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Thursday 10th May 2007 Chips not as cheap as they should be
Two investigations have been held into why 2.41 million extra chips were in circulation during last year's World Series of Poker, yet it seems that the excess of chips was not down to foul play.
On the final table, there were 90.14 million chips counted, yet with 8,773 players in the tournament, each paying a $10,000 buy-in, there should only have been 87.73 million chips.
Harrah's Entertainment said they had investigated and found nothing suspicious, so had turned the over to the authorities.
Yet the Nevada state gaming commission could not solve the mystery either.
"There were extra chips that had been introduced into the tournament, inadvertently apparently," Jerry Markling, chief of enforcement for the gaming commission. "We looked at several angles to determine whether or not there was any criminal involvement, and we could not substantiate that there was any."
Mr Markling concluded that the frenetic pace of the tournament and mass of players must have been to blame, but he said that when this year's event commences on July 6th, Harrah's should be more careful with their chips.
"We made some recommendations to Harrah's concerning ways to avoid that occurring in the future, and we closed the investigation," he said.
Source: Direct News
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