Collecting Casino Chips Never Gets Old

The first casino chip I ever saved was from the Pacheco Inn after I lost $18 playing poker and saved two $1 chips. I was underage, but that never stopped me from cruising the poker rooms in Northern California or casinos at Lake Tahoe, and I always found chips to collect. Now, as good as... Continue Reading →

October 17, 2022 3

The Lure of Casino Chips

What is it exactly that makes people collect casino chips? Is it the round shape? After all, who hasn't taken a coin of some type and flipped it - heads, tails, heads, tails............that's got to be a universal urge. But chips, I'm not sure. The fact that you can hold a chip in your hand... Continue Reading →

January 22, 2019 0

2010 Chip Convention on the way to Las Vegas

The 2010 edition of the CC&GTCC convention hits Las Vegas in just a few weeks. This year's event is being held at the South Point Casino. Conventioneers will begin arriving as early as the 18th, but the main event, the show in the Grand Ballroom, opens to the public on June 24th at 10:00 AM... Continue Reading →

June 4, 2010 4

1985s Bill Borland Newsletter

A few of you may vaguely remember this item - a 1985 issue of Bill Borland's World Wide Casino Exchange Newsletter that featured a story on Harold's Club. Bill started a company he called Star Time, Inc. from his offices in Las Vegas and began purchasing casino dice, chips, and other memorabilia in the late... Continue Reading →

January 17, 2009 3

Not One-of-a-kind, but Rare

So, you have some one-of-a-kind chips? So do I. Well, not exactly, well, no, I don't. However, I do have a few that have just a few cousins kicking around in drawers and collections. One of them is the chip above. This is an over-sized variety 42 mm and has "SPEED POKER ALL-IN" on the... Continue Reading →

October 14, 2008 1

Old Friends

I've been cleaning out the closets - opening boxes and sifting through a lot of old papers. Having collected casino items for thirty years now, you can imagine that I've met a lot of people in the hobby. Some of them I met at collector shows, like the one that the chip collectors club CC&GTCC... Continue Reading →