Barry---I think I am the one who started this magnetic stripe mess. Steve was a little against adding them, so if anyone needs to be slammed for it...it is me. The reason I was pushing it, was because of the Colorado cards. Gold Mine/Jazz Alley had a first card with a very teeny magnetic stripe. These didn't last long, as they were having trouble getting the machines to read them. They then went to a larger stripe, which helped, but the club still closed down after a couple years due to having reader problems. The casino is still open, although I think I saw someone on ebay said it was closed. But the cards are gone. I like the different colors and widths of stripes, but you have to remember, I am also the one who collects different embossing for MY OWN collection. I push this on no one. In fact, I hope they come out with colored stripes--maybe purple??? (Just a hint Scott!) Thanks for your time--Pat