Upon examining the Lucky 38 platinum chip that came with my Collectors Edition, I notice something along the inner edge around the center... dots and dashes.

Morse code?

On the side that says "Lucky 38", it is the following (going clockwise starting at about 8:00):

* * - - -    * * * - -   * * - - -    - - - - -   - - * * *    - - * * *

On the side that says "200" (clockwise again starting at 4:00)

* - - - -    * - - - -    * * - - -    * * - - -    - - - * *    * - - - -

It seems that it starts both times at the roulette slot that has the dot inside them...

Someone verify to make sure I got those right too....

The Collector's Edition chip has morse code numbers on each of its sides. The 200 side reads "112281," while the Lucky 38 side reads "232077." Also on the 200 side, there is a symbol of a roulette ball in a 7 slot, while the Lucky 38 side shows a roulette ball in a 10 slot. When presented in MM/DD/YYYY format, the date ascertained from the Lucky 38 side is in fact 10/23/2077, the day of The Great War and the day the chip was to be delivered to Mr. House. The significance of the date obtained from the 200 side, 07/11/2281, is the date that Fallout: New Vegas began.