If you know about Burning Man, then what can I say? If not, then try www.burningman.com. This year's event (last Labor Day) included an homage to casino gaming with the construction of a large set of dice (two connected die, about 10' x 10' x 10') that housed a full-sized roulette wheel and a craps table.

At the conclusion of the week-long event, participants are required to "leave no trace" so the building, as are most of the other temporary structures and furnishings, was ceremonially burned. The dice structure was named "Amazing Larry's Cube Club" and my brother (a diehard attendee of the Burning Man event) managed to get this example for me, just before the place was torched. I do not know if Larry did burn the furnishings and other chips, but it would not be surprising if he did. After all, that is a basic tenant/concept of Burning Man. Kind of like the Tibetian Monks destroying their sand art (which takes weeks to finish) once they have finished the project.

Burning Man takes place out in the Nevada desert (near Gerlatch, North of Reno if I am not mistaken) so this chip is of Nevada origin, and it was used for gaming (play). However, I don't think that Gaming approved of the project and probably not the design.

Must be a Nevada Illegal!

Burning Man gets attended by about 25,000 people, who take up temporary residence out in the desert for the weeklong "project". The temporary town created by the event is then called Black Rock City, hence the "BRC 2001" Hot Stamp on the chip.

Sorry, no traders. I only have the one.

Jim Follis