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As best that I can recall....

1. Manufacturers stores -- Paulson once had retail stores, first in lobby of office on Industrial Blvd., then moved to store in the Silver City casino complex, then moved to warehouse area behind HQ on Industrial. Status: no longer open to public? GONE!

Bud Jones -- used to have small display case at HQ location, where you could score a few sample chips sometimes. Status: no longer open to public? GONE!

2. Collectibles store adjacent to Casino Museum in Tropicana. Status: ?? GONE!

3. Gamblers General Store -- still sells fantasy chips, but the Bill Akeman store-within-a-store closed up several years ago. Status: only non-casino fantasy chips now. this is correct

4. There's a retail coin collectibles shop downtown that had 1 display case of chips (push the button and the chips were on rotating trays). Status: ?? unknown by me

5. The downtown Neon Museum has ajacent gaming-oriented retail store. Any chips? GONE!

6. One of the antique stores (in vicinity of Arizona Charlies-Decatur ?) had one booth inside, operated by one of the club's members as I recall. It's been several years since I was last there. Still open?? unknown by me

7. The Primm Valley outlet stores at Primm, NV (California border on I-15) also had a gaming-oriented store with some casino chips for sale. Still open?? GONE!

Well Robert, this leaves:

Red Rooster Antiques, always plenty of stuff to find there.

Lost Vegas (Main Street, the old Gamblers General Store warehouse). This is Rich Burgel's multiple antique dealers store with much of his stuff from the Tropicana Gift Store/Downtown Museum/Primm store (if I'm not mistaken).

American Antiques Mall (where many of the Samplers Antique mall went when it closed) out on S. Las Vegas Blvd, just North of the South Point, formerly the South Coast.

And of course..... The yard sales!

Otherwise it's pretty slim pickins!

Jim Follis

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Retail chip stores - then & now
As best that I can recall....
Re: As best that I can recall....
Re: As best that I can recall....
Hey Barry! You said:...
Thanks for the info
#6 is GONE too sad
Re: Retail chip stores - then & now
Other Chip Stores that are also GONE
When will they ever learn?... vbg

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