The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 37, August 28, 2005, Article 16

CASINO CHIP COLLECTORS CLUB

An August 22nd Associated Press story profiles the
Deep South Chip Collectors organization, a club for
collectors of casino-related items. Casino chips have
their own exhibit category at American Numismatic
Association conventions.

"Members of the Deep South Chip Collectors acquire
poker chips, tokens and other gambling items for the
memories and the thrill of owning something rare.

Thumbing through their collections is like spinning back
the years to when casinos operated like speak-easies, or
fast-forwarding to the age of corporate gaming."

"Bob Reed of Gretna, La., the club's president, said he
became interested in the hobby when a chip collector spoke
to his coin club.

"Everybody got the fever after that," he said.

His collection spans from a late-1800s chip made from ivory
to one from 1996 bearing the image of George Burns, when
Caesars Palace celebrated his 100th birthday.

Some of the most collectible chips come from illegal clubs that
once operated up and down the Coast: the 406, Broadwater
Beach, Carter's, Crescent Club, D.J's Club, Eastside Club,
Edgewater Club, Fiesta Club, Fisherman's Hangout, Grove
Club, Key Club, and Magnolia Club, just to name a few."

"Other casinos, like the Beverly Club in Metairie, La., were
less low-key. Its owners included mobsters Meyer Lansky and
Carlos Marcello, who reportedly paid off politicians."

To read the full article, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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