... and found your post, JB.

>> In questions (examples) #1 thru #7, I would
>> consider the chips altered and not counterfeited.

Thank you. Right answer in my opinion.

>> BTW, are the chips in question current where
>> you can return them to the casinos (as in your
>> examples)?

Assume so for the moment.

>> If so, why would you mend a broken heart (I
>> mean chip) before returning it...

Maybe I figured the casino wouldn't take it back broken! Truth is, I actually did this once with a Bud Jones coin inlay that fell out (Oaks cardroom in California). I glued it back in and used it in a poker game.

>> ... and how many times will you be doing this and why?

Couldn't say how often -- as to why, see my previous reply.

>> Also, where are you finding these birdbrains in
>> your examples who are buying your crap?

Oh, I think I could easily find such among the members of the CC>CC. And I don't mean that disresptfully -- they wouldn't necessarily be "birdbrains", not by a long shot.

>> I hope no one I know in the real world is reading my post.

Too late, John. ----- jim o\-S