Say goodbye to chips. The problem is not the cards or even proximity at the table. Both of those concerns can be addressed through technologies such as the guard or practices such as spacing. The trick is the beloved chips. Those cute little germ carriers might go the way of the dodo bird. We converted from coinage to electronic tickets for the slot machines years ago. Sure the practice robbed the excitement of hearing all those coins hitting the bucket on a win but we all adapted through visuals on the machine. Thank God for the Silver Strike; the ultimate in slot excitement. But it may be time to rethink chips and treat the blackjack table like we do the machine. The player sits down, loads the ticket in the front of the seat, enters bets analogous to video blackjack, the hand is played, and the wins are automatically added to the correct account, the player leaves and takes the ticket with them.

Is it time to say goodbye to chips or do we tough it out until the COVID goes away and continue to use chips?