Did you know that Churches in Las Vegas (the United States' gambling mecca) are now accepting gambling chips?
This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas , but did you know that there are more catholic churches than casinos in Vegas?
Not surprisingly, some worshipers at Sunday services will give casino chips rather than cash when the offering basket is passed.
Since the church goers contribute chips from many different casinos, the churches have devised a method of organizing and redeeming these offerings.
The churches send all their collected chips to a nearby Franciscan monastery for sorting, and then the chips are taken to their originating casinos and cashed in.
Yes, this is actually being done every week by the chip monks.
