy chip sets (Le Cove, Casino de Mexico, Viva Las Vegas, etc.), prior to the B&G/Bud Jones/Paulson reverse merger that became GPI. The well-known Paulson "fantasy chip colors" lineup all started here.”
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moose
4 of a Kind
Bulk chips come in barrels....
True, but there is a provision which allows the chips to be sold as assets in the case of bankruptcy. So all hope is not lostSadly, all of the Vegas chips over the last number of years and all the ones currently in use will be destroyed at the end of their life, regardless of condition, as per NV gaming laws. Harvesting live chips in low denominations is one way to get them, but the higher denoms will all be dust.
SpaceMonkey420
Full House
True, but there is a provision which allows the chips to be sold as assets in the case of bankruptcy. So all hope is not lost
Down with half the casinos. Bankrupt them LFG!!!!
asknoble
Sitting Out
So... if Aria goes bankrupt...... How many flags and cranberry’s would be available to us???
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Zero unless they were snuck out. Nevada law requires them to be destroyed
JoeyMack
Flush
Shouldn't we be starting a petition to overturn this law?
asknoble
Sitting Out
IMO, the logic is flawed, as the same manufacturer produces chips for casinos outside of Nevada and they can sell their chips off when no longer used. As far as a casino having a specific mold produced just for their own proprietary use in Nevada, the casino would make their own determination to destroy or sell as they see fit for their own security. It would be nice if casino's could sell fracs for profit and ship
Sure, go ahead. But mandated chip destruction has nothing to do with "harms to the public", or any such nonsense. It's about business law, pure and simple. Any contravention of the rules of casino operation, even rules regarding the business dissolution, are subject to penalties which might include never being granted a license to operate in the state forever. I doubt the NGC is going to listen to a petition from a group of self-described chip enthusiasts to change their internal rules and regulations, and I doubt any casino would willingly flaunt these regulations in order to make a comparatively miniscule amount of money from the same.
Our only recourse is to incorporate a mobile chip destruction service that operates in and out of state, and be the low bidding contractor every time. Like, free.
Even that won't work. Aside of requiring the use of a company that is approved and licensed, the NV regulations also require that a regulator actually witness the chips being destroyed.
Hmmm... inlay replacement would technically render an existing chip "destroyed," would it not?
Not according to the regulations. Notching, drilling, and "ground or chopped into little pieces" are various ways of approved destruction.Hmmm... inlay replacement would technically render an existing chip "destroyed," would it not?
Encasing large amounts if chips in cement/concrete used to be acceptable, as was dumping into Lake Mead, but I don't think either method is allowed any longer.
So are you saying in part of lake mead there may be poker chips for someone who was an avid scuba diver?
you don't have to wait for a BK... all you need is a fast motorcycle and a dark face shield.
Are they hiring regulators?
Hmmm... milling is technically a form of drilling... does it say the drilling has to go through the entire chip? Or could one, for example, drilling both sides of a chip, but only to a certain depth and, perhaps, only in the middle to the exact same size of an inlay... Calling @Josh Kifer
I can "drill" chips to save themmmmHmmm... milling is technically a form of drilling... does it say the drilling has to go through the entire chip? Or could one, for example, drilling both sides of a chip, but only to a certain depth and, perhaps, only in the middle to the exact same size of an inlay... Calling @Josh Kifer
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