Sunday, March 27, 2016

Holiday Queen $5 chip sold for $935.00

A Holiday Queen $5 Las Vegas casino chip sold for $935.00 on March 27th of 2016. Issued in 1973 the casino was only open for a short while.  It was located at 3475 Las Vegas Blvd. S.

History of Property
After being the Holiday Queen the location became the Holiday Casino until 1992.  It is the present day location of Harrah's


Thursday, March 3, 2016

Moulin Rouge Las Vegas resurrected

After months of speculation and thirteen years after the original structure burned to the ground, Scott Johnson, President of the Moulin Rouge Holdings LLC announced the rise of the new Moulin Rouge Las Vegas.  The first phase of construction will begin this spring with a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for May 2016.

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Wynn new issue Year of the Monkey $1 chip

Wynn Las Vegas issued their Chinese New Year of the Monkey $1 chip on February 13th of 2016

Friday, February 5, 2016

Hard Rock LV new issue Chinese New Year Monkey chip

The Hard Rock Las Vegas issued their 2016 Chinese New Year of the Monkey $5 casino chip on February 5th of 2016

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

New issue $1 Longhorn casino chip

The Longhorn Casino in Las Vegas has issued their first $1 casino chip since they opened in 1988.  They are located on the Boulder Highway Strip on the east side of town

Monday, January 11, 2016

Moulin Rouge $5 casino chip sold for $338.33

A Moulin Rouge 1st issue $5 Las Vegas casino chip sold for $338.33 on January 11th of 2016


Wednesday, December 9, 2015

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


Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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.


Saturday, November 28, 2015

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

Sunday, October 18, 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

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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