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>Note that apart from privacy issues and technical problems (Puerto Rico blackout, anybody?) numerous studies indicate that people spend less money when using c

• dragonwriter 9y ago
  > This is one of the reasons why casinos use chips rather than actual currency. It's one of the reasons they use digital vouchers (scannable paper or loaded onto cards) instead of either, increasingly.
  • reaperducer 9y ago
    >It's one of the reasons they use digital vouchers (scannable paper or loaded onto cards) instead of either, increasingly. Only at slot machines. Table games are all chips. When playing roulette, sometimes I'll see some drunk person throw a bunch of cash on the table and yell something like "Put it all on black!" It gets thrown right back at him until he gets chips from the cashier or has his money changed at the table at the appropriate time and in the customary fashion.