Not a problem Leonidas. Warn your friend that he will have to play the tables and sneak the chips into his pockets though. I have actually been hollered at at one casino by a Superviosr for trying to buy chips, and asked at another to come back to the table and cash my chips up to a higher denomination chip. At the Silver Dollar in Calgary, they will not let you leave the table with more than 5 $1 chips, unless they are hidden in your pocket!! A little different collecting chips up here than down there!! Also, The Palace Casino in Edmonton put out a nice YEar of the Dragon $5 chip, but they are intermixed with the regular $5 chips, so you have to come across one in your chips during play to get one!!