Casino Chip of the Day

I recently came across a small collection of old casino chips for places that are either out of business or too far away to be worth trying to redeem.

So, I'd be happy to send them to anyone willing to pay 1:1 for them, and postage. I know that they probably cannot be redeemed, so they are of no true value, but if someone wants them for collection purposes or if they have more value that way then as actual chips, you are welcome to them. Otherwise I'll just leave them in the junk drawer until my grandchildren find them in fifty years and show them on Antique Roadshow.

The chips are as follows (all from Atlantic City):

2 Del Webb's Claridge $1
1 "Park Place" $5
1 Sands $5
1 Trump's Castle $5
1 Golden Nugget $2.50
2 Resorts International $2.50
1 Tropicana $1

I have photos, but can't figure out how to attach them to this message.

Again, actual cash value plus postage, one by one or all in one, FIFO, send me a PM if you are interested.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Cadillac Jack's

Today I will start posting my collection from Deadwood, SD. I am amazed that nobody from this forum has ever been there to collect chips. This is a very interesting little gold mining town, they were the first little town to have legalized gambling. They legalized gambling in 1989 when the only legal gambling was in Nevada, Atlantic City or Indian casinos. Deadwood was also where the "dead man's hand" started. The dead man's hand is a pair of aces and a pair of 8's and these were the cards held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot dead by Jack McCall. I find this whole thing fascinating and could write about it forever but I won't bore you. I am sure everyone can search for the information if they are interested.

Cadillac Jack's opened in 2003. The casino has over 200 slot machines, 9 BJ tables and a poker room. I stayed here on my way down to Vegas, very nice hotel. The Brown Rock Sports Cafe in the casino is beyond excellent if you are ever there. I went twice in less a day because it was so good.

The chip is a plastic chip but not like the plastic BC chips. It is white (or was originally, now off white from dirt) with 4 sets of light blue edge inserts. The centre inlay is baby blue, not sure what the black shape on the chip is supposed to be. There is a Jacks head and the word Jack's in red and Cadillac and Deadwood, SD is in baby blue. The denomination is in red.

I'm not going to go so far as to say your account of who was first in SD to deal BJ is wrong, but it would depend on your definitions, I guess. I worked in Sioux Falls SD for most of a year in 1985 as one of the first BJ dealer crew, at the Holiday Inn. They put 3 BJ tables in their lounge, had us professionally trained, and allowed small-dollar bets. However, winnings were paid in scrip that was only valid at the hotel for rooms, restaurant, drinks, and some gift charges, kind of like an adult skee-ball concession.

So, they didn't pay in cash, but there was value to the chips, so I don't know if that counts or not. Bets were limited to $2/hand, the same as in Rapid City when they started dealing there.

The game was SD, S17, DOA, DAS, RSA, no surrender, 3:2, full pen (deal til you hit the masking card, reshuffle). I didn't get the impression that the guys running it had any idea about the math, but the $2 was a state-mandated limit, so I think they wanted a generous game.

What you guys might have appreciated was the waitresses, who were hired on model contracts, and made a Playboy Bunny look overdressed. 4" heels, fishnet stockings, corset hi-cut bodysuit. They required the women to have one or more beauty queen titles on their resume, and paid them very well, so the women were astounding.

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I recently came across a small collection of old casino chips for places that are either out of business or too far away to be worth trying to redeem.

So, I'd be happy to send them to anyone willing to pay 1:1 for them, and postage. I know that they probably cannot be redeemed, so they are of no true value, but if someone wants them for collection purposes or if they have more value that way then as actual chips, you are welcome to them. Otherwise I'll just leave them in the junk drawer until my grandchildren find them in fifty years and show them on Antique Roadshow.

The chips are as follows (all from Atlantic City):

2 Del Webb's Claridge $1
1 "Park Place" $5
1 Sands $5
1 Trump's Castle $5
1 Golden Nugget $2.50
2 Resorts International $2.50
1 Tropicana $1

I have photos, but can't figure out how to attach them to this message.

Again, actual cash value plus postage, one by one or all in one, FIFO, send me a PM if you are interested.

I would estimate that the actual value of those chips is about $40, depending on wear. Face value is $22. I don't want to buy them (I just collect my own), but you might want to watch your wording as you negotiate potential deals to sell those chips.

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I'm not going to go so far as to say your account of who was first in SD to deal BJ is wrong, but it would depend on your definitions, I guess. I worked in Sioux Falls SD for most of a year in 1985 as one of the first BJ dealer crew, at the Holiday Inn. They put 3 BJ tables in their lounge, had us professionally trained, and allowed small-dollar bets. However, winnings were paid in scrip that was only valid at the hotel for rooms, restaurant, drinks, and some gift charges, kind of like an adult skee-ball concession.

So, they didn't pay in cash, but there was value to the chips, so I don't know if that counts or not. Bets were limited to $2/hand, the same as in Rapid City when they started dealing there.

I was thinking more of casinos, since winnings weren't really paid out I wouldn't consider that a true casino. However that is very interesting I didn't know things like that ever existed. One of the joys of being born in 1991 I guess.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Deadwood Mountain Grand

Today's chip of the day is the Deadwood Mountain Grand Casino from Deadwood, SD. The casino opened July 1, 2011. This casino is not on Main street with most of the casinos, it is up a hill on it's own. The casino has 200 slot machines and 10 table games including BJ, 3 Card Poker and Ultimate Texas Holdem.

The chip is made by Chipco. It is white with 6 grey edge inserts. The centre of the chip has a mountain logo. The casino name is light brown in the middle, the denomination in red below that and the location in black at the bottom of the chip.

Quote: PokerGrinder

I was thinking more of casinos, since winnings weren't really paid out I wouldn't consider that a true casino. However that is very interesting I didn't know things like that ever existed. One of the joys of being born in 1991 I guess.

Born in 1991?
I am jealous. If you were born in the mid fifties, then worked hard, then world changed, Gore introduced the Internet and you just trying to keep up, with only moderate success.... Well then the viewpoint is different.

But still, the Casino Chip Of The Day is a good read, and your contributions are appreciated.

Darn young guys.....;-)

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Four Aces

Today's chip of the day is the Four Aces Casino in Deadwood, SD. Four Aces opened in 1993. These Deadwood casino write ups are going to be pretty boring, most of the casinos in Deadwood I was just playing 5 minutes and collecting a chip.

The chip is white with 4 split blue edge inserts. They look like an animal hoof to me. The chip has the suits also in blue around the chip. The centre inlay is white with the casino name in red around a set of 4 aces. I am not sure why there is a horse on the ace of spades though. The denomination is on both sides of the aces and the location is below it, all in black.

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The chip is white with 4 split blue edge inserts. They look like an animal hoof to me. The chip has the suits also in blue around the chip.

A couple of comments and questions about the edge inserts: I have sometimes described those "animal hoof" edge inserts as looking like the tips of a set of slip-joint pliers. Not sure why that's what I see instead of a hoof. Anyway, the chip is from Gemaco, and that looks like their model 139.25.14.30 (second row on this page), assuming the chip is 39 mm in diameter.

On my screen, the edge inserts and the suit pips look black rather than blue. Do they really look blue on the chip itself? I know I have had quite a few color-shift issues on my own chip images. On your chip, I cannot see any difference at all between the colors of (1) the edge inserts and suit pips and (2) the denomination marks and city/state names.

Quote: Doc

A couple of comments and questions about the edge inserts: I have sometimes described those "animal hoof" edge inserts as looking like the tips of a set of slip-joint pliers. Not sure why that's what I see instead of a hoof. Anyway, the chip is from Gemaco, and that looks like their model 139.25.14.30 (second row on this page), assuming the chip is 39 mm in diameter.

On my screen, the edge inserts and the suit pips look black rather than blue. Do they really look blue on the chip itself? I know I have had quite a few color-shift issues on my own chip images. On your chip, I cannot see any difference at all between the colors of (1) the edge inserts and suit pips and (2) the denomination marks and city/state names.

You are completely right in thinking that Doc. I thought everything was black as well but then when I was on MoGH they said the edge inserts were navy blue. I tried but just couldn't see it in normal light so I got a lamp I have that gives off a really strong light and Voila the edge inserts and suits are actually a really dark navy blue. I am not sure why they would choose a colour so dark that it looks black.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: The Lodge at Deadwood

Today's chip of the day is from The Lodge at Deadwood in Deadwood, SD. The casino opened in December, 2009. The casino has 280 slot machines, a poker room and 11 table games including BJ, Casino War, 3 Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem Poker and Mississippi Poker.

The chip is white and I need Doc to confirm this but I would say this is almost the exact same model as yesterday's chip. The chip has 6 edge inserts, black with blue in the middle. They are the same as the split hoof on the Four Aces chip except that the space is filled in with colour. The chip has the suits in black around the chip. The centre inlay has the casino logo which includes a little mountain and tree. The denomination is in red in the middle of the chip and the location is in green on the bottom of the chip.

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I need Doc to confirm this but I would say this is almost the exact same model as yesterday's chip.

Yes, with "almost" being the critical word.

You are correct that some Gemaco chips have the space between the two halves of an edge insert filled with color rather than matching the rest of the chip. The thing that keeps this chip from being the same model 139.25.14.30 as yesterday's chip is the set of six edge inserts you pointed out rather than four.

I think this chip is their model 139.25.16.30 (again, assuming the chip is 39mm in diameter), visible on the fourth line of that same page that I linked to yesterday. That linked illustration shows the chip with either white in the middle of the insert (on a white background) or filled with red rather than the blue fill on today's chip.

Quote: Doc

Yes, with "almost" being the critical word.

You are correct that some Gemaco chips have the space between the two halves of an edge insert filled with color rather than matching the rest of the chip. The thing that keeps this chip from being the same model 139.25.14.30 as yesterday's chip is the set of six edge inserts you pointed out rather than four.

I think this chip is their model 139.25.16.30 (again, assuming the chip is 39mm in diameter), visible on the fourth line of that same page that I linked to yesterday. That linked illustration shows the chip with either white in the middle of the insert (on a white background) or filled with red rather than the blue fill on today's chip.

Cool, I know I can always trust you to fill in the blanks for me on this kind of thing.

My typical policy is this: If I'm not really sure of the truthful answer, I can usually make up something plausible.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Old Style Saloon No. 10

Today's chip of the day is from Old Style Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, SD. The casino opened in 1989. I spent about 20 minutes talking to the guy who runs the gift shop inside of the casino/bar. Apparently this casino is a replica of a casino that used to exist just down the street also called Saloon No. 10. It burnt down with most of the rest of Deadwood in the devastating fire of 1879. If you remember I told the story of Wild Bill Hickok last week, well he died in the original Saloon No. 10. They still have the chair in the new Saloon No. 10 that he was sitting on when he was shot. All other artifacts of the Saloon No. 10 are gone after the fire.

The chip is beige, MoGH lists it as white but even without wear this chip was never white in my opinion. The chip has 3 edge inserts which are orange/blue. The centre inlay is white with a very neat graphic. The graphic is a revolver with the famous aces and eights hand on top of the gun with the year 1876. 1876 was the year that Wild Bill was murdered. The casino name is above the graphic and the denomination is below it. Everything is in black. The back of the chip has the casino name, location and denomination all in black bold letters. Sadly my chip is pretty beat up, missing chunks around the edges of the chip. Amazingly this was the best chip available and the rest were a lot worse if you can believe that. I guess that is what happens when you buy chips in 1989 and are still using them 26 years later.

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Cool, I know I can always trust you to fill in the blanks for me on this kind of thing.

So this is my second post in response to this comment from you, PokerGrinder. I think you have enough experience with this stuff now that you can start identifying most of your own chips as to their source and specific style, including the various Paulson designs: RHC, SCV, LCV, LCV/SCV, whatever. And you shouldn't have to rely on the MoGH chip guide every time.

This seems like a good time/place to start. Tell us what kind of chip that is from Old Style Saloon No. 10, and for that matter, why doesn't the chip say "Old Style" as part of the casino name? Even I have no idea on that one!

Maybe some day I'll make it to South Dakota for the first time in my life.

Quote: Doc

So this is my second post in response to this comment from you, PokerGrinder. I think you have enough experience with this stuff now that you can start identifying most of your own chips as to their source and specific style, including the various Paulson designs: RHC, SCV, LCV, LCV/SCV, whatever. And you shouldn't have to rely on the MoGH chip guide every time.

This seems like a good time/place to start. Tell us what kind of chip that is from Old Style Saloon No. 10, and for that matter, why doesn't the chip say "Old Style" as part of the casino name? Even I have no idea on that one!

Maybe some day I'll make it to South Dakota for the first time in my life.

I did some research and wasn't able to figure out why they call themselves "Old Style" on the website but not on the chips. Nowhere that I could find on the internet makes mention to this difference. The only thing that would make sense to me would be that when the casino opened in 1989 they were the Saloon No. 10 and then at a later date changed the name to the current Old Style Saloon No. 10. By the shape of my chip you can see they are still using the original chips.

I believe that this is a Paulson SCV chip.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Tin Lizzie

Today's chip of the day is from the Tin Lizzie Casino in Deadwood, SD. The casino opened in 1990. The casino has 160 slot machines, 3 BJ tables and since my visit there they have become one of only 3 casinos in Deadwood to have Craps and Roulette. When I was researching the name and the logo I found out that one of the nicknames of the Ford Model T was the Tin Lizzie. Which would explain what the logo on the chip is. Looks like the front of a old car, in this case the Ford Model T.

I want to say that this is a Chipco product based on it's look, my only hold up is the texture. Most of my chips that I would say are Chipco products are smooth, however this chip has a textured front and back which you can see if you look closely at the picture. The chip is white with three blue edge inserts. The chip has a black circle bordering the centre. The company slogan is at the top of the chip. The casino website advertises a couple times as the "locals spot". The casino logo, denomination and location are all in black.

I concur that this is a Chipco chip. I think this one has a "linen" finish as opposed to the "satin" finish with which you are more familiar.

The FAQ page at MoGH discusses the Chipco finishes as its first topic.

Quote: Doc

I concur that this is a Chipco chip. I think this one has a "linen" finish as opposed to the "satin" finish with which you are more familiar.

The FAQ page at MoGH discusses the Chipco finishes as its first topic.

I had never noticed that page before on MoGH. It definitely helped explain thanks.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Celebrity

Today's chip of the day is from the Celebrity Casino in Deadwood, SD. No opening date seems to exist for this casino so maybe it just spontaneously materialized out of thin air. Problem with that theory is that it would still have an opening date from when it spontaneously appeared. Yes I am crazy! The casino has 84 slot machines and 2 BJ tables with $2 minimums. I don't think they are trying to bring in any high rollers.

The chip from this casino is a metal token. I have never been a big fan of gaming tokens over real chips but I had to collect something there. MoGH has 4 different $1 tokens from this casino. I kept the Wild Bill Hickok one mostly because I find his story very interesting. The front of the token has a picture of Wild Bill along with his name. The chip is from the Celebrity edition 2001. The chip has 2 small clovers by the rim. The casino name, denomination and location are all printed around the rim. The other side of the chip has all the same stuff around the rim with an old movie camera in the middle.

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I have never been a big fan of gaming tokens over real chips but I had to collect something there.

If you would like a (possibly-nerdy) factor to add an interesting little tidbit for the tokens, you might consider examining the mint marks, just like we discuss the manufacturers of the chips.

At the base of that old movie camera tripod, you can see an overlapping "O" and "C", though I don't know how to type overlapping characters in this text. That is the mint mark of Osborne Coinage Company and is the same mark that is on my token from the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. Take a look at your other tokens, see whether you can find a mint mark, and then search to see whether you can identify the manufacturer!

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Deadwood Gulch

Today's chip of the day is from the Deadwood Gulch in Deadwood, SD. In 1875 a miner named John B. Pearson found gold in a canyon in the Northern Black Hills, they named the canyon Deadwood Gulch as there were many dead trees around the canyon. This is where the casino's name comes from. The casino has 170 slot machines and a couple of BJ tables.

The chip is a metal token. Doc I tried to figure out what the CT on the back of the chip on the bottom means but for the life of me I can't figure it out. The front of the token has the casino name and logo in the middle. The logo is an overlapping D and G, kind of neat looking. The back of the token has the same logo with a large 1.

Interesting problem, I have 50c piece that my sister brought back from Europe for me. I thought it was from Scotland but after some research I have decided it is from Ireland. MoGH has no mention of the casino existing and the casinos website is more of a hotel website with no mention of a casino. I am hoping that my sister will be able to tell me more if she ever wakes up (Doctor, sleeps whenever she can for as long as she can), though I am skeptical since casinos are not her thing. I think she has been inside maybe 3 of them. Anybody have any suggestions on how to find out more about this chip. If anyone is interested in helping, it is a yellow cheap looking chip the middle says 50c Galway Bay Casino.

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Doc I tried to figure out what the CT on the back of the chip on the bottom means but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

At least you are looking, and if you keep at it, you might find that this adds a little fun/interest to the collecting obsession.

The CT mint mark stands for Casino Tokens, Inc., which I first mentioned (providing some odd/extraneous info) when I presented my token from the Barcelona in North Las Vegas. We also saw CT mint marks on the tokens I presented from the Silver Nugget (also in North Las Vegas), the Skyline in Henderson, and the Crystal in Aruba. We also saw it on the front of Lucyjr's Harrah's Las Vegas token and JW17's Mandalay Bay token.

Quote: Doc

At least you are looking, and if you keep at it, you might find that this adds a little fun/interest to the collecting obsession.

The CT mint mark stands for Casino Tokens, Inc., which I first mentioned (providing some odd/extraneous info) when I presented my token from the Barcelona in North Las Vegas. We also saw CT mint marks on the tokens I presented from the Silver Nugget (also in North Las Vegas), the Skyline in Henderson, and the Crystal in Aruba. We also saw it on the front of Lucyjr's Harrah's Las Vegas token and JW17's Mandalay Bay token.

I am not sure my obsession needs more fueling lol but I see what you are saying. It is fun to try and find out where these chips/tokens originate. I am impressed that you are able to list off all of the tokens from the same manufacturer so easily.

Glad that I could fake "so easily" so well.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: First Gold

Today's chip of the day is from First Gold in Deadwood, SD. The casino opened in 1990. The casino has 300 slot machines and 3 table games including BJ and 3 Card Poker.

The chip is a metal token. The chip has the CT mint mark on the of the non pictured side, both sides are the same except the mint mark. As Doc explained about yesterday's chip CT stands for Casino Tokens, Inc. The chip has an Egyptian pyramid in the middle with the casino and location below that.

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Midnight Star

Today's chip of the day is from the Midnight Star in Deadwood, SD. The casino opened in 1991. Interesting fact, the Midnight Star is owned by Kevin Costner, who bought it after filming Danes with Wolves in South Dakota. The Midnight Star is the tallest building in Deadwood. The casino has 57 slot machines, 2 BJ tables and a 3 Card Poker table.

The metal chip has the mint mark NCM. This mint mark stands for Nevada Coin Minting. The company opened in 1984 and operates in Las Vegas. The front of the chip has the casino name over top of a funny shaped star with the casino location below that. The back of the chip has the same star just bigger and it has the denomination inside of it.

I have two chips to add to the forum without making new chip of the day posts. Both of these chips were gifts from others and therefore not part of my collection. I do keep all my gift chips in a separate bag.

The first chip is a Harrah's Yellow brass core chip. It has 16 brass edge inserts. For the longest time I thought this was a Harrah's Las Vegas chip but I found out when searching about it that it is actually from Reno. The chip was put into circulation in the 1980's . This chip has a lot of significance to me, it was given to me by my one of my dad's really close friends Mark, who over the years became a very good friend to the family. He gave me this chip and one other that I will post as a new chip of the day eventually. Sadly about a year after he gave me these chips he learned that he had cancer and passed away about 6 months after. When ever I look at these two chips it serves as a nice reminder to Mark.


The second chip was given to me by another collector who had multiples of the chip. You might remember I posted a couple of months ago about my home town casinos Regent Casino and McPhillips Casino. Well if you remember they use the same chips under the name Casinos of Winnipeg. Well before they started using those chips each casino had their own chips. This chip is from the Regent Casino in Winnipeg, MB. It is a Paulson SCV. I will add it to my original Casinos of Winnipeg post. The original post can be seen here

State: South Dakota
City: Deadwood
Casino: Silverado

It is odd, nobody has posted on this thread for almost two days. Maybe everyone is hibernating.

This is the last chip from Deadwood, today's chip of the day is from the Silverado. The casino opened in 1990. The casino has 360 slot machines, 5 poker tables and 21 tables games including BJ, Caribbean Stud, 4 Card Poker, Let it Ride and 3 Card Poker. The casino is located inside the historic Franklin hotel which has been around since 1903.

This metal chip is silver unlike the others that I have posted. The mint mark on the front of the chip reads RWM I think (really small, tough to see even with a magnifying glass. The letters stand for the Roger Williams Mint. The chip has the casino name/logo on the front of the chip with the location below it. The back of the chip has a giant 1 and the denomination written on it.

Category: Canada
City: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Casino: OLG Casino Thunder Bay

I am in the homestretch of posting my collection. including today I have 9 more chips to post from my collection and then 7 chips to post that were given to me as gifts. I collected all 9 of these chips from mid June to early July this year.

Today's chip of the day is from the OLG Casino Thunder Bay. The casino is obviously located in Thunder Bay, ON. I was in Thunder bay for one night on my way to Ottawa. I stopped at the casino for about 30 minutes. I played $5 Baccarat because that was the only table that had a seat open other than the $25 BJ table. I ended up winning $25 after tipping the dealer my $2.50 in commission change. The casino opened in August, 2000. The casino has 450 slot machines, 2 poker tables and 11 table games including BJ, Roulette, Baccarat, 4 Card Poker and Mississippi Stud.

The chip is a white Paulson SCV and sadly is quite beat up. The chip has 2 green edge inserts. The front of the chip has a lighthouse overlooking the water on the centre inlay. The denomination is on both sides of the lighthouse and the location is below it. The backside of the chip is a giant boat on the water. I couldn't find a matching boat online so my quest to identify the boat failed. The denomination is in black and the casino name is in white around the inlay.

Category: Canada
City: Hull. Quebec
Casino: Casino Du Lac-Leamy

This thread has gone dead, I feel like I am talking to myself :)

Today's chip of the day comes from Casino Du Lac-Leamy in Hull, Quebec. The casino is only a couple of minutes from Ottawa which is the capital of Canada. I was helping my sister move to Ottawa so I spent 4 days there and such went to the casino. I signed up for a club card to hopefully get some free play and found the best sign up bonus ever! The first day you get $5, not $5 in free play but $5 that you can take in cold hard cash. Then the next three times that you visit over the next 60 days you get $10, then $15 and lastly $20 cash just for coming in. So obviously I went all four days I was in Ottawa and collected my $50 in cold hard cash. Managed to beat the casino for about $200 as well which is always nice.

Doc I know you love your craps so you might have seen it before but they had an odd form of craps. It was a miniature craps table with only one dealer. The dealer placed all bets, paid all bets, dealt with all money changes/chip ups and also was the stick person. The half of the table that was available for players had 7 spots I believe. I thought it was an awesome looking and well run table. I asked the dealer her opinion on it and apparently the dealers hate it because it is hard to do everything and keep the game moving properly.

Also one other thing, I remember when I was reading the thread a while back someone mentioned that there was something weird about the cards in Quebec casinos when Casino de Montreal was posted. I don't think an answer was ever provided to that. Well the difference is that J-Q-K are replaced with V-D-R in that order. Instead of getting dealt KQ of diamonds you would have RD of diamonds. It is very odd the first time when you aren't expecting it. The translations are Jack=the Valet, Queen=the Dame and King=the Roi.

The casino opened in March, 1996 as Casino De Hull and changed to Casino Du Lac-Leamy in 2002. The casino has over 1700 slot machines, a 12 table poker room and 60 table games which include BJ, Craps, BJ Switch, Caribbean Stud Poker, Baccarat, Free Bet BJ, High Card Flush, Let it Ride, Pai Gow Poker, Roulette, Sic Bo, Spanish 21, 3 Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem, Casino War and Interactive BJ. I don't think I have seen a selection of games like this in a long time. For those who don't know what Interactive BJ is, I will give a quick explanation. Basically you have a betting screen that you load chips onto, after betting the dealer deals real cards that show up on your screen as well. On your screen you decide whether to hit,stand etc. The dealer will then perform whatever decision that you chose, again with real cards.

The chip for this casino is very plain and quite cheap looking. The chip is beige with 6 clovers around the edge of the chip. The casino name and denomination are hot stamped on the centre inlay. On both sides of the denomination are what looks like fireworks, also in black. Fun fact, not sure if you noticed but the $ comes after the 1 on the chip. Well that is how the French do it. They also put a space between the number and dollar sign. i.e., 5 $ verse $5 (no space).

Very cool, reminds me of Casino de Montreal. They have the exact same promo and game mix. Except they have a full craps table, $15 minimums and a ton of action while I was there.

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Very cool, reminds me of Casino de Montreal. They have the exact same promo and game mix. Except they have a full craps table, $15 minimums and a ton of action while I was there.

Yes I noticed that when I got to Casino de Montreal. All of the Quebec casinos are connected. The table at Lac-Leamy was $10 minimum I think. Thanks for posting, been 4.5 days since someone besides me posted on this thread, was getting lonely lol.

One thing I thought was interesting is that they actually had restricted high limit gaming. You needed the premier card to get into the high limits room. I assume they had food and drink in there as well. This is illegal in the U.S. in every jurisdiction, I think.

Quote: teddys

One thing I thought was interesting is that they actually had restricted high limit gaming. You needed the premier card to get into the high limits room. I assume they had food and drink in there as well. This is illegal in the U.S. in every jurisdiction, I think.

It's not illegal, it just requires a certain business structure.

There is a top floor at one of the Venetian towers. I forget what it's called. I tried to get up there. The entire floor smelled like marijuana and they would not let me in. 100% legal. $5,000 is a small bet up there.

What's different is that it's not owned by the venetian or somewhere there is a disconnect that is required to make it legal.

Membership can be approved by your host, or you can get a referral from an existing member.

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Thanks for posting, been 4.5 days since someone besides me posted on this thread, was getting lonely lol.

I'm in travel status. Will be active again in a few days.

Quote: teddys

One thing I thought was interesting is that they actually had restricted high limit gaming. You needed the premier card to get into the high limits room. I assume they had food and drink in there as well. This is illegal in the U.S. in every jurisdiction, I think.

I had no clue, I stayed far away from the high limit room. Too rich for my blood.

Quote: Doc

I'm in travel status. Will be active again in a few days.

I figured as much Doc, just found it amusing as the days went on and I was posting to myself :)

Category: Canada
City: Mont-Tremblant. Quebec
Casino: Casino de Mont-Tremblant

Today's chip of the day is from Casino de Mont-Tremblant. I detoured to this casino on my way from Ottawa to Montreal, it might not have been the most direct route to Montreal but anything for a new chip. The casino is the sister casino of yesterday's Casino Du Lac-Leamy. The casino is in the same area as a private golf course if I was reading the French signs right. The casino opened June, 2009. The casino has over 450 slot machines, 3 Poker tables and 19 (this info is from casino city, I might have missed a section but I only saw around 8-10 tables) table games including BJ, Interactive BJ, Roulette and 3 Card Poker.

The chip for this casino is almost exactly the same as yesterday's chip. The chip is beige with 6 clovers around the edge of the chip. The casino name and denomination are hot stamped on the centre inlay. Between the denomination and "casino" is what looks like mountains which makes sense given the casino name. I was not able to find the manufacturer of the Lac-Leamy chip but this chip clearly has a BG marking which if I am right stands for Bourgoyne et Grasset which is a European chip manufacturer. This means that the Lac-Leamy was made by BG as well since the chips are almost identical.

Quote: PokerGrinder

... Bourgoyne et Grasset ....

I have probably phonetically misspelled it myself, but I think it is properly spelled "Bourgogne".

Should be home tomorrow night to update the index. Thanks for keeping the thread going.


Edit 9/24/15: I finally got my own Casino de Mont-Tremblant chip and posted it here.

Ooooh, we're back around to places that I have chips for. I'll have to get them photographed and uploaded, but hopefully i can catch up on the QC chips this week sometime.

PokerGrinder, I think you caught rdw napping.

;-)

Quote: Doc

I have probably phonetically misspelled it myself, but I think it is properly spelled "Bourgogne".
Should be home tomorrow night to update the index. Thanks for keeping the thread going.

I copy and pasted that straight from Google, I just searched it again and now I am getting your spelling. How weird.

Quote: Doc

PokerGrinder, I think you caught rdw napping.
;-)

That was my plan all along (insert evil laugh here)

LOL! I'm pretty sure I was also caught napping on the way from Mont-Tremblant to Lac Leamy in April. Kind of scary since I was driving at the time. I'm a little mystified currently. I seem to be missing 1/3 of my chips, including these new ones. I'm thinking my future father in law put them in a "convenient" location when he helped me move last month. Now, I wonder where that would be...

Category: Canada
City: Kahnawake. Quebec
Casino: Playground Poker Club

Today's chip of the day is from the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, QC. The Poker Club opened in December, 2010. The club is about 20 minutes away from downtown Montreal and is located in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake. There are 40 poker tables in the building. They hold World Poker Tour events here. The rake in this club is extremely high, but the games are usually really good and all food and drinks are comped. The food is actually really good quality and comes from the restaurants normal menu. Not sure the reasoning but to play here you have to sign up for a membership. It is easy to get one, they take a quick picture and you fill out some information and ten minutes later you have a players card with your picture on it.

The chip is white with 8 red edge inserts. Around the outside of the centre inlay there are 4 red blocks and 4 "$1". The centre inlay is a shiny white even though it looks silver in the picture. The club's logo is at the top of the inlay, it is two "P"s back to back. The clubs name is in black below the logo with the denomination in red below that. Sadly this chip is stained and even after cleaning it still looks dirty. All the chips were like this or much worse.

Category: Canada
City: Kahnawake. Quebec
Casino: Snakes Poker Club

Today's chip of the day is from Snakes Poker Club in Kahnawake, QC. The club opened in 2008 and is reported as closed in 2012, now I know this to not be true as I was there 2 months ago. I can't remember exactly but I think there were 8-9 poker tables in the place. The rake is high like Playground and they also provide free drinks and food.

The chip is a white Paulson SCV. The chip has 3 edge inserts blue/yellow/green. The centre inlay is a blue sky with clouds. In the middle of the chip is the poker club logo which includes a cobra, the club name and K10 of hearts. I wasn't able to find any explanation as to why they chose those two cards for their chips and logo. The denomination is at the top of the inlay in black. ,

Gaaaah! Did Snakes just re-open? it was depressingly desolate and locked when I was there mid-to-late evening on a Friday in April.

Nah, PokerGrinder is probably funnin' with you again, trying to get you to drive back to Canada.
;-)

BTW, I am home now and have updated the index (except for Snakes, which I will take care of in a few minutes.)

Some of these recent chips, other than the poker clubs, are from casinos that are on my list of chips to get, and I might get to pick up some of them next month. We have a trip planned from NC to MA to visit our son and daughter-in-law, and a possible roundabout way of getting to New England would take us by way of Turning Stone (Verona, NY), Thousand Island (Gananoque, ON), Akwesasne Mohawk (Hogansburg, NY), Lac-Leamy (Hull, QC), Mont-Tremblant, and Montreal.

Mont-Tremblant might just be a little too far out of the way, and I need to check the driving times and the proper routing to see whether we can make it to all of those in the time available. I'm not into collecting from the card clubs, so I think this only leaves three eastern Canadian casinos on my list, and they are well outside the range for this trip: Windsor, Charlevoix (La Malbaie, QC), and Red Shores (Charlottetown, PEI). Someday, maybe.



Edit 5/28/20: Member RideTheEdge posted some additional images of Canadian casino chips here.

Quote: Doc

Nah, PokerGrinder is probably funnin' with you again, trying to get you to drive back to Canada.
;-)

BTW, I am home now and have updated the index (except for Snakes, which I will take care of in a few minutes.)

Some of these recent chips, other than the poker clubs, are from casinos that are on my list of chips to get, and I might get to pick up some of them next month. We have a trip planned from NC to MA to visit our son and daughter-in-law, and a possible roundabout way of getting to New England would take us by way of Turning Stone (Verona, NY), Thousand Island (Gananoque, ON), Akwesasne Mohawk (Hogansburg, NY), Lac-Leamy (Hull, QC), Mont-Tremblant, and Montreal.

Mont-Tremblant might just be a little too far out of the way, and I need to check the driving times and the proper routing to see whether we can make it to all of those in the time available. I'm not into collecting from the card clubs, so I think this only leaves three eastern Canadian casinos on my list, and they are well outside the range for this trip: Windsor, Charlevoix (La Malbaie, QC), and Red Shores (Charlottetown, PEI). Someday, maybe.

pssssssh. If you're going to Montreal anyway, why not run up to Charlevoix, cross the St. Lawrence on the ferry, drive over to PEI, then head to MA down 95? Hardly adds any time at all, I'm sure:-)