Sahara $5 chip sold for $14,000.00

A Sahara $5 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1950's sold for $14,000.00 on June 25th of 2014

Dunes $5 chip sold for $347.00

A Dunes $5 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1980's sold for $347.00 on June 9th of 2014

Grand Biloxi renamed Harrah's Gulf Coast

The Grand Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi has been renamed Harrah's Gulf Coast. The official grand opening is set for June 21st of 2014.  New Harrah's chips have already been released.  The flipside of the other denominations have other gulf coast scenes

Hard Rock new issue Guns N' Roses $5 & 25 chip

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued their second Guns N' Roses commemorative casino chip on May 16th of 2014. They also issued a $25 design limited edition casino chip.

Flamingo $5 chip sold for $4,102.00

A Flamingo $5 Las Vegas casino chip sold for $4,102.00 on May 13th of 2014.  This design dates back to when the mobster Bugsy Malone owned it

Flamingo $5 chip sold for $922.00

A Flamingo $5 Las Vegas casino chip sold for $922.00 on April 29th of 2014

The Cromwell opens on April 21 of 2014

What used to be Bill's Gamblin' Hall opened on April 21st of 2014 as The Cromwell.  Bill's closed on February 4th of 2013 so they could begin a $185 million renovation of the hotel-casino.  This was a soft opening as all the amenities of the property were not finished.

The location was going to return as Gansevoort Las Vegas but during a routine background check of business partners, they took issue with an investor in New York-based Gansevoort.  The investor, a German businessman, is reputed to have ties to organized crime in Russia.  This was the former location of the Barbary Coast

Same center inlay design on all denominations

Sahara Thunderbird $5 chip sold for $421.16

A Sahara Thunderbird $5 casino chip sold for $421.16 on April 20th of 2014.  The casino was open from 1964 to 1966

New issue Golden Gate $1 casino chip

The Golden Gate Casino in downtown Las Vegas has issued a new $1 casino chip in April of 2014

The Mint $5 chip sold for $790.00

The Mint $5 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1960's sold for $790.00 on April 9th of 2014.  The casino was open from 1957 to 1988 and was located at 100 East Fremont Street.  The location is now part of Binion's.

New Issue Skyline $1 casino chip

The Skyline Casino in Henderson, Nevada has released a new $1 casino chip in April of 2014