Barry...

That may work at certain Casinos, but I'm a CA Collector and the Indian Casinos are not only very small , but only have limited hours because of the few people that can deal roulette.

If I were to cash in at any certain point, they would immediately know they were a stack short. This happened to me at Casino Pauma. I had a hard time playing dumb and explaining WHY I wanted to take 20 chips home

The only effective way I have found is to ultimately lose your buy in and walk away (quickly).

On the rare occassion that I had all of my color and continued to hit numbers, they were forced to pay me in cheques.

If I had something that I could buy in unlimited quantity for $.37 and sell for $1...I would load them in the Gift Shops! I would encourage my customers to load their pockets...the casino can't get hurt if the value never changes.