Scarlet Pearl Casino opens Dec. 9, 2015

The $290 million Scarlet Pearl Casino resort in D’Iberville, Mississippi had their grand opening on December 9th of 2015.  The 60,000-square-foot casino features 1,350 gaming machines, 45 table games and 10 poker tables. Other amenities are a 300-room hotel in a 14-story tower, a 500-seat event center, buffet and gourmet restaurants, a coffee shop/café and a 36-hole mini golf course.

Same center inlay design on all denominations

New issue Yellow Brick Road chips

The Yellow Brick Road Casino in Chittenango, New York have added table games on December 8th of 2015 and issued these chips.  The casino opened as "slots only" earlier in the year.

Showboat $1 casino chip sold for $16,422.68

A Showboat $1 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1950's sold for $16,422.68 on November 28th of 2015

Isle of Capri Natchez closes on October 18

The Isle of Capri closed its casino in Natchez, Mississippi on October 18th of 2015.  They sold the hotel and certain related non-gambling assets to Casino Holding Investment Partners, the parent company of Magnolia Bluffs Casino, for $11.5 million.  Magnolia Bluffs is located next to Isle of Capri.  Gaming equipment will be used in The Isles other locations and the fate of the riverboat is uncertain at this time

History of Property: The Riverboat opened in May of 1993 as the Lady Luck Casino which operated until  July of 2000 when it became the Isle of Capri

Virgin River Mesquite has a new rack of chips

The Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nevada has a new rack of casino chips.  Issued on October 15th of 2015.  The same center inlay design was used on all denominations

CasaBlanca Mesquite has a new rack of chips

The CasaBlanca Casino in Mesquite, Nevada has a new rack of casino chips.  Issued on October 15th of 2015.  The same center inlay design was used on all denominations

Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino opens Sept. 28

Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino had their grand opening on September 28th of 2015.  Located in Murphy, North Carolina it is the second casino to open in the state.  The other being Harrah’s Cherokee Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina.which opened in 1997

The casino resort has 50,000 square feet of gaming space with more than 1,000 slot machines and 70 table games. It also has a food court and a 300-room hotel

Showboat $5 chip sold for $560

A first issue Showboat $5 casino chip from the 1950's sold for $560.00 on September 20th of 2015

Tropicana Laughlin has a new rack of chips

The Tropicana Casino in Laughlin, Nevada has a new rack of casino chips.  The same center inlay design was used on all denominations.

New issue Mandalay Bay $2 chip

The Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas has issued a new $2 poker chip.  It is used in the poker room as a drop chip for the table rake

LV Club sold and closing soon

The Las Vegas Club, one of the city's oldest casino properties, has changed hands between downtown owners.  The 86-year-old sports-themed casino was sold by the Tamares Group, owners of the Plaza, to Derek and Greg Stevens, who own the D Las Vegas.

The Stevenses acquired the Fitzgerald in October 2011, invested $22 million in renovations and converted it to the D Las Vegas a year later.  They also own 60 percent of the Golden Gate, which is across Fremont Street from the Las Vegas Club

Plans are in place for the casino’s table games to close by Sunday night, and the full casino would cease operations by Wednesday, August 19th of 2015.  Las Vegas Club’s 410-room hotel has been closed for about two years.  There will be some demolition and renovation, but that will be several months down the line.  They did not purchase the casino name, so whatever eventually reopens at the corner of Main and Fremont streets will be called something else

Carson Station name change to Max Casino

The Carson Station Hotel and Casino in Carson City, Nevada changed their name to the Max Casino on July 29th of 2015.  It's the second Max Casino with the other being in Las Vegas.  The same center inlay design was used on all denominations

Landmark $1 chip sold for $321.00

A Landmark $1 casino chip sold for $321.00 on July 13th of 2015

New rack for Hotel Nevada in Ely, NV

The Hotel Nevada in Ely, Nevada has a new rack of chips which were issued in June of 2015.  The same center inlay design was used on all denominations

Harley Davidson poker chip card guard for sale

A custom design Harley Davidson poker chip that poker players use to secure their cards. When not actively looking at them, players position the card guard protector over their cards which protects them from being accidentally exposed or folded. Fans of the imprinted design who are not poker players use them as paper weights on their desk or display them on a shelf. A great conversation piece.  Visit our website for a large selection of card guards

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Back Side Design

Hard Rock new issue Kenny Chesney 2 chips

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued their 2nd set of Kenny Chesney casino chips on July 3rd of 2015.  The flip side reflects a 4th of July theme. They released a $5 and a $25 design

Siena in Reno closes their casino

The Siena Casino & Hotel in Reno, Nevada has been sold and the new owners closed the casino portion of the property.  A redemption notice had been posted in the casino for all casino chips to be redeemed by June 30th of 2015.  You will have till July 29th of 2015 to redeem any TITO's (ticket in ticket out) by mail.  Their true intention has yet to be disclosed

History of the property: This was the location of the Holiday Hotel & Casino which opened in 1956 and closed in 1998.  In July of 2001 it reopened as the Siena Hotel & Casino.  They closed in November of 2010 due to bankruptcy and reopened with new owners and chips in April of 2011

Bonanza Hotel $1 chip sold for $282.77

A $1 casino chip from  the Bonanza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas sold for $282.77 on June 14th of 2015.  The flip side of the chip had the host name of Ted Fogel and was issued in the late 1960's.  After being torn down it became the original location of the MGM Grand and it's now the current location of Bally's

New issue Harrah's Reno $1 chip

Harrah's in Reno, Nevada has released a new $1 casino chip in May of 2015

New issue Rio WSOP $5 casino chips

The Rio Casino in Las Vegas has released their 2015 World Series of Poker casino chips in a set of four in May of 2015

New rack of chips for the Plaza

The Plaza in Las Vegas issued a whole new rack of casino chips along with several limited edition chips featuring former Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman, in May of 2015

Sands $5 chip sold for $7,200

A rare Sands Las Vegas $5 casino chip from the 1950's sold for $7,200 on May 23rd of 2015

New issue Potawatomi $1 casino chip

The Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin issued a new $1 casino chip in May of 2015

Riviera Las Vegas closed May 4th

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority purchased The Riviera.  The agency’s board members voted to spend up to $191 million to buy the 26-acre property on the north end of the Strip to make way for an expanded convention center, part of a $2.3 billion project it’s calling the Las Vegas Global Business District.

Approval of the transaction occurred simultaneously with authorization of a lease-back agreement that kept operation of the hotel-casino in the hands of Paragon Gaming, a Las Vegas company that managed the property for Connecticut-based Starwood Capital Group. Paragon was responsible for closing the property, which marked its 60th anniversary on April 20th, and turned it over to the authority for demolition

Riviera $1 casino chip for sale

A Riviera $1 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1980's is for sale at our ChipWorx WebStore.   Chip was barely used in excellent condition.  The Riviera is closing on May 4th of 2015 and being torn down to make way for more Las Vegas Convention Center space

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Hard Rock new issue Journey casino chips

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued two Journey casino chips on May 1st of 2015 in conjunction with their concert appearances at the Hard Rock.  They released 2,000 of the $5 chip and 500 of the $25 design

Chicago Black Hawks poker chip card guard for sale

A custom design Chicago Black Hawks poker chip that poker players use to secure their cards. When not actively looking at them, players position the card guard protector over their cards which protects them from being accidentally exposed or folded. Fans of the imprinted design who are not poker players use them as paper weights on their desk or display them on a shelf. A great conversation piece.  Visit our website for a large selection of card guards

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New issue Circus Circus Reno chips

Circus Circus in Reno, Nevada has released an all new rack of chips for all denominations in April of 2015.  Each denomination has a unique front pic and all have the same flip side design which is the circus tent design shown below on the $1 chip.  A new 50 cent chip was also issued with a hot-stamp center inlay.

New issue Ellis Island $1 chips

Ellis Island, in Las Vegas, has released a new design $1 casino chip on April 8th of 2015

Hard Rock new issue Kenny Chesney chips

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued two Kenny Chesney casino chips on April 3rd of 2015.  They released a $5 and a $25 design

Hard Rock new issue Rascal Flatts chips

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued two Rascal Flatts casino chips on February 25th of 2015.  They released a $5 and a $25 design

Wynn new issue Year of the Ram $1 chip

Wynn Las Vegas issued their Chinese New Year of the Ram $1 chip in February of 2015

Hard Rock new issue Year of the Sheep chip

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued their 2015 Chinese New Year of the Sheep $5 casino chip on February 19th of 2015

Aladdin $1 casino chip sold for $356.36

An Aladdin $1 Las Vegas casino chip sold for $356.36 on February 4th of 2015.  This is probably the rarest Aladdin one dollar chip since very few have ever surfaced until recently.  Four similar chips have been sold over the last couple of years on ebay that we are aware of.  One sold for $440.44 on January 8th of 2014, another on January 14th of 2013 for $461.99, and one in October of 2012 for $960.00.  The first one to surface sold in August of 2012 for $2,175.00

Sahara $5 casino chip sold for $987.77

A Sahara $5 Las Vegas casino chip sold for $987.77 on January 30th of 2015

Hard Rock Tahoe opened on Jan. 28 of 2015

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe opened on January 28th of 2015 in the site of the former Horizon property in Stateline, Nevada

Same center inlay design on all denominations

This was the previous location of the Horizon Casino Resort

which closed on April 1st of 2014

Aladdin $1 casino chip for sale

An Aladdin $1 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1970's is for sale at our ChipWorx WebStore.   Chip was barely used in like new condition.

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Silver Slipper $1 chip sold for $282.85

A Silver Slipper $1 Las Vegas casino chip issued in 1956 sold for $282.85 on January 11th of 2015.  The casino was open from 1950 to 1988 and was located at 3100 Las Vegas Blvd. South