[FilmAtEleven]

I confess to owning some of these that I use for cash games.

Please - no jokes.

Anyways, I've been wanting to add some $5.00 chips to the set and NO ONE seems to have any. I've been to more than half a dozen on-line retailers and they are all out. Even the ebayers are out (yesterday one ebayer said he had 900 of them in the morning and by the time I asked for some in the afternoon he had sold out!) All the other denoms are in stock with no problem, but the fives are all gone.

Anyone know what gives?

[byline9]

I don't know...but I just heard McCain say it's Obama's fault, because he voted against increasing supplies of $5s here in the US; and then Obama said it's McCain's fault, because he didn't vote for alternative chip sources.

[OnTheButton]

Since we are confessing here... I must say that I have a set of about 3500 of these Jackpot Coin Inlay chips ranging from the .25 centers to 500's. They were my first "non-dice or bicycle" chips and I dig them! Lots of great games played with them.

I even have a couple of racks of the rare $50 denomed BLUE ones.

We don't use them much anymore (OK, at all) but I'm hanging onto them, because I have so dang many that if we ever do a "Casino Night" (which has been rumored) they would work great to supply several different types of gaming tables with plenty of chips, and I would not flip out if a few were missing (like I would with my ASM's) at the end of the night.

I wish I had some extra 5's for you... I could sell you about 20 of them, but that's about all I can spare without breaking up the racks.

[rolandshoffinc]

Originally Posted by byline9

I don't know...but I just heard McCain say it's Obama's fault, because he voted against increasing supplies of $5s here in the US; and then Obama said it's McCain's fault, because he didn't vote for alternative chip sources.

I was going to say that the Coin center of the $5 coin chips is made from enriched uranium and that Bin Laden has been hording them all. He is the guy with the money.
But I decided not to say this....

[FilmAtEleven]

Originally Posted by rolandshoffinc

I was going to say that the Coin center of the $5 coin chips is made from enriched uranium and that Bin Laden has been hording them all. He is the guy with the money.
But I decided not to say this....

I'm glad you decided to show restraint

I just heard from the sales people at Discount Casino Gear. They said they think the $5.00 chip is being discontinued, but will be replaced with something similar "soon".

Discontinued? Have the Chinese been making it with lead or something?

[OnTheButton]

Originally Posted by FilmAtEleven

I'm glad you decided to show restraint

I just heard from the sales people at Discount Casino Gear. They said they think the $5.00 chip is being discontinued, but will be replaced with something similar "soon".

Discontinued? Have the Chinese been making it with lead or something?

If that is the truth, I'm going to wager a guess that they are changing the color of the $5.

The $5 is red, and the $1 is a dark purple. They can look somewhat similar at a dimly lit table.

[FilmAtEleven]

Originally Posted by OnTheButton

If that is the truth, I'm going to wager a guess that they are changing the color of the $5.

The $5 is red, and the $1 is a dark purple. They can look somewhat similar at a dimly lit table.

I've seen that happen too. You may be right.

By the way, I sent you a PM

[OnTheButton]

Originally Posted by FilmAtEleven

I've seen that happen too. You may be right.

By the way, I sent you a PM

PM'ed back.

BTW while looking for how much they sell for, I noticed they now have a nice yellow $1000 chip, and a blue $5000 chip. Cool. I always liked those chips for "nice cheapies" to play with.