"If that is so then how did they get out of the Hard Rock after the Gaming Control Board did not approve them? They should have been destroyed. If you are reading this, Gene.......And I know you are. Isn't that correct? Andy - Las Vegas"

I have no 1st hand information. IMO the chips NEVER got out of the HR because they were NEVER in the HR. If I remember right the chips were turned down in the notched stage, maybe before. PS would NEVER deliver chips before notched approval.
IMO, the magazine is showing artwork.

Once again, no one has told me anything on these chips. You guys know as much as I do.