Past Winners
1997 - Don Anthony
1998
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Robert Pardue
1999 - Don Covello
2000 - Ralph Weiss
2001 - Ross Poppel
2002 - Jay Sands
2003 - Pam Goertler
2004 - Bill Harkins
2005 - Jane Voller
2006 - Greg Ikemoto
Rules
1. Only ONE entry per person. Once I receive your E-Mail entry I'll reply with a "Happy Holidays" E-Mail. If you don't receive that, then you know to re-send your entry! Also, please put "Holiday Contest 2007" in the subject line of your E-Mail.
2. Contest starts at 12:01 A.M. (Pacific Time) on Friday, December 14th.
3. Contest ends at 12:01 A.M. (Pacific Time) on Monday, December 24th.
4. You must be a member of The Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club and include your member number, full name & address with your entry.
5. Past first place winners & other chip dealers are not eligible to play.
6. You must answer ALL parts of a question correctly to get credit for that question.
7. The person who answers the most questions correctly from the list at the bottom of this page will be the 1st place winner.
8. The person who answers the second most questions correctly from the list at the bottom of this page will be the 2nd place winner.
9. If there is a tie for either 1st or 2nd place then the tie breaker will be whoever sent in their entry first.
10. The 3rd winner will be decided on Christmas day when I pull an entry at random from ALL of the entries I get over the 10 day period of the contest.
11. NO substitutions on the chips you win. They will already be packed and ready to mail on Thursday, December 27th.
12. All contest winners, along with the answers to the questions, will be posted on Wednesday, December 26th.
You MUST follow all of the rules above EXACTLY. If you entry does not include ALL of the information asked for, then it will not count!
1st Place Winner - 20 Chips!
Dan Ferris
(15 out of 20 questions answered correctly)
Plus the Palms Playboy Weekend Room Key below!
Nevada Casino Chips - Merry Christmas (2007)
Mandalay Bay -
$8
Uncirculated
Year of the Rooster
Wynn - $3
Uncirculated
Poker Room House Chip
Four Queens - $2.50
Uncirculated
1st Pink "Snapper"
Sunset Station
- $1
Uncirculated
Christmas (2002)
Hacienda (Boulder City) - .25
Uncirculated
House Chip
Boardwalk Casino - $1
Uncirculated
House Chip (Obsolete)
Las Vegas Hilton - $5
Uncirculated
B&G House Chip (Obsolete)
Tuscany - 1 No Cash Value Win Card Chip
Green Valley Ranch - $1
Uncirculated
House Chip
Four Queens - .50
Uncirculated
House Chip (FourQueens.com
- 2007)
Stardust - $1
Uncirculated
House Chip 1958-2006
(Obsolete)
Cannery - $1
Uncirculated
House Chip
Nevada Landing (Jean) - .50
Uncirculated
House Chip (Obsolete)
Nevada Landing - $1
Uncirculated
House Chip (Obsolete)
Railroad Pass - 25¢
Uncirculated
House Chip (Obsolete)
Four Queens - $1
Uncirculated
Winter Solstice
2nd Place Winner - 10 Chips
Marc Shapiro
(14 out of 20 questions answered correctly)
Christmas Day Winner - 8 Chips
Chris Sevick
Nevada Casino Chips - Merry Christmas (2007)
Hard Rock -
$5 Uncirculated So this is Christmas? (2001)
Railroad Pass - 25¢ Uncirculated House Chip
Gold Strike (Jean) - $1 Uncirculated House Chip (Obsolete)
Sunset Station - $1 Uncirculated Christmas (2002)
Tuscany - 1 No Cash Value Win Cards Chip
Boardwalk Casino - $1 Uncirculated House Chip (Obsolete)
Aladdin - Pink Roulette "A" (Obsolete)
Past Champions Contest Winner!
Bill Harkins
(15 out of 20 questions answered correctly)
$20 Credit at Nevada Casino Chips
Plus the Nevada Casino Chips 2007 Christmas chip below!
Below are the 20 questions AND answers for the contest!
1. What is the name of the major Hotel/Casino to have their grand opening weekend in January of 2008?
Palazzo
2. What is the name of the major Hotel/Casino to open here in Las Vegas in 2010?
Echelon Place
3.
Poker great Chip Reese passed away earlier this month. What was his real first
name?
David
4.
A member of the Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club Hall of Fame, has a
daughter who is trying to become Miss America. Give me his first & last name and
her first & last name.
Greg Susong
Lauren Susong
5. Give me the location & dates for the
2008
Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club convention.
Riviera Hotel/Casino -
June
18th - 21st, 2008
6.
Give me the name of the person who won the World Series of Poker $10,000
buy in main event this year. And where does he live? Also give me the name of the
person who won the World Series of Poker $50,000
buy in H.O.R.S.E. tournament & where does he live?
Jerry Yang - Temecula, California
Freddy Deeb - Las Vegas, Nevada
7.
Give me the names of the four Chip Board King of Poker Champions. And the years
that they won.
Andy Hughes - 2004
Norm Clem - 2005
Steve Passalacqua - 2006
Mark Russell - 2007
8. Give me the names of the authors of The Chip Rack. And also tell me how many editions of the book have come out.
Allan Myers
Michael Knapp
Ernie Wheelden
10 Editions
9.
Give me the names of the authors of
The Official U.S. Casino Chip Price Guide.
And also tell me how many editions of the book have come out.
James Campiglia
Steve Wells
3 Editions
10.
How many personal chips have I had made up, since the popularity of personal
chips started a couple of years ago?
5
11. How
many $1 chips do I have listed on the Nevada $1
Current House Chips page of my Web site.
69
12. How many $5 chips do I have listed on the Nevada $5
Current House Chips page of my Web site.
19
13. My friend Tyrus Mulkey, who is also a chip dealer, recently moved
from Las Vegas back to his home State of Texas. Give me the name of the town he
now lives in. Also, what is the name of the casino where he is now working?
Hawkins
WinStar Casino
14. Name the Board of Directors of the Casino Chip & Gaming Token
Collectors Club. Along with the position they hold on the board.
Wayne Thompson - President
Jay Sands - Vice-President
Belinda Hixon - Secretary
Doug Smith - Treasurer
Sunday Silverman - Membership Officer
15. What did Benjamin "Bugsy"
Siegel's I.D. morgue tag list his address as?
810 Linden
Beverlay Hills, California
16. When the Dunes opened in 1955, it was billed as what?
The Miracle of the Desert
17.
Give me the month, day & year that Jackie Gaughan purchased & took over the El
Cortez in downtown Las Vegas.
January 4th, 1963
18. What was the first automatic pay slot machine called? And who made
it? Plus...what year was it first made?
Liberty Bell
Charles Fey
1898
19.
Robbie the Robot was a slot machine that talked. What casino was he located in?
And give me the name of the person who built him.
Orbit Inn
John Caler
20.
Who will win the Denver Broncos/San
Diego Chargers game on Christmas Eve?
San Diego Chargers
