Below is a composite image showing some of the chips I picked up this past weekend while I was in Vegas. The top shows a NCV 5 from New York, New York - TCR 8 lists a 5 NCV (ref: V1189), yet this listing does not indicate a color (for that matter neither does V1192 nor V1193 - 25 NCV & 100 NCV respectively....) - is this the same chip???

The next row shows two chips, the Aladdin Magic Carpet Sweepstakes (Both sides) and the infamous Venetian $5 House chip with the house mold.
The Aladdin chip is what Pete and company have been talking about below. (ref: http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcb/tcb.pl?read=151964)
The Aladdin chip - I picked up at the cage on Saturday - the cashier went to see if she could find more than the one she had in her drawer. She was away for a while, and when she returned - a suit was following her. He indicated that the chip was used for a promotional in the previous week, and that the only one's that they had were the one's that were cashed in and that "they were VERY rare". Sorry Archie, his words - not mine. Humm... Rare??? Does anyone really know the actual number made??? I tend to believe the 200 level (stated else where on the BB), and not the 5k... As 5k chips seems a bit large for a one week promotional...

After returning from seeing the Blue Man Group (Great Show!!! Not to mention that we got a backstage tour to boot!!! ), to the Venetian, I found the Venetian $5 house mold chip while playing craps at a $10 table!?! I really don't play at the level - yet on a Saturday night try finding a table with lower limits that isn't completely full. (My wife and I were at the table for one hour, and were way down and finally after a great roll - were approx. 50% up from our buy in!!!
I'm also showing the UV for this chip - as it is also a bit different than the "normal" UV H&C or UV PAULSON that is on some of PAULSON's chips...

The bottom row shows the Depeche Mode $25 chip that I was able to pick up at the cashier's cage on Friday morning - funny thing is that they had this puppy, and yet didn't have any of the $5's!?! I didn't really check the tables, so I guess they may be mixed in on them...

Regards,

Dick