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Now this is what I call a return on investment! According to an article in Kansascity.com American Sandy Marbs bagged $28,9880.88 on internet auction site eBay for a rare 1960’s $1 casino chip from the now defunct Showboat Casino. She kept it in her jewellery box for the past 48 years because the image of a boat on the chip reminded her of Missouri.

Apparently this casino chip is one of only three in existence and is thought to be the highest price ever paid for a $1 chip.

Well Sandy, may I be one of the first to congratulate you on your windfall. It just goes to show that sometimes it’s good to keep your casino memories close to you. Anyway all this talk of windfalls and casinos has put me in the mood for a few spins on one of our progressive slots. The jackpot total is currently sitting at over €5,000,000 and I have a feeling it’s going to be paying out soon.

Cheers for know and I’ll be seeing you at the slots (the progressive slots that is).

Justin

PS: Thanks for all the positive feedback I’ve received regarding my humble little casino blog. I’m pleased that all of you out in casino land are enjoying it.

20 years ago the Playboy casino in Atlantic City closed its doors, but it seems although it is long gone it is defiantly not forgotten. Chips from the failed casino have been showing up on eBay in ever increasing numbers thanks to a find on a construction site in Hernando, Mississippi.

Apparently the coins were sent to Green Duck Manufacturing to be destroyed, but what happened to them after they arrived in Mississippi is a mystery.  Green Duck eventually closed and a community centre went up in its place.

State Police with the Division of Gaming Enforcement confirmed they know about the find, but “have not initiated an investigation at this point”.

Until the mystery is solved, the sales will continue. And so will the mourning for casino chip collectors who have been devastated by the flooding of the market by what was once a very rare casino chip.