New & Upcoming Chip Releases

The Peppermill in Wendover just released a new set of house chips, including the $1, $5, $25 and $100 denominations...

The Aladdin released a new house chip with the Planet Hollywood logo. It looks similar to the chip they released earlier, except that the earlier chip had "Coming 2006" on it.

Over the past couple of months, the Aladdin also released a bunch of $5 chips with the Planet Hollywood logo on the back and entertainers on the front for Velvet Revolver, Loggins & Messina, Colin Hay, Charlie Murphy, Mike Epps, Hank Williams, Jr., Journey, Intocable and Pepe Aguilar.

Over at the Palms, recent releases have included chips for Deuce Bigalow, Poppy Montgomery for Stuff, Dennis Hopper and Ann Margaret for Cinevegas and the continuation of the Calendar Girl Series. There will be an upcoming release at the Palms for a $10 West Coast Choppers chip on September 8th.

The Western recently released a $1 house chip based on the same design used for the higher denomination chips when Barrick Gaming took over a while back.

Harrah's has recently purchased the Imperial Palace and will operate it for a while before tearing it down, so there may be some new chips coming from there.

One way to keep up on forthcoming releases is to keep an eye on the Nevada Gaming Control's Chip & Token Report, which can be viewed online.

Long Range Report

Look for chip releases within the next few years from:

The Palazzo, under construction next to The Venetian.
The Cosmopolitan being built on the strip next to the Bellagio.
"W" Hotel to be built near Hard Rock Hotel.
MGM Mirage's CityCenter Project to be built near the Bellagio.