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The New Page of the Day 
Good morning everyone, Happy Fourth of July, let freedom ring. Last page of the day I neglected one of my features, it will be added today. My guest authors "Harvest Stories" and my personal Harvest Stories. Today's page(s) are Arizona and New Mexico. Gotta get moving my card room locally is have some special high hand jackpots just waiting to be collected...Reggie
The St. Regis Reservation, Upstate New York Casinos and the Oneida
By Carl Shalit
Now that you published one story, here's another. This one just happened this week, the week before Memorial Day, 2016.
As usual, I combined gathering with work travel. I had to be in Syracuse NY so, rather than go directly, about a 5 1/2 hour drive, I went by way of the Akwesasne Casino in upstate New York. That's also about 5 1/2 hours from home but then it's another 3 plus hours to Syracuse (more on that part of the trip later).
My main point in going to the Akwesasne was not so much to gather chips (but of course I would have if I could have) but more to try to discover some of the history of the illegal gaming done on the St. Regis Reservation.
I couldn't find anyone who could tell me anything! Maybe I could have if I had a couple of days to spend in the area but I gave it about three hours. I checked with pit bosses, the floor manager, security, and tried to find the Indian Gaming Commission. I was told that the Commission had an office in the casino but that I couldn't get to it!
I left the casino and found the Akwesasne management office. they told me that the Gaming Commission was back on the other side of the casino. So I backtracked to try to find that.
I found their personnel office where I was told the Gaming Commission was located in the casino! When I explained what happened in the casino, they told me a secret(!) back way into the office. Sounded good but I still couldn't find it.
I then figured I would try some barrooms (couldn't find any), antique shops (couldn't find any), and smoke shops (found lots of them). Even thought there were some old-timers in them, nobody could, or would, tell me anything.
I also showed everyone I spoke to the St. Regis Mohawk images from the Chipguide but everybody claimed they had never seen them.
So, after about three wasted hours on the reservation, except that I did walk away with about $40.00 from a crap table, I headed towards Syracuse. I knew how to go but I put on my GPS.
After a couple of miles, it said to turn right. I did so out of curiosity. That took me onto a toll bridge to Canada with no way to turn around. So I went into Canada and, when asked why I was going to Canada, I explained what happened. The customs agent eventually told me how to turn around and go back over the bridge. So I again had to pay the toll and now go through US customs.
After the usual questions about citizenship, etc., I was asked how long I had been on Canada. I said about 5 minutes! That took a bit of explaining!
For the next ten miles or so, the GPS kept telling me to make a legal u-turn and apparently go over the bridge again. Finally it gave up, until I came to the next bridge to Canada. This time I ignored it but it again kept telling me to make a legal u-turn for several miles.
Only thing I can think of is that there's a highway on the Canadian side which is much faster than the road I was on in New York. What the GPS obviously did not know is how long it takes to go through Canadian and US customs!
So I eventually made it to Syracuse and of course had to visit Turning Stone and the new Yellow Brick Road casinos. FYI, those are both owned by the Oneida Indian Nation. Nothing new at Turning Stone but I did make my usual pleas to try to buy their not used drop chips which they absolutely refuse to sell.
So on to Yellow Brick Road. That facility is somewhat interesting. From what I could see, it's a strip mall which they took over completely. it was surprisingly busy but it is closer to Syracuse and it was now after dinner time so maybe it shouldn't be surprising.
I gathered my chips from there (plus about $60.00 at the crap table) and headed to my motel to prepare for the next morning with a client.
2) PAGE #2 PRICE OF ALL CHIPS ARE $4
3) PAGE #3 PRICE OF ALL CHIPS ARE $3
4) PAGE #4 PRICE OF ALL CHIPS ARE $2
5) PAGE #5 PRICE OF ALL CHIPS ARE FACE VALUE ($1)
ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS, please order by number, name and price. Numbered chips below correspond with position on the image page. Please email me direct. Please do not put a sold sign on the item you are buying, I may have more than one. First email in my inbox gets first considerations. P/H is $1 – 2 chips, $2 – 3 -4 chips, $3 – 5-8 chips, $4 – 9-12 chips, $5 – 13-16 chips, and 17 & up $6.50; this is the max P/H for the U.S. Foreign orders are more. Minimum orders are $4 pay pal accepted to my email. Check, cash or money order accepted, also. RANDOM DISCOUNTS OFTEN OCCUR. Hold service available. 4500+ Different Chips are Available. www.collectionlibrary.com/richardgummer PLMK when chips are received. TY
*Please remember there are minimum $ order requirements, as well as maximums available on cheap chips; ask.
1) Cliff Castle GO Campe Verde, AZ $19
2) The Back Room (at Reflections) Phoenix, AZ $15
3) Laguna Casino Rio Puerco, NM $12
4) Oh-Kay Casino (Speed Dice) San Juan Pueblo, NM $8
FEATURED CHIP OF THE DAY
MOST OR ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN ON A PAGE A DAY, OR WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. THE PRICE THAT ACCOMPANIES IT WILL BE THE FULL PRICE NO SHIPPING CHARGES ON THIS CHIP. TRADE OFFERS ACCEPTED. INSURANCE WILL BE EXTRA SHOULD YOU WANT IT. THE SELECTION OF CHIPS FEATURED WILL BE BASED ON SEVERAL THINGS INCLUDING: UNIQUENESS, SCARCITY, BEAUTY AND CONDITION.
NOTE: See the Chip Guide for reverse side image and additional information… reg
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FACE VALUE CHIPS
This little “info-commercial” is to announce a new policy of the “Page of the Day”. Up to now my Face Value chips have been $5 and some Odd Denominations.
From this point forward; there will be face value chips in almost all categories of the “Page a Day”. For example(s): Caribbean Ones, 25c chips, States chips, 50c chips; etc. etc.
There will be 100’s of face value chips listed on the new format of the pages of the day.
This has become necessary because of several reasons.
• Economy
• Closed Casino Buy-Outs
• Over Stocked Items
• Lesser Condition Chip Offerings
• Higher Denoms Are Not Selling ($2, $3 etc.)
I hope this will have a positive effect on you the collector. As time goes by I will be making this happen more and more. Please know, that the postage for these face value bargains remains the same as all other chips. Minimum order amounts will remain the same.
If you are regular customer and/or are regularly getting discounts please know that there will not be additional discounts on face value priced chips.
Hopefully; this should create a little more interest in the “Pages A Day”. Most every group of pages will have a face value chips. You will have to check each group of POD’s out as they are displayed. Good Luck.
Reggie
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This is a chip I would like to acquire through trade or purchase please email if you have one available or know someone who has one available. Even if you do not have the denomination or mold shown, you should know that it is possible that I may need other denominations or molds from this casino. Please email me with any items that you would like to sell or trade. Thanks, Reggie
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BIG SLICK GAMING AT DOC HOLIDAY’S CARD ROOM MISSOULA, MONTANA
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I ORIGINALLY COME FROM THE TREASURE STATE OF MONTANA. SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT I HAVE MADE DOZENS OF TRIPS UP TO MONTANA.
I HAVE HARVESTED CHIPS AT THE BIG SLICK CARD ROOM A COUPLE OF TIMES. ONE OF WHICH WAS A “HIT AND RUN”, OF WHICH I WILL EXPLAIN IN A FUTURE HARVEST STORY. THE OTHER WAS FIRST TIME I HAD EVER BEEN THERE. I HAD TO TALK TO THE CARD ROOM MANAGER ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE HE FELT I WAS DESERVING. I HAD TO EXPLAIN OUR CLUB, THE ADVERTISING VALUE OF HIS CHIPS ETC, ETC.
HE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG TOURNAMENT HE HAS EVERY YEAR AT THE DOC HOLIDAY CARD ROOM, THAT DRAWS SEVERAL BIG NAME TOURNAMENT PLAYERS UP TO MONTANA. ONE WAS DOYLE BRUNSON’S SON TODD BRUNSON AND ANOTHER WAS LAYNE FLACK, A LOCAL BOY. ACTUALLY IT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING TO HEAR THE CARD ROOM STORIES FROM THIS PROFESSIONAL CARD ROOM MANAGER. AND THIS IS A DEFINITE CASE OF I NEVER BOUGHT (EITHER TIME) NEAR ENOUGH CHIPS …REGGIE
http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=MTMIBS
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I will endeavor to provide these free personal chips shown below to everyone that makes even a minimal order. There are 30 in starting of other peoples personals, these were acquired by mistake or given to me by someone other than the sponsor of the chip. They need a good home, and to those of you that are thinking of having a personal chip made for the first time let me say it always a good idea. We have 2 or 3 people that make these within our club. This is always fun around a poker table, people are genuinely impressed with the fact that “you” have your own personal poker chip.
So let me elaborate a little more on the way you can own one or more of these chips shown below. First they are FREE to any one that makes a purchase. The bottom row of my personal chips (there are four), these are $5 each in very limited supply. Please know that the money will go to David Spragg’s maintenance costs on the Chipboard.
Also, if you do not want to make a purchase and are more into trading, I will trade any personal chip except the bottom row of my personals for any chip in slightly used condition; that is not older than 6 months, common, or special it makes no difference. Please know I will trade personals for personals that I do not have.
Hope we can find some common ground to get these nice looking personals into your hands. Thank you for your interest in our ‘Very Fun Hobby” Sincerely, Reggie
*Note Sold or Traded items:
Page 1 Chip #5
Starting in January 2016, I have listed everything I have (all of my excel inventory +) on the collection library trader/for sale. Of course, many of you did not know that my previous listings were items I had more than one of. Now, everything; even the ones I only have 1 (one) of will be listed. Please know; none of these are from my personal collection. One more important point while searching for chips on my CL site; there are two settings for viewing my chips. One is a simply a long, long list of pictures and descriptions. Two is by Country/City/State/Casino alphabetical. You may request to change this at any time. And when you do I will leave it on that setting for a couple of days, or whatever you request within reason, before I change to help another chipper’s request.
Follow This Collection Library Link To Approximately +/- 4500 Trader Chips >>>: http://www.collectionlibrary.com/Index.asp?EvApp=mls.5117&sPageName=MyTraders
This will cause more work for me, and along with that will be the possibility of more errors, and chances for items to slip through the cracks. So, I apologize in advance for the times I do not clear off a listing after it has been sold. Also, on the other side of coin, there will be times I will find a very nice item that I had forgot to put on the “Collection Library” when I first got it. And now I am listing it just when you started looking for it.
*On the subject of trading, please know: When you spot something on my CL Trader/For Sale list that you really want, I need to get something that I can put into my collection, also; or it will be a cash sale. Because, to take in trade something I will in turn have to sell, (that is already in my collection) requires me to work twice as hard to complete the original transaction.
The total amount of chips listed on this site as traders and for sale are approximately 4500. This of course will fluctuate up and down, however this number should afford most collectors looking for a piece to put in their collection at least an opportunity to see a few chips not often offered.
Thanks for taking your time to read over this post, Reggie
*Please read thoroughly
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