Comments on: Q&A: How to order Las Vegas casino chips and have them sent to Europe?

By: BillyInLasVegas

BillyInLasVegas — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:20:05 +0000

All casinos will sell you gift certificates, but they can’t be used to play at the tables or at the slot machines.

To get real chips you would have to contact the “CAGE” at the casino. They might sell you some but Nevada Gaming Regulations really don’t allow this.

You could also try eBay or getting someone that lives in Las Vegas to buy them for you.

Travelers Cheques always work too!

By: xxpat 1

xxpat 1 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:04:01 +0000

Chips from LV stores are not usable in casinos. You could try to contact the casino directly but I doubt they would mail chips (security problems and legal issues).

I will call the Paris to see if they will accept a certified check from you for the benefit of your friend’s account and if they will send you a certificate of some sort (other than a note at the cage) – or you can email them yourself.

As suggested, contact a casino host, a credit manager, or the cage manager.

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Added later:

Neither the Casino nor the cage can accept deposits for a person unless that person is in the casino to sign documents.

They can’t do this because of legal controls on publicly traded companies (probably Sarbanes-Oxley accounting laws or money laundering laws).

By: H_A_V_0_C

H_A_V_0_C — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:01:44 +0000

Either go there yourself, or have someone you know who lives in Vegas go get them.

Alternatively, you might be able to arrange a pre-paid line of gambling credit for your friends at the Paris, if that’s where they’re staying, and then present them with “phony” chips as the wedding gift, along with an explanation.

You’d have to talk to a casino host at the Paris to see if that could be arranged, but I think it should be possible, and probably better then actual chips, which could get lost, or forgotten.