Cashing In?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcta8CfXtoDW4XOPr6b5yJRhK0ZQ?docId=122ae492a2d84a72984d8303e3dd4a32

This'll be interesting.  My first guess, (remembering that I am totally ignorant on the ways of Vegas) is that the dude could trade the chips in to middlemen for a reduced rate.  And they'd then resell them, to gamblers who'd use 'em. 



(Thanks for the link, Mike!)