web. I will scroll down and see if anything looks unusual. On rarer occasions, a casino will announce some special anniversary or commemorative issue on the internet. Morongo once did this with its anniversary set. Of course the high value which they encouraged people to "collect" was a $100 chip.

Otherwise, yes, often in California where we get no official notice of new chip issues, it's just a matter of visiting the casinos and peering down at the tables to see what's in play. Although that tends to drive the players and dealers batty. A few of the casinos actually recognize me by now!