you just need to know how to talk to people? there is a art to that! i have had almost no trouble at all with any las vegas casino that has strikes, tradeing them in for others, i have bought from the cage at face value at more than 1/2 the casinos, you have to not be a collector and they seen to love to help you? just use your head when you talk to the people at the cage, most of them do not like strike collectors , but if you let them think you know very little about these coins they are in most cases more than willing to help you as much as they can, and learn there first name, they love it when you see them the next year and call them by there first name? just a few of many tricks there are in collecting strikes! i go out to dinner almost everytime im in vegas with many of the cage managers! a free meal can go a long way in getting the strike you need? just something to think about