I remember one such visit to the "anchor" table and also being told by the pit boss that it would be impossible for me to purchase any of the chips from the table. After reminding him (several times) that all I reallly needed was one or two of each color, he suggested that I may "color-in" after a few spins of the wheel to procure what I needed. You should have seen what that mess looked like. The dealer would call out to him "color-in" after I would tap on my chips motioning I would like to change my color (there was only one other player at the table). After selecting another color, after color, after color, after.... this whole process came to a halt when I finally tried pushing my luck to ask for the eighth color that is hardly ever in play (I find it to be blue at most casinos, for some reason) and the pit boss "gently" advised me that I was very lucky to have had his cooperation up to that point. The whole process took about twenty minutes to obtain 2-chips each of seven colors (I bought two from the woman playing next to me) - and about...well, you know the rest of the story. Anyway, I doubt it very much if any of the rack made it's way off the island to either a training school or whatever, as too much time has passed without any of the material surfacing. Especially being that the government was involved. Also, a few collectors from around Florida have desperately tried to locate the inventory and none of us have had any luck. Everything is probavly buried at either a local dump or resting on the ocean floor. BUT, then again, all I just said about the government being in controll of the rack doesn't mean a thing. Just look at what's been reaching our shores from Castro's government during the last few years. I would like to also say that asking cab drivers (anyehere there are casinos) for "old casino chips" could be very fruitfull.
JB