You would think though that, since this is technically a rule or law that they're to be used ONLY for gaming purposes, casinos shouldn't market LE chips with the intent they be bought and sold by collectors... Aren't they in a sense breaking their own rules?

I'm with you. Why can't we bring Bugsy, Meyer Lansky and all the other good old boys back and let them have reign of the town again? Besides, of course, the fact that they're dead...