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3/30/2022
You will find that clay chips stack better than composite poker chips, beacause they are less slippery. The chips with graphics have a label inlay on them. These label inlays are recessed into the face of the chip, unlike ceramic poker chips, which the graphics are part of the chip.
All clay poker chips have some percentage of composite materials in them. The composite materials give the chip strength. A 100% pure clay chip would be extremely brittle and easy to break. Even our casino grade poker chips which have a higher percentage of clay can be broken in half, if you try to break them.
Generally, the more expensive a clay chip costs, the higher the percentage of clay it is made with. It is more complex to manufacturer chips with a higher clay content.
The Stardust officially closed at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on November 1, 2006, after operating continuously for 48 years. It was imploded on March 13, 2007, around 2:33 a.m. $1 Stardust 10th issue 1980s. This auction is for a mark swain $1000 poker chip from las vegas, nv. Mark swain was the director of sales at the world famous stardust hotel & casino in the late '50s. This is a standard size chip in very good condition. Please email me with any questions. Thanks and good luck.
Weight has nothing to do with quality. Our highest quality chips are the 10 gram chips. The weight of a chip is is purely personal preference. Our most popular chips are the heavier 14 gram clay chips.
All clay chips that weigh more than 11.5 grams have a metal insert in them to give them their weight. The larger the weight the heavier the chip.
All of our clay chips are either 39mm or 40mm in diameter. The thickness of most of the chips are the same too.
Late last month was the 22nd anniversary of an infamous Las Vegas heist that to this day remains unsolved, 8newsnow.com reported.
In 1992, Bill Brennan, an employee at the no-longer-existing Stardust Hotel and Casino allegedly walked out of the casino with half-a-million dollars in chips and cash. Brennan worked as a cashier at the casino’s sports book.
He hasn’t been seen since.
Brennan was on the FBI’s most wanted fugitive list years ago, but no legitimate leads turned up. Brennan had books in his apartment on topics such as how to change your identity. The people who knew him said he was a cat lover. His cat was also gone when police went to his apartment.
“It appears he left the casino without being filmed by the surveillance cameras,” a Metro Police Lt. said in an interview after the heist in 1992.
Some observed that Brennan had started hanging out with a unidentified gambler who regularly bet big money at the casino. After Brennan’s alleged theft, the bettor also disappeared without a trace.
It’s never been determined if they were partners.
While Brennan could have fled to somewhere (perhaps most likely overseas if he did in fact leave Vegas), some think that he, or whatever remains of him, is still in Sin City.
Stardust Casino Poker Chips
“I don’t think Bill Brennan ever left this city,” said Brennan’s former boss, Richard Saber, former sports book manager at the outer-space-themed Stardust.
Could Brennan be buried somewhere in the desert after his partner killed him off? That’s one theory, put forth in the report. The fact is, it’s all just speculation.
Authorities in Las Vegas apparently still think about the case every now and then, and it could be re-opened if anything new comes to light.
Read more at 8newsnow.com.