It started as "Mr. Lucky's Floating Casino" - at some point there was a big ruckus about the use of the cartoon duck character (Daffy? Donald?) and a major copyright lawsuit loomed. The boat owners switched to "Coastal Gaming" chips instead. Ended up as a Paradise Boat.
The Federal Trade Commission shut the Dixie Duck business down for "luring investors." I'm sure those Private Oooo-La-la Ladies figured some place in the investigation. Pant, pant!
There was an ongoing rumor that a hoard of the chips existed - either that, or they were fed to the starfish off Key West. In 2016 or so, a few chips surfaced - sellers tried to milk chip collectors like Holsteins to get big bucks. I waited until a few repeat eBay offers showed up and got my $25 and $100 for a reasonable price. Mmmooooo! Apparently another part of the hoard has now been revealed. Quak quak quak quak . . .
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