First, although COTD typically means Chip of the Day, I am using it for Casino of the Day. Deal with it!
Second, it's a trifecta, three casinos, today. Unfortunately, that means I don't have a lot for two of the casinos. So, keep an eye out for me, would you?

The Grand Casino -

Some time in 1980, the Aruba-Sheraton, while still the Aruba-Sheraton hotel, changed the name of the casino to the Grand Casino. In Ralph Pollack's seminal works on the chips of Aruba and the Dutch Antilles, he shows a black and white picture of what appears to be a manufacturer index card. I have never seen one of these chips and, to the best of my knowledge, no chip collector has. I suspect they planned to buy chips and changed their minds. The Grand Casino was only open one year. They did have tokens, at least $1 tokens (they could have had higher denominations). They look like Sheraton tokens, but upon close inspection, they do state on one side usable at the Grand Casino:

This token is the only collectible I have which lists the Grand Casino.

The Hart Casino -

Some time in 1981, also while still the Aruba-Sheraton, changed the casino name again to the Hart Casino. Here they did have their own chips:

Oddly, the chips say Hart Casino Aruba Sheraton. Most Aruba chips list the casino name or the hotel name, but not both. Although they made tokens in 1981, they list the casino as the Aruba-Sheraton Casino, leaving out the Hart Casino name. I don't know why.

It is interesting to note that on Curacao, a sister-Country and also historically part of the Dutch empire, a very similar design was used at both the Curacao Hilton and the Curacao Plaza. They could have had the same casino management companies (the hotels were different). I have not checked to see if the dates coincide:

The Aruba Palm Beach -

On November 2, 1982, the Aruba Palm Beach purchased the Aruba-Sheraton. They opened a casino with the same name:

They had two logos:

Here are some borrowed images:

I think that might be Terry Schaffer's photo.

Michael Siskin