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Originally Posted by dogarse
Anyway, the impression I got was that the casinos held the money electronically (like a bank account) and you could withdraw/deposit in chips. Can anyone confirm if this is correct?
Right, you have an account with the casino that you access with your players card. You deposit and withdraw your chips into it throughout your stay (or over whatever time period you want - from listening to Brian Rast it sounds like he just leaves his money on deposit permanently).
How you get the money there in the first place is up to you. Wire transfer, bringing cash to the casino etc. They don't have lame currency controls like the US. Nobody is going to go bat**** asking you for a sperm sample if you bring $500k in cash.
Important to note everything is done in Hong Kong Dollars. Converting with the casino would be very expensive and not a good idea. Better to convert with your bank and bring the casino HKD and to withdraw in HKD and take that to your bank.