I recently got a bunch of Casablanca chips from Ryan Rimmer that I did not have before. Thank you again, Ryan!! The chips came from a sampler sold by a company called Nevada Jacks that purchased the Casablanca rack when the Casino was given to a different management company and renamed the Palm Beach Casino. Nevada Jacks had a bunch of scarce chips that are now out in playable sets and even thousands, in some cases. The samplers included one of each, plus some chips that were in small quantity and only available by buying a sampler. There about 12 samplers available. I had the chance to buy one, but opted not to because it was more than I could afford at that time and included a slew of higher denomination chips which I do not collect, as a rule. I figured the chips would come out eventually and I have picked up a number of chips. Included in the Nevada Jacks chips were some backup chips never seen before! So, now that I have filled in my holes (with three exceptions), I have taken the time to look at the chips and come to some conclusions.

The rack chips --

I believe the rack chips came out in three series. The first were afflicted by that bad resin that Chipco used for a very brief period. The chips are quite faded and were never used. I had one, the $5 chip, and it may be the only one in collector's hands. I spoke with the guy who bought the chips for the Casablanca and he told me the story of the faded chips. I found about about them because the were using them and the Venezuelan currency B$5 chips as $5 match play chips. I bought one of each, intending to return with more money, but could never make it back. I really wish I had. Now, I thought I was buying a very faded B$1 chip from Ryan, matching a much nicer B$1 chip in the Chip Guide, but upon scanning it, I noticed there was no B, just $1. I am pretty sure it is one of the first series $1 chips:

I have submitted the $1 scan to the guide, as it was previously unknown.

The second series were hat and cane Paulson/GPI chips. They notable for the lighter pink color used in the logo on the inlay. The font also differs in a small way from the third series. it is easy to see by seeing where the airplane wing hits the lettering. The A's, c's and n's are all different. The $5 credit chip was issued at this time. The B$5 chip was probably also issued at this time, when the casino first opened.

The third series is marked by a darker, almost reddish color in the inlay. There was a $2 chip in this series. I believe the third series was put in play in 2006, because I was there when the $2 chips were brand new and all of the chips looked almost unused. We noticed the color variety after I sold off my extras. The backup chips were also from the third series.

Back up chips:

The No Cash Value Chips --

There were, of course, ncv chips, including tournament chips. The "Poker Room" chips were only used for poker tournaments. I played in one. I remember loving the look of those chips. They must have been lucky for me, since I ended up chopping the tournament with two others, for a pretty nice win. I will also remember that tournament because for several hours, I sat next to an infamous gentlemen who now resides in a prison in Venezuela. He was nice enough during the tournament, though and a pretty solid poker player (came in sixth or seventh). I had no idea who he was until right after I finished the tournament, when I was told.

I am missing the $25 tournament chip, so cough it up, as Gene would say, if you have an extra. Maybe we can make a trade.

Brian knows one of the other Casablanca chips I still need:

Aarrggh!

I also still need the Venezuelan currency B$1 chip:

Finally, there are the brown and white chips used in the Lucky Lady promotion (I guess it was kind of like win chips):

When the Wyndham (one of the hotel chains that bought the hotel that houses the Casablanca) sold the hotel to the Westin chain, they covered up the Wyndham name with paint, or whiteout, or something similar:

The roulettes --

Long ago, I bought two roulette chips from the Casablanca from Debbie Meister. They had the same design, not exactly generic, but no casino name. Thanks to Ryan, I now have chips from four different tables and a number of other colors. They appear to have used six colors: blue, gold/yellow, green, peach, purple, red. Some of these colors have been misidentified in the chip guide due to scanning issues from John Genualdi's scanner. I have confirmed with him that his "white" chips are actually peach colored. Here are some examples. I have named each design for ease of reference, but it's all just part of my warped perception:

Argyle:

Circles:

Flowers:

Hexagon:

What I find interesting is that I have six colors for the Argyle and only two to four of the other designs. For the other designs, the edges are rounded to somewhat rounded. For the Argyle chips, they are all very sharp edged. John Genualdi has confirmed for me that all of his have sharp edges as well. I believe this was either a table that was rarely used or were a set of backup chips.