I was in Idaho this weekend, and found a few things while I was there. The first is a set of chips from Pendleton, Oregon. They are from a yearly event called the Happy Canyon Roundup, which is a native american festival including a rodeo and gambling. The gambling includes blackjack, craps and chuk-a-luck, but the prizes are food, from what I understand. Steve goodrich has several types of these plastic chips listed, but not the brown ones I found:
I also saw a clay plain mold red chip with a rodeo rider on the reverse, but it was $16.50, and on advice of an Oregon expert, passed on that one. I have six of them, at least four to sell or trade.
The next is a round tuit (give it to someone if they say, "I will do it when I get around to it (a round tuit)." Now they have one, so... I believe the symbols on the reverse are Shriner symbols, but I am not sure. It appears to be made of pressed cardboard, perhaps. I can't tell. It is light, but it is thick like a chip (same size, essentially).
Next is an oddity. It's made of hard plastic, clearly not a high quality press, but it's a plastic nickel from the O.T.B. Publ. Co., which I believe is the OTB Publishing Company out of Salem, Oregon, but I'm not sure. I don't have much information about the chip or the company. Cool looking chip. It's a little guy, like a craps lammer.
I also found a container of five dice, presumably a stick. They are in perfect condition. They are from the Casino 93 in Jackpot, although they say Club 93 on them. They are unnumbered and have no cancellation. I tried to find dice like them on the internet, with no luck. If anyone has one of the dice books, any information, including age and value, would be much appreciated.
Finally, I found a matchbook cover from the Hotel Nevada in Ely:
Any information on any of the above is much appreciated. I will accept any advice or information, and will consider any offers for any of them.
Michael Siskin
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