THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF YOU NOT LIVING IN LAS
VEGAS , BUT THERE ARE MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAN CASINOS.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, SOME WORSHIPERS AT SUNDAY SERVICES WILL GIVE CASINO CHIPS RATHER
THAN CASH WHEN THE BASKET 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 CASHED IN.
THIS IS DONE BY THE CHIP MONKS....
...YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT
COMING DID YOU ......?