Why stop at fake watches?

[phaedo]

I find this rather amusing. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html

Seems a casino in Australia has discovered that counterfeit $1000 chips have been introduced into the casino. In retrospect, I find it interesting it doesn't happen more often; suely it can't be too hard to manufacture 1:1 reps of casino chips. Why didn't I think of it sooner? To honest probably.

[triplehd]

Yeah, I would hate to be caught with fake chips at a casino, especially in Vegas.

Wouldnt want to get the hammer treatment.

[phaedo]

Yeah, I would hate to be caught with fake chips at a casino, especially in Vegas.

Wouldnt want to get the hammer treatment.

True, but introduce them right and how do you get caught? Just a hypothetical, but if you were to have the fake ones in your pants pocket when arriving, hit a table, play a little while, take your chips with you when you leave the table to go to the bathroom, hit a different table later on with a mix of real and fake chips, as long as they are good enough, how would the casino even know you were the one that introduced them? Could have been in circulation for weeks and been got them from the dealer that evening, as long as they are good enough.

[robertk]

Believe me...It's been tried in Vegas. You may get away with it for a little while, but if you get caught, Kiss your ass goodbye.

[jfreeman420]

Most of todays high vaue casino chips have small computer chips embedded into them. This is used to track when chips leave the casino and to combat counterfeits. The casinos put this into place before counterfeiting became a problem. They are always a step ahead.

[Guest HaloArchive]

There is a way around that though.. Get a hold of a microwave and microwave the sucker

[Ronin]

RFID sensors, etc. You will be nailed in minutes at a Vegas, Monaco type Casino.

You might get away with it on an Indian Reservation Casion or other small town 2-bit place.

[trailboss]

That's what I thought when I saw this. It amazes me that such a large casino didn't use RFID in their chips. After all there are only a handfull of casinos in OZ. Seven or so I think, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Townsville, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Perth.

Col.

[phaedo]

That's what I thought when I saw this. It amazes me that such a large casino didn't use RFID in their chips. After all there are only a handfull of casinos in OZ. Seven or so I think, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Townsville, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Perth.

Col.

That was the thing that I found interesting - Sydney casino saying they haven't had any problems with people trying to pass fake chips in 10 years. But even using some from of RF chip in the chips, how would they even catch anyone? 100,000 chips on the premises and they have one walk out the door, how do they even notice really? And jump in a cab, how will it be known where exactly the chip is even? Just seems to complex to track them in my opinion.