Sands halts exchange of old HK$100,000 cash chips from today

The Venetian Macao Ltd. halted the exchange of its old HK$100,000 cash chips from 6:00am today, according to its notice in Chinese language newspaper Macao Daily yesterday. According to the announcement, these chips, suspended for use since September 2012, were once circulated and used in Sands Macao Casino. The company added that the outdated cash chips could still be redeemed for equal-value cash by 5:59 am on October 29 at the company’s casinos in Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao and Sands Cotai Central.