Turkey passed a law prohibiting casino operations in the country in 1998. The big casino owners were actually prepared to move when in fact several operators were in Northern Cyprus couple of years before the total prohibition. Some of them went to South Africa and the other countries in Africa.

This particular chip was used in Anatalya, Turkey, everything about the casino was moved to Cyprus - top management, tables and slots down to the last employee who wanted to continue their service to the company. This particular chip is still in use in Northern Cyprus, Emperyal Casino in a different building.

There are reports from Turkey of illegal casinos in every cafe, bathhouse, and restaurant after the ban and to this day. It might be an exaggeration in a report saying that every day there are illigal casino closed down by the government - how true it is?

There are several Emperyal casino chips in the website if you are interested to learn more. The Emperyal casinos has reach some parts of Latin American countries as can be seen in the other collector websites - take a close look at the logo of those casinos, but they might not use the Emperyal name.