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City: East Wenatchee
Casino: Clearwater
Casinos like today's really piss me off! I have never understood why some casinos use chips from casinos with different names. I get that chip sets are not cheap but it looks beyond ridiculous when you are playing at Casino A and they have chips from Casino B. It should be a law that they have to use proper gaming equipment. As I said in my trip report, could you imagine if the Venetian was using chips from the old Stardust Casino? No because that would never happen. There is my rant, now on to the chip of the day.
Today's chip of the day is the Mavericks Casino chip from the Clearwater Saloon in East Wenatchee, Washington. The casino is attached to the restaurant and has 9 table and poker games. I played BJ for about 20 minutes and came out slightly ahead. On MoGH they have a chip for Clearwater Saloon (Chipco) that was used at some point, I am not sure when though. It also says on the chip entry that as of 2015 they were using chips from the Bowlaway Casino which were nowhere to be seen when I was there and they are now using the Mavericks chips. This is a very odd chip history that I would love to unravel but there doesn't seem to be much information available as to all this weirdness. What I was able to find is that Bowlaway Casino closed in 2005 so that is probably when the Clearwater Saloon bought the chips. The Mavericks Casino is still listed as open on MoGH but it is closed, it is about 70 miles away from Clearwater Casino. I am not sure how or why these chips made their way over to East Wenatchee. Mavericks Casino only opened in 2010 so I guess they didn't last very long.
The chip is a white Paulson RHC with 6 redish purple/black edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with the shadow of a cowboy's head above the Mavericks Casino name. The four suits are around the inlay in purple.
Is your list current? Id like to cross reference my own collection against that. Wouldn't be too bad to do the ccod list at the same time. Fair warning-that time is probably in February...
I just posted the list in the other thread with a few updates. I probably missed a few updates since I didn't feel like spending hours cross checking against my own lists. I'd say that the list I posted is pretty thorough.
I have never understood why some casinos use chips from casinos with different names. I get that chip sets are not cheap but it looks beyond ridiculous when you are playing at Casino A and they have chips from Casino B. It should be a law that they have to use proper gaming equipment.
I have encountered this situation quite a few times, most often in the Caribbean Islands. My usual comment is that in the islands they don't really seem to care whose chips they have in play.My practice has been to list the chip according to the name that appears on it, even if I have never been to that casino or even if it hasn't existed in decades. As part of the post, I note which casino I played in to get the chip, and sometimes there is a bizarre story that goes along with it. Perhaps the most extreme example is the chip I have posted from the Coliseum Casino in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, a country that I have never visited. Check out that post, if you care to.
For this Clearwater/Mavericks chip, I have listed it in the index (for now, at least) just as PG has listed it in his post. On the other hand, if you know anything about the Mavericks Casino, such as its location and when it was in operation, it might be useful to have this chip listed under that name, along with the comment that the chips are in play at the Clearwater Casino in East Wenatchee. Then, should anyone ever obtain a Clearwater Casino Chip with the proper label, we could represent that casino in this thread, too.
City: Seattle
Casino: Roman
Today's chip of the day is from the Roman Casino in Seattle, Washington. I wrote in my TR report about this place 'Here comes a weird one, so I get to Roman Casino which is the next one on my list and it looks familiar. I went in and knew instantly that I had 100% been there before as I knew where each game was located before actually going to each table. I remember being there last time but I don't remember playing, I'm not sure why I wouldn't have played or why I wouldn't have collected a chip but now I have. ' I really can't figure out why I wouldn't have played at this casino, I was over 21 and collected at other places that same day. This place caters to the Asian community with mostly Baccarat and Pai Gow, the limits were higher ($15 min) than most other card rooms that I visited. It was a nice casino, I am sure you all can figure out what the theme of the casino is. I played Pai Gow for a bit and left up $10 and a chip.
The chip is one of the nicer ones that I collected on this trip. It is a white Paulson RHC with two light brown edge inserts. The chip has an over-sized centre inlay with a neat pattern around the edge of the inlay. The casino logo takes up most of the inlay, I love how the colours play off of each other, the design of the chip is excellent.
... inlay with a neat pattern around the edge of the inlay.
These border patterns were common in Greek and Roman architecture and art. Sometimes they incorporate recurring waves or swastikas. This particular pattern probably has a name (which I don't know), since I have seen it often. Usually, I have seen it with less space separating the repetitions. The terms 'key', 'meander', and 'frieze' are applicable, though I don't know enough about art to know just how they apply to this pattern. There is likely someone on the forum who knows a heck of a lot more about these patterns than I do. This is perhaps an example of a time when this thread needs more input from artists and maybe less from nerdy collectors. ;-)Roman Casino is the highest grossing card room in Washington. source. I’ve never been there.
miplet,
Six of the top 10 card rooms show ZERO in the 'Prizes Paid' column. Can you -- or someone -- help me here?
I'm guessing the card rooms with zero prizes paid do not have bad beat or other prize incentives in their poker games.
Roman Casino offers baccarat and pai-gow poker, both played against the house, and it does show $$ in the prizes paid column, which is about 20 percent of the Gross Receipts. Do you know what kind of 'prizes' the card rooms offer (in general, not necessarily for Roman Casino)?
miplet,
Six of the top 10 card rooms show ZERO in the 'Prizes Paid' column. Can you -- or someone -- help me here?
I'm guessing the card rooms with zero prizes paid do not have bad beat or other prize incentives in their poker games.
Roman Casino offers baccarat and pai-gow poker, both played against the house, and it does show $$ in the prizes paid column, which is about 20 percent of the Gross Receipts. Do you know what kind of 'prizes' the card rooms offer (in general, not necessarily for Roman Casino)?
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Casinos In Wenatchee Wa
Prizes Paid: the combined total of cash prizes paid out and the cost to the licensee of all merchandise awarded as prizes.
One current promotion at Crazy Moose in Mountlake Terrace is called 'Flush with Cash'. Every Tuesday and Thursday if you get qualifying Fushes ( Ace high four card flush in High Card Flush; suited match in Player's Edge 21) and some minimum bet ( $5 main bet and $2 on each side bet and $1 progressive for HCF) ,you get the chance to win extra cash.
Roman Casino is the highest grossing card room in Washington. source. I’ve never been there.
Thanks for the interesting info Miplet. Roman is the highest grosser by a wide margin, but if you consider how much they give out in incentives, the difference in the net between them and the #2 grosser is not that much.
As for the design on the chip, I have seen it referred to as 'Roman key' or 'Greek key'. I think the repeating pattern is based on mosaics or pottery found in ancient sites like Pompeii. The lettering reminds me of the 'Fractured History'(name??) segment on the old 'Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'.
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