Casino Chip of the Day
December 12th, 2024 at 7:22:17 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: 2Ace
2Ace poker room is poker room with about 15 poker tables on the main floor and some more in a private room. I was warned before hand that this club has had major problems with collusion and players talking to each other in Korean or Japanese. I was on guard for that but the game I was playing seemed legit and was quite juicy. I was playing 300/600 I believe but don’t quote me on that. There was a younger Korean and a younger Japanese who were both blasting money everywhere just giving it away. I played a hour and the only reason I quit was the old man beside me was coughing everywhere and I didn’t feel like getting sick since he wasn’t covering his mouth at all. It honestly hurt me to leave the game. I made 25k in the game.
The chip is purple with some of the weirdest inserts I’ve seen. There are nine inserts that look like a half circle attached to a full circle. The circles are white with blue borders. There are 3 white sun looking things around the chip. The centre inlay is white with GG all over it. There is a gold GG logo at the top with GG poker underneath it and the denom and location. I assume the room is affiliated with the online GG poker but that’s just an assumption.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: 2Ace
2Ace poker room is poker room with about 15 poker tables on the main floor and some more in a private room. I was warned before hand that this club has had major problems with collusion and players talking to each other in Korean or Japanese. I was on guard for that but the game I was playing seemed legit and was quite juicy. I was playing 300/600 I believe but don’t quote me on that. There was a younger Korean and a younger Japanese who were both blasting money everywhere just giving it away. I played a hour and the only reason I quit was the old man beside me was coughing everywhere and I didn’t feel like getting sick since he wasn’t covering his mouth at all. It honestly hurt me to leave the game. I made 25k in the game.
The chip is purple with some of the weirdest inserts I’ve seen. There are nine inserts that look like a half circle attached to a full circle. The circles are white with blue borders. There are 3 white sun looking things around the chip. The centre inlay is white with GG all over it. There is a gold GG logo at the top with GG poker underneath it and the denom and location. I assume the room is affiliated with the online GG poker but that’s just an assumption.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:25:12 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Dowinn
Dowinn casino turned out to be a funny experience. Dowinn is a junket casino. The main floor had slot machines that weren’t set up and a bunch of table games that also weren’t set up. The second floor had about 20 baccarat tables. When I got there a lady came and took my passport to make me a membership because you have to have one to play. I waited about 20 minutes for the membership and in the meantime they told me to order free food from the menu. I had some Korean soup that was pretty good. When it was time to buy chips I used their rolling program as I have explained from my Macau posts. I played baccarat for a bit and pocketed my chip. When they noticed I did that they told me I couldn’t and I put them back on the table. I palmed a chip later to keep when they weren’t looking. When I went to cash out they counted all my chips, laid out the money and then they were figuring out how much of a rebate I was getting from the rolling program. It was about 3500 pesos or $60 usd. This is where the problem came, they counted all the chips at the table. I played alone so it was obvious I had taken the chips (one for me and one for a friend). They said I had to give them the chips back and I just said I don’t have them. They spent the next 10+ minutes talking and doing this and that a couple times asking again if I had the chips. I said no and finally when I realized this was going nowhere I pretend got mad and said to give me my cash out so I could leave as I had things to do. They said but we need the chips back and I said I don’t care about their chips. The lady finally said to the cashier to give me the money but told me I couldn’t have my rebate money until the chips were returned. Oh well I’ll take the chip over the $60 any day and it makes for a good story. The lady told me if I brought the chips back I could have the rebate that would still be on my players card, I just laughed took my money and left.
The chip is pink with 4 purple edge inserts with a white crown on each. The denom is listed 4 times in white around the chip. The serial number is at the bottom of the chip. The centre inlay is silver with the casino name and denom in black. I don’t know what P001 at the bottom of the inlay means. Maybe this is set 1 of chips? The logo looks like a black phoenix.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Dowinn
Dowinn casino turned out to be a funny experience. Dowinn is a junket casino. The main floor had slot machines that weren’t set up and a bunch of table games that also weren’t set up. The second floor had about 20 baccarat tables. When I got there a lady came and took my passport to make me a membership because you have to have one to play. I waited about 20 minutes for the membership and in the meantime they told me to order free food from the menu. I had some Korean soup that was pretty good. When it was time to buy chips I used their rolling program as I have explained from my Macau posts. I played baccarat for a bit and pocketed my chip. When they noticed I did that they told me I couldn’t and I put them back on the table. I palmed a chip later to keep when they weren’t looking. When I went to cash out they counted all my chips, laid out the money and then they were figuring out how much of a rebate I was getting from the rolling program. It was about 3500 pesos or $60 usd. This is where the problem came, they counted all the chips at the table. I played alone so it was obvious I had taken the chips (one for me and one for a friend). They said I had to give them the chips back and I just said I don’t have them. They spent the next 10+ minutes talking and doing this and that a couple times asking again if I had the chips. I said no and finally when I realized this was going nowhere I pretend got mad and said to give me my cash out so I could leave as I had things to do. They said but we need the chips back and I said I don’t care about their chips. The lady finally said to the cashier to give me the money but told me I couldn’t have my rebate money until the chips were returned. Oh well I’ll take the chip over the $60 any day and it makes for a good story. The lady told me if I brought the chips back I could have the rebate that would still be on my players card, I just laughed took my money and left.
The chip is pink with 4 purple edge inserts with a white crown on each. The denom is listed 4 times in white around the chip. The serial number is at the bottom of the chip. The centre inlay is silver with the casino name and denom in black. I don’t know what P001 at the bottom of the inlay means. Maybe this is set 1 of chips? The logo looks like a black phoenix.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:27:05 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: City of Dreams
City of Dreams is a massive two level casino in entertainment city where most of the biggest casinos are. This is actually the first casino I went to in Manila. I spent about 16 hours playing one slot machine that first day, you might say it was quite advantageous 😉. I was still jet lagged but got it done and it was quite profitable. Both floors have tables and slots but the first floor has a lot more. The second floor also has the poker room but it uses the same chips despite the different name.
The 25 peso chip is green with a white hot stamp. It has 8 pairs of white edge inserts and the denom is listed twice around the chip. The centre inlay has the name and logo. The 100 peso chip is black with 8 white/yellow/white edge inserts. The denom is listed twice in white around the chip. The centre inlay is silver with a bunch to the unknown logo in the background. The denom is listed in black and gold while the centre is black with the casino name and logo in white.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: City of Dreams
City of Dreams is a massive two level casino in entertainment city where most of the biggest casinos are. This is actually the first casino I went to in Manila. I spent about 16 hours playing one slot machine that first day, you might say it was quite advantageous 😉. I was still jet lagged but got it done and it was quite profitable. Both floors have tables and slots but the first floor has a lot more. The second floor also has the poker room but it uses the same chips despite the different name.
The 25 peso chip is green with a white hot stamp. It has 8 pairs of white edge inserts and the denom is listed twice around the chip. The centre inlay has the name and logo. The 100 peso chip is black with 8 white/yellow/white edge inserts. The denom is listed twice in white around the chip. The centre inlay is silver with a bunch to the unknown logo in the background. The denom is listed in black and gold while the centre is black with the casino name and logo in white.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:29:10 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Solaire Entertainment City
Solaire Entertainment City is a massive casino all one floor that seems like it goes on forever. My first visit there ended badly as we didn’t get the machines that we wanted to play and the jackpot was hit by someone else. This was a result of bad planning by my friend who called me in to come play. Him and my other friend had some very angry loud words and I just stood there and cringed. It was a fu*k up for sure but that happens sometimes. Anyways I played one hand of THB to collect my chip after we ate dinner.
The chip is green with 4 sets of 3 green edge inserts. The denom is listed 4 times in green. The centre inlay is white with the casino name and chip denom in orange while the logo is red. The logo is half a sun.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Solaire Entertainment City
Solaire Entertainment City is a massive casino all one floor that seems like it goes on forever. My first visit there ended badly as we didn’t get the machines that we wanted to play and the jackpot was hit by someone else. This was a result of bad planning by my friend who called me in to come play. Him and my other friend had some very angry loud words and I just stood there and cringed. It was a fu*k up for sure but that happens sometimes. Anyways I played one hand of THB to collect my chip after we ate dinner.
The chip is green with 4 sets of 3 green edge inserts. The denom is listed 4 times in green. The centre inlay is white with the casino name and chip denom in orange while the logo is red. The logo is half a sun.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:31:19 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Newport World Resorts
Newport World Resorts was formerly Resorts World and still uses the same chips years later. This is the casino that I played at the most and stayed there comped for about 3 weeks over a bunch of stays. The casino is actually two casinos across the street from each other, the Grand Casino and the Garden Casino. I assume they built one and then when they wanted to expand they didn’t have enough room so they built across the street. The Garden Casino was one floor while the Grand casino was a smaller main floor with the VIP Grand Club on the second floor where I did 95% of my gambling. The Grand club was only for 3rd tier club cards and higher but I liked it cause it had infinitely less smoking which is great cause I hate the smell.
The 25 peso chip is a cheap green suits mold with a black hot stamp. The casino name, logo and denom are listed in black. The 100 peso chip is black with 6 pairs of turquoise edge inserts. The denom and 4 diamonds are alternating around the chip. The centre inlay is black with the casino name and logo in red and the denom in gold and white. Newport is listed which is the area the casino is in.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Newport World Resorts
Newport World Resorts was formerly Resorts World and still uses the same chips years later. This is the casino that I played at the most and stayed there comped for about 3 weeks over a bunch of stays. The casino is actually two casinos across the street from each other, the Grand Casino and the Garden Casino. I assume they built one and then when they wanted to expand they didn’t have enough room so they built across the street. The Garden Casino was one floor while the Grand casino was a smaller main floor with the VIP Grand Club on the second floor where I did 95% of my gambling. The Grand club was only for 3rd tier club cards and higher but I liked it cause it had infinitely less smoking which is great cause I hate the smell.
The 25 peso chip is a cheap green suits mold with a black hot stamp. The casino name, logo and denom are listed in black. The 100 peso chip is black with 6 pairs of turquoise edge inserts. The denom and 4 diamonds are alternating around the chip. The centre inlay is black with the casino name and logo in red and the denom in gold and white. Newport is listed which is the area the casino is in.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:36:41 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Rizal, Philippines
Casino: Thunderbird
Thunderbird Casino is in Rizal about 60-90 minutes from Manila. We stopped there on our way back to Manila from Batangas. The casino is small with 100 or so slots and 15 tables. I played a few hands of baccarat to get my chip. There is another Thunderbird Casino 4 hours northwest of Manila but it was way too out of the way to bother going.
The chip is black with 8 burnt orange edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with a black edge. Fiesta casino is listed in black, not sure if that was the former name of the casino. The denom and location are also in black.
City: Rizal, Philippines
Casino: Thunderbird
Thunderbird Casino is in Rizal about 60-90 minutes from Manila. We stopped there on our way back to Manila from Batangas. The casino is small with 100 or so slots and 15 tables. I played a few hands of baccarat to get my chip. There is another Thunderbird Casino 4 hours northwest of Manila but it was way too out of the way to bother going.
The chip is black with 8 burnt orange edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with a black edge. Fiesta casino is listed in black, not sure if that was the former name of the casino. The denom and location are also in black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:38:45 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Pagcor Bilondo
Pagcor Bilondo is part of the reason that I was crazy enough to go to every Pagcor casino even though most of them used the same chips. The casino is on 3 floors with the first two having slots and the top floor with tables. I believe the tables were run by a junket since the name of the tables area was Dragon Club. They had 15 or so tables, all baccarat. I had some good free dim sum while I was there.
The chip is white chipco style with six turquoise/red/turquoise edge inserts. The centre inlay is red and black sort of mess of colour. Around the outside of the inlay are 6 copies of the edge inserts alternating with 6 red triangles. Prime Luck Dragon Club is listed in white with 3 gold stars in the middle of it. There is a white dragon in the middle with the denom in white at the bottom.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Pagcor Bilondo
Pagcor Bilondo is part of the reason that I was crazy enough to go to every Pagcor casino even though most of them used the same chips. The casino is on 3 floors with the first two having slots and the top floor with tables. I believe the tables were run by a junket since the name of the tables area was Dragon Club. They had 15 or so tables, all baccarat. I had some good free dim sum while I was there.
The chip is white chipco style with six turquoise/red/turquoise edge inserts. The centre inlay is red and black sort of mess of colour. Around the outside of the inlay are 6 copies of the edge inserts alternating with 6 red triangles. Prime Luck Dragon Club is listed in white with 3 gold stars in the middle of it. There is a white dragon in the middle with the denom in white at the bottom.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:40:06 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Winford
Winford Casino is a smaller casino in the northern part of Manila. When I visited the third floor was closed off but it looked like it usually has gaming up there. The second floor had 100+ slots and 30+ table games while the first floor had 50 slots or so. I played BJ to collect my chip before continuing on. That night I visited about 10 casinos to collect chips.
The 25 peso chip is a very dirty faded white chip with the casino name, pagcor and the denom all in black. The 100 peso chip is black with 6 white/yellow/white edge inserts. The denom is listed in white 4 times around the chip. The centre inlay is orange with the casino name in black handwriting, the denom is faded gold and the pagcor is black. The logo looks like a volcano.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Winford
Winford Casino is a smaller casino in the northern part of Manila. When I visited the third floor was closed off but it looked like it usually has gaming up there. The second floor had 100+ slots and 30+ table games while the first floor had 50 slots or so. I played BJ to collect my chip before continuing on. That night I visited about 10 casinos to collect chips.
The 25 peso chip is a very dirty faded white chip with the casino name, pagcor and the denom all in black. The 100 peso chip is black with 6 white/yellow/white edge inserts. The denom is listed in white 4 times around the chip. The centre inlay is orange with the casino name in black handwriting, the denom is faded gold and the pagcor is black. The logo looks like a volcano.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:41:39 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Quezon City, Philippines
Casino: Solaire North
In July Solaire opened a second location called Solaire North in Quezon City in the northeast of Manila. It’s a massive resort with 1000 or so slots and 100+ table games. I was there at like 3 am middle of the week so it was pretty dead. I played baccarat to collect my chip. At first I was disappointed that the chips were the same as the one in entertainment city but the words are different and so is the colour.
The chip is green with 12 green edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with the casino name and logo in red and the denom in orange.
City: Quezon City, Philippines
Casino: Solaire North
In July Solaire opened a second location called Solaire North in Quezon City in the northeast of Manila. It’s a massive resort with 1000 or so slots and 100+ table games. I was there at like 3 am middle of the week so it was pretty dead. I played baccarat to collect my chip. At first I was disappointed that the chips were the same as the one in entertainment city but the words are different and so is the colour.
The chip is green with 12 green edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with the casino name and logo in red and the denom in orange.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:43:13 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Metro Card Club
Metro card club was my last Manila chip that I collected weeks after doing the rest. The poker room is in an area far from any other gambling. The poker room is dingy but large with 40+ tables. They run games from 10/20 pesos ($0.17/$0.34) to the 100/200/500 game that runs at 8 pm every night. I played the bigger game and broke almost even after 4 hours. The game was very good I just couldn’t win any decent pots. There were two guys giving away 100-200k at a time and constantly rebuying. I had planned on going back cause the game was good but it never happened as it was such an inconvenient location.
The chip is red with 6 orange/grey/orange edge inserts. There are 8 orange shapes that could be crowns around the chip. The centre inlay is shiny orange with an orange border. There is a giant red crown shape covering half the inlay. The card room name is on the crown while the denom is at the top of the inlay.
City: Manila, Philippines
Casino: Metro Card Club
Metro card club was my last Manila chip that I collected weeks after doing the rest. The poker room is in an area far from any other gambling. The poker room is dingy but large with 40+ tables. They run games from 10/20 pesos ($0.17/$0.34) to the 100/200/500 game that runs at 8 pm every night. I played the bigger game and broke almost even after 4 hours. The game was very good I just couldn’t win any decent pots. There were two guys giving away 100-200k at a time and constantly rebuying. I had planned on going back cause the game was good but it never happened as it was such an inconvenient location.
The chip is red with 6 orange/grey/orange edge inserts. There are 8 orange shapes that could be crowns around the chip. The centre inlay is shiny orange with an orange border. There is a giant red crown shape covering half the inlay. The card room name is on the crown while the denom is at the top of the inlay.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:53:13 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Angeles, Philippines
Now here is pure laziness, I’m just going to post the chips with casino names. These are the chips I collected in Angeles north of Manila in the Philippines.
Casino Plus
Fontana
Midori
D’Heights
Wild Aces Poker club
Yes those are raised edges on the chips.
Hann
Royce
City: Angeles, Philippines
Now here is pure laziness, I’m just going to post the chips with casino names. These are the chips I collected in Angeles north of Manila in the Philippines.
Casino Plus
Fontana
Midori
D’Heights
Wild Aces Poker club
Yes those are raised edges on the chips.
Hann
Royce
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 7:57:57 AM
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Category: Asia
City: Cebu, Philippines
These are the chips I collected in Cebu, Philippines.
Palace
Golden Bell
Nustar
Poker8
Poker room in Waterfront Cebu Casino
Voyager Poker
City: Cebu, Philippines
These are the chips I collected in Cebu, Philippines.
Palace
Golden Bell
Nustar
Poker8
Poker room in Waterfront Cebu Casino
Voyager Poker
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 12th, 2024 at 8:03:23 AM
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Category: Canada
City: Coquitlam, BC
Casino: Great Canadian
The Hard Rock Casino was renamed Great Canadian. I’m not sure why the rebrand but the casino has not changed one bit other than to take down the HR memorabilia.
City: Coquitlam, BC
Casino: Great Canadian
The Hard Rock Casino was renamed Great Canadian. I’m not sure why the rebrand but the casino has not changed one bit other than to take down the HR memorabilia.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
December 18th, 2024 at 5:56:22 AM
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Quote: DieterQuote: dwc13This move by Ho Chunk (to build a casino in Beloit, WI @20 miles from Hard Rock Rockford) kind of reminds me of the joint venture between Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods near the Massachusetts border to counter the opening of the MGM Springfield. On the bright side, another chip for the collection someday.
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I'm sure that some people would prefer not to drive all the way to Wisconsin Dells for a premium resort destination experience.
I, for one, welcome the idea of some of the Chicago weekend traffic stopping at the border. Things get really jammed up from exit 92 to exit 106 during the Sunday afternoon exodus.
As I see it, the Hard Rock will be under Illinois commercial gaming enforcement (tribal owned, but no sovreign immunity); the Ho-Chunk will be under Wisconsin tribal gaming enforcement (and no markers). That will steer some people one way.
The proposed waterslides may steer some the other way.
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Heavy construction equipment spotted on site.
I don't recall seeing it Friday evening, when I was last in the area.
Supposedly the Ho Chunk Beloit project broke ground in October 2024 (but I saw no real signs of activity), and now plans to open in 2026.
Unrelated: Q in Dubuque seems to have heavy equipment on site (noticed a few weeks ago), the kennels are gone, and the track seems to be demolished. I thought I saw a new elevator shaft tower rising from the middle of the complex.
May the cards fall in your favor.
December 18th, 2024 at 6:15:29 AM
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I don’t think Ive ever seen chips with raised edges before.
Happy days are here again
December 18th, 2024 at 1:29:38 PM
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Me neither
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
January 1st, 2025 at 3:08:47 PM
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Category: Asia
City: Incheon, South Korea
Casino: Paradise City
Happy new year, everyone!
I collected these chips on December 31, 2024 playing poker at Paradise City Casino, located near the Incheon International Airport.
I was happy that I could play poker because a YouTube review of the poker room said its hours were 1:45 p.m. to 5:45 a.m., but I strolled in at about 7:30 a.m. with two no-limit games running: 1K-3K won (about 70 cents-$2.10 USD) and 2K-5K won ($1.40-$3.50 USD). There was one open seat at 2K-5K.
I started with a long run of lousy hole cards, but that helped me bluff a hand, and I eventually got some good cards to win a few others. I finished ahead 111,000 won ($77 USD).
City: Incheon, South Korea
Casino: Paradise City
Happy new year, everyone!
I collected these chips on December 31, 2024 playing poker at Paradise City Casino, located near the Incheon International Airport.
I was happy that I could play poker because a YouTube review of the poker room said its hours were 1:45 p.m. to 5:45 a.m., but I strolled in at about 7:30 a.m. with two no-limit games running: 1K-3K won (about 70 cents-$2.10 USD) and 2K-5K won ($1.40-$3.50 USD). There was one open seat at 2K-5K.
I started with a long run of lousy hole cards, but that helped me bluff a hand, and I eventually got some good cards to win a few others. I finished ahead 111,000 won ($77 USD).
January 28th, 2025 at 10:06:45 AM
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State: Nevada
City: Stateline
Casino: Golden Nugget
I collected this chip on Jan. 19, 2025 playing $20 minimum craps at the Golden Nugget Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada.
This casino was originally the Sahara Tahoe, which opened in 1965. It became the High Sierra Casino, Horizon, then the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe in 2014 until it became the Golden Nugget in 2023.
I visited the Horizon back when they had table games and also afterward when they removed all the dealers and live games — those years felt really depressing! So it was nice when the Hard Rock renovated the place and brought back craps and other live-dealt games. Golden Nugget has all the style of a Hard Rock property minus the music memorabilia. Unfortunately, I lost $80 playing craps.
The Golden Nugget still looks like they're in the process of renovating — the sign as you enter is just a fabric banner. It seems as if the movie theater that the Horizon had is gone. The high-limit slots area is very small, and its video poker pays a ridiculous 6-5 on Jacks or Better for all denominations: $2, $5, and even $10!
This chip has the GN initials, which are also at the top of the hotel, which in my opinion looks ugly along the Lake Tahoe skyline.
City: Stateline
Casino: Golden Nugget
I collected this chip on Jan. 19, 2025 playing $20 minimum craps at the Golden Nugget Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada.
This casino was originally the Sahara Tahoe, which opened in 1965. It became the High Sierra Casino, Horizon, then the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe in 2014 until it became the Golden Nugget in 2023.
I visited the Horizon back when they had table games and also afterward when they removed all the dealers and live games — those years felt really depressing! So it was nice when the Hard Rock renovated the place and brought back craps and other live-dealt games. Golden Nugget has all the style of a Hard Rock property minus the music memorabilia. Unfortunately, I lost $80 playing craps.
The Golden Nugget still looks like they're in the process of renovating — the sign as you enter is just a fabric banner. It seems as if the movie theater that the Horizon had is gone. The high-limit slots area is very small, and its video poker pays a ridiculous 6-5 on Jacks or Better for all denominations: $2, $5, and even $10!
This chip has the GN initials, which are also at the top of the hotel, which in my opinion looks ugly along the Lake Tahoe skyline.
March 26th, 2025 at 9:20:53 AM
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Quote: Dieter
Unrelated: Q in Dubuque seems to have heavy equipment on site (noticed a few weeks ago), the kennels are gone, and the track seems to be demolished. I thought I saw a new elevator shaft tower rising from the middle of the complex.
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I recently visited the property.
The upper level casino floor has been replaced with an arcade (Island Social). I believe this means the steakhouse restaurant is closed; I didn't want to hang around the claw games very long to look. The long-long hallway to the hotel has been closed, possibly demolished.
On the casino (theater) side, all the tables appeared new, most of the "old favorite" gaming machines have been removed, and video poker is still pretty lousy.
The rear entrance seems now to be usually blocked off, so if you prefer to park in the rear lot, you get a pleasant chance to stretch your legs.
I didn't play tables, so I didn't get a good look to see if the chips have been updated.
May the cards fall in your favor.
April 7th, 2025 at 8:05:53 AM
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I see that Spinettis is selling a $100 Reno Hilton chip for $99. As far as I can recall, this is the first time I've seen a chip sold for less than its face value. What does this mean???
A glut of this kind of chip? No demand? Prices so low they must be INSANE?!
A glut of this kind of chip? No demand? Prices so low they must be INSANE?!
April 7th, 2025 at 8:48:30 AM
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Speaking of casino chips, when I first came to visit my grandparents in Las Vegas in 1961 I went to White Cross drugs with Grandma, and she made her purchase with a casino chip. She told me all the stores take casino chips.
