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Las Vegas Churches Accept Gambling Chips
Contributed by Father Al Jenkins
THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF YOU NOT LIVING
IN LAS VEGAS, BUT THERE ARE MORE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
THAN CASINOS.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, SOME WORSHIPERS AT SUNDAY SERVICES WILL GIVE
CASINO CHIPS RATHER THAN CASH
WHEN THE
OFFERING PLATE IS PASSED.
SINCE THEY GET CHIPS FROM MANY DIFFERENT CASINOS,
THE CHURCHES HAVE DEVISED A METHOD TO
COLLECT THE OFFERINGS.
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 REDEEMED.
THIS IS DONE BY THE CHIP MONKS.
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