"Gene....do you think state regulators from Nevada, NJ, etc. would allow the CASINOS to have this
done to their chips."

I don't know.

"or are you saying third parties will buy up the chips."
3rd parties have already bought up complete issues. RE FQ's Pai Gow - Harrahs MM. There was nothing to prevent both of these issues, from being slabbed.

When I said WRONG-WRONG above, I meant:
A casino would not take a slabbed chip on the table for play. It has been altered. How do they know it is their chip in that thing?