>Remember that a chip is a liability to its issuer. Whoever ends up with those chips can come back to demand cash, so - in the case of a casino - it’s not in their interest to randomly issue huge numbers of chips to customers who don’t actually deposit anything.

At the casino where I used to work one Auditor would pore over slot machine reports tracking down single cent tickets.

People had stuffed their pockets with tickets when out for a night and then forgot about it.

But the auditor had to account for it in case they came back wanting the penny. My mind reeled from the tedium nature of that job.