Mindil Beach Casino (1 Viewer)

[davislane]

Anyone seen these before? Any ideas who made these?

Info and Chip Pr0n: Mindil Beach Casino

Thanks in adavnce for your help.

 

[WedgeRock]

Australian casino, 1979-1983

There are many more denoms, including fracs and a $5, all hot stamped on the LGK mold.

Don Casino became Mindil Beach Casino - 1979 - 1983
Mindil Beach Casino became Diamond Beach Casino - 1983 - 1995
Diamond Beach Casino became MGM Grand 1995 - 2008
MGM Grand became Sky City Darwin 2008 - 2019
In 2019, Delaware North began operations of the main Casino Floor renaming the operations Mindil Beach Casino once again while Sky City retained operations of the High Roller portion of the casino.
Horde of Mindil Beach chips in most denominations discovered March 2018

Source: http://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=AUDNMB&sort=type

 

[davislane]

Australian casino, 1979-1983

There are many more denoms, including fracs and a $5, all hot stamped on the LGK mold.



Source: http://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=AUDNMB&sort=type

similar info as the link I posted. who made that mold though?

 

[WedgeRock]

Any ideas who made these?

MD88 Large Key mold

1979-1983 checks out. Looks like they were made by B.C. Willis and Co.

LARGE KEY (LG-KEY) (a/k/a LARGE GREEK KEY) --greek key design, repeated 15 times. B. C. Wills & Co., Detroit MI and Reno NV, which made these chips from 1962 or '64-1980's. At least one other place offered it recently.

Source: https://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_other.htm#md88

 

[davislane]

MD88 Large Key mold

1979-1983 checks out. Looks like they were made by B.C. Willis and Co.



Source: https://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/molddesign_other.htm#md88

Cheers @WedgeRock

 

[CrazyEddie]

Note that the chips were manufacturered by the Burt Company, and sold by B.C. Willis.

 

[allforcharity]

Wills, people, Wills. Willis is not whatchu talkin' 'bout.

 

[WedgeRock]

I blame auto-mistake.