Sometimes things don't go as planned. The tokens could have been ordered and never used. Maybe change of ownership? Maybe $100 slots were removed? Maybe the tokens were counterfeited so the genuine ones were removed from play?

I don't know the history of Laughlin casinos. The token from the award was unused. Just wondered if anyone knew for sure this design had been in play. Anyway, I don't plan to try to cash one to find out .