Okku's Historical Casino Videos & Random Fun Stuff (15 Viewers)
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PERFECT timingI'm glad your latest video dropped AFTER I got my rack......
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This is the 2nd installation of "The Chiplist" which is the new series that I've started going over weekly eBay auctions and some of the nicer chips that have been sold. This week there were some chips that I had never seen before like a Sands Race and Sports Book $1000, Golden Nugget 50c and a few more. Some of the prices I was pretty surprised about and the chip market is still going strong which is good to see. I'm very excited to see more chips coming onto the market in the near future and what kind of goodies will come out of the woodworks. Let's keep chipping fun!
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Nice video Oscar. My snipe bid was too low to even post on the GN chip. And wow on that burnt SS chip, i missed seeing that one. Here are a few chips that you featured that I have in my collection.
Maybe a die cut thin sheet, like a paranoid?
I'd like to say that it is a thin die cut sheet that is set into the chip when its still soft during manufacturing like an inlay. Not a hot stamp and I don't remember if I've ever felt one of these in person, but they would feel like a paranoid type "inlay". Similar to what @allforcharity stated.
I'm sure @gmunny would know more if I got this wrong.
Today we talk about a unique vintage chip set that I picked up off Facebook marketplace here locally in Las Vegas! This was something that one of my good friends Travis sent me the link too and at first I wasn't going to pick it up, but I thought why not take the chance. I believe these chips are from the 60s or 70s, somewhere in that area. I'd like to say that because of the case and the chips feel like the are Bud Jones chips. The case is really sturdy, the lock mechanism is something I've never seen before and it's just so cool. The chips themselves stack so well, so tall and are just built very durably. I've very excited about this set and would like to find out more information if there is any. I'm sure they are just personal custom chips, but they are very nice. Hope you enjoy!
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Today we are talking about the history of the Landmark Casino that was in Las Vegas from the early 1960s, but didn't open until 1969, until finally closing in 1990. The Landmark was a building concept that hadn't really been seen before. Many would say that the Space Needle inspired the Landmark's building concept, but that's untrue since the Space Needle had just started construction a few months before the Landmark. At the beginning the Landmark was having financial problems. Construction starting in the early 1960s and the original opening year was supposed to be 1967. That unfortunately didn't happen and in 1968 Howard Hughes would buy the property for $17 million and an additional $3 million that were needed for refurbishing the guest rooms along with maintenance equipment etc. Hughes would make sure that the Landmark was going to open as it should and it did finally on July 1st of 1969. Opening night was a hit, so much so that there were constant traffic jams at Paradise and Convention Center Dr. People had been watching it get built for years and couldn't wait to go inside to finally check it out. It originally had two casino floors. One on the ground floor and an additional casino on the 27th/29th floors. There was a golden spiral staircase that lead you to that casino. The Landmark was seen in the background of many movies/TV shows such as Viva Las Vegas, Diamonds are Forever, Mars Attacks!, VEGA$ and more. Hughes Tool Company changed its name to Summa Corporation and then years later it was sold to a group of investors from the Midwest. They did well, but it didn't take long for the SEC to figure out that something was up. One of them was caught with over $32 million in embezzlements and shortly after they didn't have anything to the with the Landmark anymore. On January 2nd of 1990, the Landmark filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after Morris' gaming license lapsed when the resort was $500,000 behind in taxes and penalties. There was an interested party thinking about buying the Landmark, but after an over two hour court hearing no bids were made on the property and within an hour of that hearing Gaming Control board agents arrived at the Landmark to oversee the shutting down of tables games. After closing the Landmark was seen with advertising banners along the tower for the COMDEX show in 1992 and was used in the 1994 film, Casino. Today the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall occupies that space that the Landmark and Riviera once used to. It's a 1.4 million sq ft expansion to the original Convention Center and it includes 150,000 sq ft of dedicated meeting space and 600,000 sq ft of exhibit space. I hope you all enjoyed! Please share your memories below so we can all look back on the amazing Landmark!
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Today we quickly talk about the Heritage "Higher Roller" Casino Chip auction that is going to be live the day this video goes live. There are some absolutely beautiful vintage chips that are a part of this auction and some chips that many people have never seen in person. A few stand outs are the Bugsy Era Flamingo $5, Frontier $100 and $25, Dunes $100, Milton Prell's Aladdin $25 SmCrown, Sands $5 Arodie, Hotel Sahara $5 SmKey, 1st edition Stardust SmKey $100 and many more. There are some GEMS in this auction and the new owners of these chips are going to be adding once in a lifetime chips to their collections. I'll be looking to see what some of the chips close at and I'll be making mental notes of them. Hope you enjoy!
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Absolutely no idea if there is a 43mm pr0n thread, I tried looking but couldn't find one, so I'll post these pictures here. 43mm chips haven't been something that I'm actively after, but I do enjoy them quite a bit. Some day I might have a set of them although that won't be something that's in the near future. For now, I've been collecting singles and trying to get duplicates or quantity of those that I really enjoy. I'm sure you can tell what chips those are. The goal for those would be to have a barrel, potentially, of them all. The main ones being; Aladdin $5s, Lake of the Torches 50c and $5, Paris $20 and now these Caesars Palace $5s that I just received this morning. I didn't think I as going to enjoy them as much as I did, but they are really really nice.
Having a "true" casino 43mm set will probably never be a possibility, but it's something I can always dream about. If its something I happen to come across in the future I'll probably try my best to get it (that's a dream thought). I'll keep picking up singles for now and try to complete some of these barrels I'm working on.
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This would be a dream lineup if ever possible. Love the colors and overall look of this
Having a "true" casino 43mm set will probably never be a possibility, but it's something I can always dream about. If its something I happen to come across in the future I'll probably try my best to get it (that's a dream thought). I'll keep picking up singles for now and try to complete some of these barrels I'm working on.
This would be a dream lineup if ever possible. Love the colors and overall look of this
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Today we quickly talk about the new bill that was presented targeted to shut down poker clubs in Texas. This comes after the Watauga Social Poker Club was raided on October 10th of 2022 in the middle of their Fall Classic Poker $420 buy-in, $100k GTD Main Event. Players were fined $360 and at least half a dozen staff members being arrested and booked into the county jail. Other poker clubs have had similar situations happen which isn't good. The bill would call these clubs "private residences" and the government is trying to close the loophole that these clubs have been using to stay open. They are said to be "private clubs" which means it isn't open to the public, it isn't a home game and members pay a daily, monthly or yearly membership to play at these establishments. In the last year or two the game of poker has absolutely boomed in the state of Texas. Bringing in tons of action and money to these rooms and boosting the economy. Along with that, tons of publicity on YouTube with vloggers like Doug Polk, Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme among others. I think Texas needs to take a second look at this and rethink how they could actually use poker rooms and casinos to boost their economy to be larger than it is now. Take notes from other states and implement it into their own. Hope you enjoy!
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Today is the third episode of The Chip List, a series in which we look at the most recent eBay auctions to see what rare chips or lots have popped up and what they've sold for. We've got some pretty special chips in this episode which include a Leo Kind $20 chip, Dunes Baccarat $5, some Royal Flush TRKs and more! Things you don't see everyday and some chips that sold for much less than I was expecting. Will we continue to see some rare chips popping up or are things going to slow down? I hope not!
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Today we talk about the "French roulette" jetons that were used at the Paris Casino in Las Vegas for a short period of time. I believe they were originally introduced in 1999 and the table/jetons and plaques were only in use for a few months. This was something that normally isn't offered in Las Vegas or the United States. Very few casinos have had plaques and jetons in use. Only about 4 casinos that I can think of have had them and they are the Sands, Sahara, MGM Grand and Paris. I don't believe any other casinos have had any, but I may be wrong. The Paris jetons go from $5 all the way up to $1000. $1000 and $500 being the hardest ones to find. There are 3 versions of each; solid, three stripes and 4 half-circle edge spots. Some are more sought after than others, but they are all in high demand. Something if you don't have in your collection I highly recommend you trying to get at least one. Most people don't know that these casinos had these items in use and it can be a fun card guard, talking piece or just amazing piece of a collection. Hope you enjoy!
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Thank you!! Only have a handful have used them and seems that they were in use for long. The Sahara and London Club @ Aladdin were probably the longest.
Today we talk about the difference between the many different versions of the Kings Crown casino chips that were made in 1966 and then later throughout the existence of TR King. The Kings Crown was originally supposed to open in 1966, but never got approved for a gaming license by the Nevada Gaming Commission. That meant that all the chips, layouts, gaming equipment and everything never got to the place. They were all brand new which I've only ever seen the chips, but that leaves some wondering where the rest of the stuff went. The artwork was created by TR King so with it never opening meant that TR King was open to using it for whatever they wanted to. If there was a customer that wanted a set of Kings Crown chips that was possible and they made tons of different versions over the years. The main difference between the real and fake/fantasy chips is the style of inlay. The real chips all have shaped inlays whereas the fantasy chips have all circle inlays. They also had hot stamped fracs, but I've never seen those ever, maybe only one. Into the 1980s-early 2000s there were many orders made from customers for Kings Crown tribute chips. Most of the ones throughout the early 2000s before TR King closed were hot stamped chips. These were for cash games and tournament games which most have probably been posted onto Chiptalk, but with that no longer available, it's very hard to find pictures. I've spent hours looking on PokerChipForum, but have only found a handful of pictures which I was blown away by. I'm lucky to have a sample set of colors that were made from that time along with a few hot stamped denom chips. Hope you enjoy!
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Today we quickly talk about the new chips that the Horseshoe Las Vegas is using. They are 39mm RHC chips with similar artwork to all of the other Horseshoe Gaming casinos that have been around the US like Cincinnati, Cleveland and more. To me, they are pretty boring chips considering they are RHC, but that seems to be the thing that most casinos are going after now a days. I'm hoping to see them move back to standard H&C someday, hopefully. One other thing that I wanted to talk about was the very close $100s that the Horseshoe has compared to the Jumer's secondary $100. These chips are basically identical and something that I wasn't expecting to see. This could be trouble for GPI, but I wanted to talk about it to maybe shed some light on the topic. Hope you enjoy!
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@Okku another awesome video! I find it interesting that chip guide does not have an actual image of the $100 chip yet. But, it does look extremely close to the Jumers secondary $100. I agree that since they were secondary chips, the public most likely doesn't have them... Except weren't they just offered in a TCR sale? So although it might not be as widespread as if it were on the casino floor, a ton of people have that chip in their possession right now.
I recently received a couple hundred $1 chips from Resorts World. Mixed in were a few $1 chips from other casinos by accident. The casinos were live, so the value was the same, but it actually got me to think about what would happen with a higher denomination chip. You mentioned in the video that people could replicate the inlay. Would they even need to? I mean, you return a rack that includes like 60 hundos and would they look at each and everyone? Granted, I've never returned that many hundreds to the cashier.
Also, like you, I was surprised that this is really the first time that I've noticed something like this. When you think about it, there is a finite number of edge spot colors and combinations, especially considering that most chips use a very similar base color such as red or black.
Also also, you didn't knock them for the awful inlay design! But you did mention that they use RHC which could deter people from harvesting. I actually do think that they purposefully make the inlays awful in order to deter us from taking them. It's surprising since it hurts their brand, but I can't see any of the reason why so many casinos would make inlays that look like I drew it with a pencil in my mouth.
I recently received a couple hundred $1 chips from Resorts World. Mixed in were a few $1 chips from other casinos by accident. The casinos were live, so the value was the same, but it actually got me to think about what would happen with a higher denomination chip. You mentioned in the video that people could replicate the inlay. Would they even need to? I mean, you return a rack that includes like 60 hundos and would they look at each and everyone? Granted, I've never returned that many hundreds to the cashier.
Also, like you, I was surprised that this is really the first time that I've noticed something like this. When you think about it, there is a finite number of edge spot colors and combinations, especially considering that most chips use a very similar base color such as red or black.
Also also, you didn't knock them for the awful inlay design! But you did mention that they use RHC which could deter people from harvesting. I actually do think that they purposefully make the inlays awful in order to deter us from taking them. It's surprising since it hurts their brand, but I can't see any of the reason why so many casinos would make inlays that look like I drew it with a pencil in my mouth.
I didn’t think about if someone mixed in some with a rack… which just made me think that would probably be possible. If someone were to do that, I would expect them to check all the chips before switching them for cash but maybe they wouldn’t need to.
Not exactly sure what happens when you go to cash a rack or two of hundreds in at the end of the night, but that’s an interesting thought. Glad you brought it up.
I didn’t mention the inlay because I think many of us know it’s ABSOLUTELY horrible. Many commented the same thing and that could be a reason why they make them so boring. They don’t want people harvesting them, although it’s still going to happen.
Had the opportunity last night to go to a VGK game! My first time ever and it was an absolute blast! We were sitting in Suite 2 and I can't say nothing but good things. My first ever hockey game in person and that atmosphere is NEXT LEVEL! So much noise, so much excitement and it's just incredible!
Here's the view along with a video of the opening ceremony:
Here's the view along with a video of the opening ceremony:
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Growing up in So Cal, hockey was not a way of life. I remember going to my first hockey game (LA Kings) and had the “best” time! Granted, it wasn’t in a sweet, Lol!
I remember thinking that this sport is so much better to see in person. Great energy and atmosphere. Watching hockey on tv is a distant second. Football, much rather watch at home!
I remember thinking that this sport is so much better to see in person. Great energy and atmosphere. Watching hockey on tv is a distant second. Football, much rather watch at home!
So so so much better in person, that's a fact!
I just wanted to thank everyone for what an amazing year it has been. I hope that everyone else has had as good of a year. Everyone that has watched my videos, left a comment, whether we've talked online or in person whatever it may be, everyone has left a mark on me. I learned so much this year about myself and all of the things that I'm interested in, I got accepted into my school's Graphic Design program which was HUGE, got stellar grades and just kicked some ass so I'm very proud of myself. Time to do the same in 2023, but in a larger way!
Merry Christmas and congratulations Oscar.
Today we talk about the Crystal Park Secondary casino chips that were made, but never made it to the casino. There is something different between these and standard Paulsons that I've seen. These CP chips have some weird dimple texture across the faces, the H&C is recessed and does not have this texture and the edges are printed onto the chip. I have NEVER seen this on Paulson chips before so it caught me off guard when I first saw these. Additionally all of the chips are cancelled because they most likely never made it to the casino. "Crystal Park Casino in Los Angeles was open for a few months and was shut down by the state." That's very interesting. Many of the primary chips I've seen are very nice, they feature the same style oversized inlays (I guess we can call them), but they edges are NOT printed onto the chip. The outer rim is normal, but the center feature the same style of printed faces up about half way through the H&C. These are the only chips from Paulson I have seen done this way. They are all light, not leaded from my understanding, and are much different. The secondary chips are quite slippery because of the texture and probably the starburst stamp on the faces too. So, this is something completely new to me, hope you guys enjoy!
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Did some more experimenting with the CP chips and figured out that the "face" is actually a printed inlay... The actual chip material underneath feels unfinished and smooth which is something I've never felt before. The edges are pretty soft so you could essentially scrape off the corner which isn't normal either. I think others mentioned that these could possibly be stamped over and I agree. The determining factor would be the softness of the chip. You wouldn't want to stamp them too hard or else it would probably break, but that could make way for more experimenting in the future.
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