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 →
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 →
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>CC... Continue Reading →