The new $100 bills will be released for circulation on October 8, 2013. I am certain that casinos will see them in widespread use first. After all, where else are $100 bills used the most for legal transactions but casinos.

My full report is here: http://alanbestbuys.com/id239.html And there are also videos and illustrations of the new $100 bills.

Between now and the actual release the Federal Reserve and other government agencies will be launching an extensive education campaign, and the major points will be these:

1. They want consumers and businesses to know what the real, new $100 bills look like so they are not fooled by copies, knock-offs or counterfeits of the new currency.

2. They want consumers and business to know that when the new $100 bills are released that older $100 are not demonetized -- the older bills will still be valid U. S. currency. So don't "trade in" your "older bills" at a discount for the new bills. The old bills will still be $100 bills.

Casinos supposedly were ready for the new $100 bills going back more than two years ago according to those who maintain bill acceptors for slots and change machines. But I am yet to meet a casino employee (and I've asked many) who has been instructed about what the new Franklins will look like. The same is true with every single one of the bank tellers I've been speaking to for months -- not one has told me they were briefed on what the new bills look like.

It will be interesting to see, of course, if the bill acceptors on slots and video poker machines do accept the new currency without any problems.

I expect to start seeing signs and posters going up in banks and at casino cages soon promoting the release of the new $100 bills and the security features.