2018!

Welcome to the first (hopefully not last) post of 2018!  I have 12 new chips to add to collection, which brings the total to 509.  It has been a long time since my last update and I am sorry to say I don't remember exactly how I got this most recent batch of 12.  Nevertheless, they are:

Two from Miami, Oklahoma (I've been through here before!)
Quapaw Casino
Joe's Outback Casino and Grill (which I believe is a part of the Buffalo Run Casino and Resort)

 A third chip from the Hard Rock in Tulsa.

Two cruise ship chips, a Caribbean Grand Casino and Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas.

The Lucky Star Casino in beautiful Clinton, Oklahoma.

The Twin Arrows Casino in Flagstaff, Arizona.

The Route 66 Casino is Rio Puerco, New Mexico.

Located in Church Rock, NM is the Fire Rock Casino.  Cool Mountain Lion on it, too.

The Sky City Casino in New Mexico.

And two from Albuquerque, the Isleta and Sandia Resort.

Hopefully, the posts come more often in 2018 as I now start the march toward 600 chips.

Spring Break '15 Update

Got 6 new chips to add to the collection this April.

First - my parents brought back a chip from the Hard Rock in Tulsa.  This is actually the second chip from Tulsa they've brought me.  

Next are five chips from various Laughlin, Nevada casinos.  My aunt and uncle brought these back for me when they went out to northern Arizona to visit a different aunt and uncle of mine.  I have a small group of people scouring the nation for casino chips for me and their work is much appreciated!  The new Laughlin chips are:

1.  The Avi Resort & Casino.  Cool chip with a satanic owl on it.  I like it!

2.  The Pioneer Casino.

3.  The Edgewater Casino.

4.  The Aquarius Casino & Resort.  Their motto is fun in the sun.  I've not been to Laughlin in many many many years, but I think they have the sun part correct.  Not sure on the fun.

5.  Colorado Belle.  

Another April Update

Busy month here at blog headquarters (live from DeWitt!) as I added another 4 chips to the collection.  My parents drove out to Tucson for a couple of weeks in March (joke's on them - there's still snow in the UP now that they've returned) to visit my Aunt and Uncle, past contributors to the blog.  The chips:

1.  Hard Rock - Tulsa.  My mom and dad got this one on their drive back, stopping here to hit the Toby Keith restaurant.  I've been past it a handful of times, but never during a time when I had an opportunity to run and grab a chip.  So I'll probably have hours of time to kill the next time I'm in Tulsa and no chip to collect.  Also, you've probably been in Tulsa and felt the locals there feel all high and mighty because they have a Toby Keith restaurant and the un-cultured town you live in does not.  Well Tulsans, cross Lansing off your list of places you are better than.  The Lansing Mall is getting a Toby Keith eatery as well.  Boom.

2.  Desert Diamond Casino - Tucson.  One of two Desert Diamond locations in Arizona, with the other being in Sahuarita.

3.  Casino of the Sun - Tucson.  Pretty cool looking chip, as the reverse side says "Casino Del Sol."  Which, if my variety packs of Mexican beer from Sam's Club has taught me anything, means Casino of the Sun.

4.  Gila River Casinos.   There are three properties under the Gila River name; Lone Butte, Vee Quiva and Wild Horse Pass.  There are no Mexican beers that I know of that contain Vee or Quiva in their names, so I have no idea what that stands for.