[Devil]

Do you think casinos in Vegas would be owned by Megacorps or Amerindians or Mafia or what?

[FastJack]

Yes.

Everyone would have a hand in the business. The Amerindians would be the out-right owners, but Mafia and other organized crime would probably supply some "security" and such. Meanwhile, the Megacorps would provide everything from food & supplies to the latest software for electronic roulette (it's not futuristic, either -- saw an computerized roulette wheel at Mystic Lake Casino).

[Devil]

So if the chips were like round cred chips then would you just need one for the whole casino? I wonder how all that would work.

[FastJack]

Just like it works nowadays in Vegas.

Yes, chips are legal tender. BUT they are only legal in the casino that you got them from. If I took a chip from the Sands in Vegas home, then came back years later, that chip is still worth the same amount of money as when I left. Which is why if they are getting rid of old chips, they have to be destroyed completely. And why counterfeiting chips is just as bad as counterfeiting money.

[Angelone]

Iirc the Mafia still is strong in Vegas, but the Koshari (sp?) are making inroads now that it's PCC territory.