Do Las Vegas churches accept gambling chips?

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> THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF YOU NOT LIVING IN LAS VEGAS, 

> BUT THERE ARE MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAN CASINOS.

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> NOT SURPRISINGLY, SOME WORSHIPERS AT SUNDAY SERVICES WILL GIVE CASINO

> CHIPS RATHER THAN CASH WHEN THE BASKET IS PASSED.

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> SINCE THEY GET CHIPS FROM MANY DIFFERENT CASINOS, THE CHURCHES HAVE

> DEVISED A METHOD TO HANDLE THESE UNIQUE OFFERINGS.

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> THE CHURCHES SEND ALL THEIR COLLECTED CHIPS TO A NEARBY FRANCISCAN

> MONASTERY FOR SORTING AND THEN THE CHIPS ARE TAKEN TO THE CASINOS OF

> ORIGIN AND CASHED IN.

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> THIS IS DONE BY THE CHIP MONKS.

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