this further, more tid bits of information come out? Your statement about this big winner not being colored-up is insightful. For the non-players, coloring-up means exchanging smaller denominations chips for larger denominations chips. The house does this on purpose for many reasons, to keep the smaller chips in-play for other players and to coax a player into making bigger bets.

Anyway, the Castaways employee told me that the pit was reluctant to bring out the rack of $500 chips because of all the associated controls.

Although your statement (with first-hand knowledge) can be used to back-up a portion of his statement, it is only a piece.

Thanks for that info.

Jim Follis