Today's "Chip of the Day" comes from "CAPY RIX" which was located on Highway 28 in Crystal Bay, on the north shore of the Lake. First opened as "CAPY RIX" back in 1948, this location became the "North Shore Club" in 1949 until finally closing down in 1980. The "Tahoe Mariner" attempted an opening there shortly there after but it never took off. Today's chip was their only chip issued that I know of in 1948. Enjoy!

I can't remember where I got the following information and would like to give credit to whomever I borrowed this from. Thank you.

"Both before and after Nevada legalized gambling in 1931, the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe offered gambling at establishments like the "Stateline Country Club" and "Nevada Club". On Tahoe's Crystal Bay the "Cal-Neva Lodge", "Ta-Neva-Ho" and the "Tahoe Biltmore" all sat close together and offered various games of chance. In 1946, a budding casino entrepreneur named Capy Ricks purchased a small lot on Highway 28 next to the "Tahoe Biltmore" and built a small gambling emporium. He used an attention-grabbing spelling of his name and christened the casino "Capy Rix's" when construction was completed the same year. Ricks only managed to get through his first season before selling the casino to Jimmie Hume and a group of investors who renamed it the "North Shore Club". Hume held the property until 1957 then sold it to J.C. Jordan and a group of partners. In 1970, the owners purchased a small motel next door. Shortly thereafter, the casino (now with rooms) was sold to 26-year old George Raymond Smith, son of Raymond I. "Pappy" Smith, partriarch of Harold's Club in Reno which had just been sold to Howard Hughes. George Raymond Smith owned and operated the casino as George Smith's North Shore Club from 1970 until 1974 when he sold it to Chester Conrad and Al Banford. Contrad and Banford stripped George Smith's name from the property, returning the name of the casino to just the "North Shore Club". The casino was remodeled and more motel rooms were added. In 1979, Ray Plunket purchased the "North Shore Club" and announced plans to expand. Plunket began bulding his expanded casino, to be named the "Tahoe Mariner", but financial problems and a fight with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency soon stopped construction. The "Tahoe Mariner" sat vacant for years before finally being demolished in 2000."