2023 New Chip Releases (3 Viewers)

Here is an example of what a New Release alert will look like.

New Release Alert:

The Orleans Casino: Las Vegas Nevada

http://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=nvlvor

Image obtained from of the Museum of Gaming History “The ChipGuide”.

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Eriks said:
Looks like gpi is taking some serious actions against harvesting :rolleyes:
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Lol not them. More chips out the door mean more sales!
It’s the casinos that are taking a look at “unusual things” that happen in their space and then working to make things “normal” again.
 
ekricket said:
Lol not them. More chips out the door mean more sales!
It’s the casinos that are taking a look at “unusual things” that happen in their space and then working to make things “normal” again.
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Lol yeah, I ran bad at logic on that one
 
ovo said:
love this thread @CCA_SM_Director , hate seeing some of those cheaper quality chips going mainstream
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Agreed, lot of cost pressures on casinos post COVID. Buffets and poker rooms have disappeared, house keeping services in the hotels have been curtailed, and yes, casinos are going with cheaper chips...
 
A question I hadn't thought to ask before now: Why would a casino prefer RHC over THC? I had just assumed that RHC are cheaper. Is that right?
 
glynn said:
A question I hadn't thought to ask before now: Why would a casino prefer RHC over THC? I had just assumed that RHC are cheaper. Is that right?
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GPI defaults to the more brittle RHC for their chips. It requires a special request for THC, and I'm guessing whoever buys the chips doesn't give a flip.
 
glynn said:
A question I hadn't thought to ask before now: Why would a casino prefer RHC over THC? I had just assumed that RHC are cheaper. Is that right?
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From everything I’ve read that was shared by the NAGB folks (prior to the Tigers - seems like pricing has gone way up recently,) no, RHCs aren’t cheaper (or at least they weren’t.)
And two things that I think I’ve gleaned, reading between the lines are this:
I) pricing for Paulsons in the past has been puzzling, almost arbitrary. Like a job might be priced out before the chips are even designed - no price difference for molds or spot patterns, despite the likelihood that some were more expensive to produce and more desirable to own than others.
2) Paulson chip design defaults to hands-off unless the buyer chooses to get involved. This one is more of an assumption. But I’ve had the feeling that the typical transaction goes something like this - casino requests 100,000 chips - Paulson/GPI/angel/whoever people design everything themselves, get the casino to sign off on proofs, then they crank them out. So like @Poker Zombie said, they just default to things like RHC and simpler spot patterns, unless otherwise requested.
(All of the above are assumptions and inferences)
 

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