Yesterday at Binion's I was shocked to find non-standard, commemorative chips floating around the table. Last time I was there was March 20, and none were in evidence then. In fact, the reason the discovery was so surprising is that Binion's has been one of the few holdout casinos, never issuing any special chips (as far as I know) during the almost three years I've played there. (The remaining ones that I can think of offhand include Wynn, TI, Bill's, and a handful of locals joints.)
Apparently some genius in upper management realized that they could have these things made for about a quarter, and sell them for $5, and that doing so might create a bit of profit. Since Binion's isn't even able to make their rent payments lately, this was probably a good thing to finally figure out.
Now they just need to get somebody to work on making their new-issue chips less, well, goofy-looking.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Binion's sees the light
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Binion's has issued commemorative chips in the past (when it was the Horseshoe). They had a series of chips with WSOP winners on them.
And Wynn has been issuing a Chinese New Years Chips every year in an $8 denomination.
Bill's had a Grand Opening commemorative chip.
(your list of places that haven't issued commemorative chips is getting smaller)
I knew about Binion's older chips, which is why I specified that they haven't issued them in the three years I've been playing there. (Click the "Preston" label and you'll see that I used a photo of one of those old chips to illustrate a post.) I knew about the Wynn chips--in fact, check the "Wynn" or "chips" label and you'll find that I featured them once before, in early 2008. Didn't know about Bill's, though. Anyway, the problem isn't really not knowing about the other cases, but not stating what I was saying with enough specificity. I was thinking of low-denomination (esp. $5) chips that are easily found in ordinary play and circulation. None of the three examples you cited fit that description.
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