Reprinting Las Vegas "Loot Bills"/ Fake Money/ Playmoney. Any experience? (1 Viewer)

[Santa123]

I stumbled across these playmoney on ChipGuide. Supposedly they’re from the 1950s. On Google you can find auctions for them on eBay and other sites. I’d like to print some for myself with the appropriate denomination. Does anyone have experience with printing playmoney? What type of printer is recommended? Recommendations for paper?
I found recommendations for cotton paper and/or linen paper with 100–120 g/m² for printing fake money.

Does anyone know more about their history? Were they simply lying around in the casino so you could pocket them as a souvenir? @Okku?

 

[chippitydoodah]

Sounds like a recipe for being under FBI surveillance

Keep an eye out for a van down the street.

 

[dizzyChipper]

That’s a great idea. I’ll change the graphics so it’s not confused for historic loot bills. I’ll go with something generic though like ‘The United States of America’

 

[Okku]

I stumbled across these playmoney on ChipGuide. Supposedly they’re from the 1950s. On Google you can find auctions for them on eBay and other sites. I’d like to print some for myself with the appropriate denomination. Does anyone have experience with printing playmoney? What type of printer is recommended? Recommendations for paper?
I found recommendations for cotton paper and/or linen paper with 100–120 g/m² for printing fake money.

Does anyone know more about their history? Were they simply lying around in the casino so you could pocket them as a souvenir? @Okku?


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Vegas never used paper play money on the tables. Anything you see like this is just novelty stuff that was sold in gift shops or used for casino-night parties.

Real ‘play money’ from Vegas was only ever used for internal things — like employee play days, soft openings, or special preview events before a casino officially opened. That was all behind the scenes, not part of real gaming.

So the legit pieces out there are tied to specific events (like Paris’ Play Day in ’99), not gambling. Everything else floating around is just souvenir or privately made fun money.

 

[Santa123]

Vegas never used paper play money on the tables. Anything you see like this is just novelty stuff that was sold in gift shops or used for casino-night parties.

Real ‘play money’ from Vegas was only ever used for internal things — like employee play days, soft openings, or special preview events before a casino officially opened. That was all behind the scenes, not part of real gaming.

So the legit pieces out there are tied to specific events (like Paris’ Play Day in ’99), not gambling. Everything else floating around is just souvenir or privately made fun money.

Thank you very much for your detailed answer!!

 

[Santa123]

I think they fit very well with my cash set.

That’s a great idea. I’ll change the graphics so it’s not confused for historic loot bills. I’ll go with something generic though like ‘The United States of America’

But you don’t have any 25s

 

[dizzyChipper]

I think they fit very well with my cash set.

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But you don’t have any 25s

Honestly if you're in a bind and your game is getting bigger it's a nice workaround too. Print 'em. Cut 'em up. Maybe laminate if you can...