Chips, let the chips fall where they may

Let the chips fall where they may is US informal meaning to allow events to happen without trying to influence them or change the result. In other words, accept the outcome whatever it may be. The origin is from a speech by US Senator Roscoe Conkling in Chicago on 5 June 1880, nominating Ulysses Grant for a third term as President, “He [Grant] will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may.” Because of the hewing context, the chips in question are of course wood chips and not gambling chips as often wrongly supposed.