The philanthropic side of the international gaming industry will be very much in evidence next month with ICE London’s organisers, Clarion Gaming, set to support three distinct charities working within the wider gambling space by asking all attendees and visitors…

Leuna-Günthersdorf/Espelkamp. „Machen Sie Ihr Spiel!“ lautet das Motto der neuen Merkur Spielbank Sachsen-Anhalt in Leuna-Günthersdorf, die in Kürze direkt am Einkaufscenter Nova Eventis mit Lizenz des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt eröffnen wird. Egal ob Black Jack, Poker oder American Roulette:

An alleged gaming chip fabricator who carried over 149 pieces of semi-finished bogus gaming chips and 444 different face value chip stickers when crossing the Broader Gate was apprehended yesterday by the Judiciary Police (PJ). The spokesperson from the PJ said that the suspect had already successfully cashed in 44 pieces of phoney gaming chips with a per value of HKD 5,000 each which amounted to HKD 220,000 in total at a casino located in Nape in late March.

A brazen thief who swiped a AUD 100,000 gaming chip from a highly secure area within Melbourne’s Crown Casino appears to have beaten the house. Despite interviews with more than 50 casino staff and a review of hours of security footage, police can find no trace of the missing loot. Victoria Police believe the Crown Casino theft was the work of a single light-fingered crook – likely a staffer.

It will go down as one of the greatest finds in the history of casino chips. The discovery of a subterranean trove of chips from the defunct Playboy casino in Atlantic City, N.J., has suddenly connected a tiny Mississippi town to the gambling capital of the East, prompted an investigation by authorities in New Jersey and led to a crisis in the high-stakes world of chip collecting. It all started April 14 — fittingly, the anniversary of the opening of the Playboy Hotel & Casino 27 years ago.

Atlantic City – Caesars Atlantic City is introducing a new USD 25,000 gambling chip. The N.J. Casino Control Commission approved the chip Wednesday at Caesars‘ request, although every gaming hall in town can now offer their own USD 25,000 chip. The USD 25,000 chip replaces the USD 20,000 chip as Atlantic City’s highest-value chip. At Caesars, the USD 25,000 chip will be decorated with the casino’s signature horse and chariot design.

Die Poker-Hochburg spielt nun auch mit Poker-Chips vom Allerfeinsten Wiesbaden, 12. März 2008. Lang hat es gedauert – nun kommen sie endlich auch in der Pokerhochburg Wiesbaden zum Einsatz: Die heiß ersehnten Poker-Chips von Bud Jones aus den USA. Poker-Profis aus der ganzen Welt schwören auf diese Chips: Seit über 40 Jahren stehen sie für […]

Four weeks after a Phoenix TV station reported that some gambling chips manufactured by a Las Vegas company contained exceptionally high lead content, anxious casino dealers say they still don’t know if they’re handling toxic materials for a living. The report put the manufacturer, Gaming Partners International – the world’s largest gaming chip maker – on the defensive; the casino industry’s trade association said after some delay that the issue is being reviewed, and government health experts shrug.

Las Vegas Sands’ Venetian Macau opened recently with GPI high security chips on all its 870 tables. Like most of Macau’s casinos, the Venetian chose GPI as its preferred supplier to deliver close to two million chips from the B&G brand. These chips feature exclusive security features such as individual high security holograms, ultraviolet pigments, LaserLock infrared pigments and see-through inserts.