Sunday, July 21, 2013

Silver Palace $1 chip sold for $77.99

A Silver Palace $1 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1960's sold for $77.99 on July 21st of 2013. The casino was located downtown at 32 E. Fremont Street and they closed in 1964

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Hard Rock Albuquerque becomes Isleta Casino

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico has returned to its roots and changed its name back to Isleta Resort and Casino.  New chips were released in June of 2013

Monday, July 1, 2013

New issue rack for Silver Sevens Las Vegas

Terrible’s at the corner of Paradise and East Flamingo roads, which is owned by Affinity Gaming, has a new name: The Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino.  A whole new rack of chips were issued using the same center inlay design on all denominations. Chips were released on July 1st of 2013

Affinity Gaming, which owns a dozen casinos in Nevada, Colorado, Iowa and Missouri, was created following the bankruptcy reorganization of Herbst Gaming in December 2010.  The rebranding is the third name for the off-Strip location, which was originally opened as the Continental. The Herbst family acquired the casino out of bankruptcy in 1999 and remodeled the property into Terrible’s in 2000.



Sunday, June 30, 2013

New rack of chips for Grand Victoria Elgin

The Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois has issued a whole new rack of chips using the same center inlay design on all denominations. Chips were released in June of 2013

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Casino Aztar becomes Tropicana Evansville, Indiana

Casino Aztar in Evansville, Indiana became the Tropicana Evansville in June of 2013.  Same center inlay design was used on all denominations

Friday, June 21, 2013

Isle of Capri Biloxi becomes the Golden Nugget

The Isle of Capri in Biloxi, Mississippi became the Golden Nugget on June 21st of 2013.  Same center inlay design was used on all denominations

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

New rack of chips for Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI

The Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island started offering table games on June 19th of 2013 and issued a whole spread of casino chips using the same center inlay design on all denominations.  The flip side of the chips shows a different picture of one of the table games on each of the denominations.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Margaritaville Bossier City opens on June 15th

Margaritaville Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana opened on June 15th of 2013.  They used the same front design on all denominations

Friday, May 31, 2013

New issue $1 Peppermill Reno casino chip

The Peppermill Casino in Reno, Nevada has issued a new $1 chip.  It was released in May of 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013

New issue $1 Mirage poker room chip

The poker room at the Mirage in Las Vegas has issued a new $1 chip.  The center inlay uses a lenticular process which makes all the backgrounds a different design.  It was issued in May of 2013

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Sinabar $1 chip sold for $229.00

A Sinabar $1 Las Vegas casino chip from the 1970's sold for $229.00 on May 26th of 2013.  The casino was located at 111 East Ogden Avenue in the downtown area