Strict inventory control as mentioned, is key. Probably comes back to strict inventory control in that case. In fact it’s potentially more of a problem for chips from TCR sales and Tina GBs of stock designs. So that’s not a unique problem for custom chips. But then it’s kinda like when someone plays with an existing chip set like Jack Cincinnati where someone else could buy and introduce chips into your game. Wouldn’t know what to do if your design was compromised and others were making your chips. If your design isn’t being mass produced, and you can recover stolen chips from your actual set, then you should be pretty secure again. Then hopefully that helps you narrow down a suspect, or at least makes you more vigilant around those players until you can get eliminate some of the suspects and zero in on the actual culprit.Įdit: Depending on the extent of the compromise, and the people involved, hopefully you wouldn’t have to retire your set. In each case at least you’d know it was someone from the session that just occurred. If someone introduces fakes (or even exact replicas) of your design then you’ll have a surplus of chips when you do inventory. Or if someone grabbed a chip from the bank without you seeing, then taking stock at the end of the session will show that a chip is unaccounted for. In that case, at least you’re not out whatever the value of the denom is (though if the value of the chip itself is more, then that’s a net loss).

If someone pocketed a chip that they didn’t cash in, and you keep a good ledger, you’d see that right away when you reconcile. I think in all cases, strict inventory control after each session will allow for early detection. Is your hypothetical that someone not cashed in chips at the end of a session or has taken chips from your inventory without you realizing and reintroducing it “for free” to them? Or that your design was compromised and more chips exist than you own?

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