FYI: Margaritaville

Thanks for posting the photo(s) Doc. I enjoy them very much. Like many others on this board, I have a small collection of chips and tokens, and your table has inspired me to display my modest holdings.

Do you have any interest in going global? Perhaps a trip to Macau or Singapore?

Quote: Ayecarumba

Like many others on this board, I have a small collection of chips and tokens, and your table has inspired me to display my modest holdings.

If you can get the glass cut to the appropriate size/shape (and yes you can), then most any size collection could be displayed just as mine is. My office desktop is 29" x 64" overall, with an inlay area a little over 23" x 58", which is where I have the chips arranged. You could do the same thing on a coffee table, end table, night stand, etc., just selecting a table with a size appropriate to your current and anticipated collection. I have little clear pads stuck on the back of the glass around the perimeter that mostly support the glass on the desktop, rather than putting all the weight right on the chips.

Quote: Ayecarumba

Do you have any interest in going global? Perhaps a trip to Macau or Singapore?

Not really. The closest I've been to eastern Asia was a brief visit to Hawaii on a cruise ship, and that's not very close. (Come to think of it, I thought I was pretty close to a visit to Asia in 1969, courtesy of the U.S. Army, but it turned out they had different plans for me.)

In some respects, my chips from Canada, Caribbean islands, and cruise ship casinos could be viewed as "going global." I played in a couple of casinos in Egypt when I visited/worked there twice in the early 1980s, but I wasn't collecting chips at that time. I also failed to keep chips from a number of cruise ships before I started the collection. My travels in Europe and South America have been extremely limited, and I have never played in a casino on either of those continents. Never been to Australia. I suppose I could expand my travels if someone wanted to pick up the tab, but for now I stick mostly to the U.S. of A.

Quote: Doc

With your being from Ohio, I suppose you have easier access to the IL and IN casinos than I do from NC. I try to go to a music festival each July in Louisville, and I have extended my trip the past two years to pick up a few chips from those adjoining states. If I had a good excuse to get up Chicago way, I would get a bunch more. When are the Ohio casinos supposed to open with tables? I think there is supposed to be one in Cincinnati, which would not be far out of my way next summer.

There are four casinos opening in Ohio.
1) Cleveland (Horseshoe)- Should be open March 2012.
2) Toledo (Hollywood)- Should be open early 2012.
3) Cincinnati (Horseshoe)- Early 2013.
4) Columbus (Hollywood)- 2100... of course, I joke... right now it's supposed to be late 2012, but don't hold your breath on this one

Quote: Tiltpoul

There are four casinos opening in Ohio.
1) Cleveland (Horseshoe)- Should be open March 2012.
2) Toledo (Hollywood)- Should be open early 2012.
3) Cincinnati (Horseshoe)- Early 2013.
4) Columbus (Hollywood)- 2100... of course, I joke... right now it's supposed to be late 2012, but don't hold your breath on this one

Thanks for the info!

Everything I have read is that the casino IS using the Flamingo license. That is from interviews with Jimmy on the Margaritaville website.

I forgot to post later on. I played in Margaritaville a few more days, and they had all their regular chips. Still no cashier there, but they do have chips at every denomination. I dunno if they were short/hadn't arrived yet the first time I played, but later on it was all Margaritaville chips.

I wonder how the Flamingo cage picks them out. I can't think its a 1 by 1 manual separation.

Also, drink service was spectacular. Buffett music got old, but what can you do.

They now have a reverse Happy Hour from 2AM-10AM with cheaper drinks. Still an expensive drink, but people watching is great at 2AM from the 5 O'Clock Bar.