Casino Chip of the Day

Category: Cruise ships
Cruise Line: Princess
Ship: Crown Princess

I sailed on the Crown Princess roundtrip from San Francisco from July 31 through August 11 with port calls in Alaska (Ketchikan, Sitka, and Haines) and Victoria, Canada.

Though I've been on several cruises, this was my first one on Princess which is known for being the line featured in the television show "The Love Boat." So I was excited about that, in addition to going on my first trip to Alaska. They give you occasional reminders about their Love Boat connection, such as slogans ("I LOVE this room!") and things like a Love Boat trivia session. Otherwise, it's the usual cruise ship sights and sounds, though with a bit of Alaska pride (even when we were in Canada).

The casino had the usual games, including $10 minimum craps where I won $40 on the first day.

They use a combination of chips like the one pictured and a generic Princess Cruises logo chip that I didn't keep.

Is this the only Labor Day $1 limited edition casino chip out there? As you can see, this house chip was produced to advertise their 1995 Labor Day Tournament. Have a great Labor Day weekend!

Something new from Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN.

Very simple chip but I first reaction when I saw your post on fbook was how much I like it.

State: Nevada
City: Las Vegas
Casino: Auto/Truck Plaza

Sometimes called 76 Auto/Truck Plaza, was an odd location for a ”casino”. They opened for gaming in 1973 and operated until 2011 when it was sold and renamed Alamo Casino.



I can’t tell you much about the old 76 Auto/Truck Plaza, but I was at the Alamo Casino the week it put a black jack table, along with casino chips, in the property. In fact, I was the first to bring these chips to the attention of the casino chip collecting community. The location is what you might envision when thinking of a truck stop along the highway. It’s a crowded convenience store where they pushed aside some shelving units to make room for two black jack tables. When I asked about playing, they had to grab an employee to open the table and sell me some chips. I played a few hands, won maybe $20 or so, and pocketed a stack of $1 chips with a few $5’s to use as traders. I was impressed by the fact that their chips had different artwork on either side.



As one might imagine, operating gaming tables is labor intensive and takes up much more space than slot machines. A few years after that visit they removed the tables and only offer a few slot machines now, just like dozens of other small businesses in the Las Vegas area.

State: Nevada
City: Las Vegas
Casino: Ambassadors

Not much information on Ambassadors other than it looks like they opened in 1978 and closed in 1985 when it became La Mirage. This is their first $1 chip release. The subsequent release was a white gold hot stamp chip.