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#1
General Discussion / Casino Collectibles Donation
Last post by Barry Sherwood R-9037 (admin) - Today at 12:11 AMSo, tonight I attended a fundraising poker tournament for Jeremy Renner's https://rennervationfoundation.org. I was going to play poker, but they sold out. I showed up and offered my dealer services, but they had plenty of dealers at the time. I asked if I could still get a ticket to go in, so I could participate in the auction, the bingo thing, and other fundraising activities. The staff at the front didn't seem that interested in selling me a ticket, but after I insisted that I really did want to contribute to the organization, they sold me a $100 generic entry.
Five minutes after I walk in, I see a fellow dealer (Shilo from the Atlantis) who is running this tournament and ask her if she needs extra dealers.
She says "no, we're full up", and gently blows me off. No problem. I wander off to the auction items to see what things I want to overpay for. Five more minutes later, she's excitedly waving at me and says, "Put a shirt on and get to table 17". I deal for two hours, missing out on food and beverages that I paid $100 for. I never got to play bingo, and I have no idea if one of my raffle tickets that I paid $75 for were drawn. After two hours, they let me go and I wander over to the "wine pull" where, for $25, you get to choose a mystery bag with a bottle in it. Turns out I chose a $130 bottle of wine. My wife will be excited.
I'm hanging around, chatting with one of the bartenders that I work with at the GSR, and chatting up the MC who happens to own a comedy store in Los Angeles, and I remember that I have a Plaza $10 silver strike in my fanny pack that I was going to use as a card cover. I walk up to the MC and tell her to see what she can get for it. I suggest she start at $1000 and go down if no takers. She starts at $500 and gets an immediate bid. I'm shocked. The bidding makes it all the way up to $800 for a silver strike with probably $30 of silver in it.
Even though I made the donation anonymously, the MC rats me out and the winner comes over to me afterwards. I'm thinking he's going to complain that it's not worth the thousand dollars that she claimed it was. Instead, he's super excited to have been able to buy it and make a good donation to a worthy cause and uses it on the final table of the event. He busts out in fifth place.
If anyone thinks there's no value in casino collectibles, you're an idiot and here you go.
Five minutes after I walk in, I see a fellow dealer (Shilo from the Atlantis) who is running this tournament and ask her if she needs extra dealers.
She says "no, we're full up", and gently blows me off. No problem. I wander off to the auction items to see what things I want to overpay for. Five more minutes later, she's excitedly waving at me and says, "Put a shirt on and get to table 17". I deal for two hours, missing out on food and beverages that I paid $100 for. I never got to play bingo, and I have no idea if one of my raffle tickets that I paid $75 for were drawn. After two hours, they let me go and I wander over to the "wine pull" where, for $25, you get to choose a mystery bag with a bottle in it. Turns out I chose a $130 bottle of wine. My wife will be excited.
I'm hanging around, chatting with one of the bartenders that I work with at the GSR, and chatting up the MC who happens to own a comedy store in Los Angeles, and I remember that I have a Plaza $10 silver strike in my fanny pack that I was going to use as a card cover. I walk up to the MC and tell her to see what she can get for it. I suggest she start at $1000 and go down if no takers. She starts at $500 and gets an immediate bid. I'm shocked. The bidding makes it all the way up to $800 for a silver strike with probably $30 of silver in it.
Even though I made the donation anonymously, the MC rats me out and the winner comes over to me afterwards. I'm thinking he's going to complain that it's not worth the thousand dollars that she claimed it was. Instead, he's super excited to have been able to buy it and make a good donation to a worthy cause and uses it on the final table of the event. He busts out in fifth place.
If anyone thinks there's no value in casino collectibles, you're an idiot and here you go.
#2
General Discussion / All Hail Billy Wilkerson, Bugs...
Last post by Jim Follis LM-3872-53 - Oct 10, 2026, 06:53 PMAnnounces the creation of yet another Trail of the MoGH Milestone!
Once again, through the efforts of James Hogg, past CCA Secretary, past MoGH Board member, and current MoGH Gold-Level member, we are on the pathway to adding the Flamingo Hotel and Casino as another Milestone along the Trail of the MoGH.
The MoGH Board has approved a partnership with the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. This Project will follow, in likeness, the "Caesars Palace 60th Anniversary Experience" as the "Flamingo 70th Anniversary Experience".
Tentative plans are to try to have the exhibit in place before the upcoming F-1, in an effort to provide greater exposure to the Experience at a well-visited time period, although their 70th Anniversary is not until December. F-1 will be held during the week of November 19th!
The location will be in a room along their shopping corridor, about the same size as the room being used for the Caesars Palace Experience. I will have more information following a walk-through of the site later this week. In the meantime, I will be preparing a "Call for Loans" of specific, desired Flamingo collectibles to be part of the displays, which is set for 6 months or longer.
Again, the MoGH expresses its thanks and appreciation to James Hogg for leading the MoGH down this pathway!
Jim Follis
MoGH Director, Events and Exhibits
Once again, through the efforts of James Hogg, past CCA Secretary, past MoGH Board member, and current MoGH Gold-Level member, we are on the pathway to adding the Flamingo Hotel and Casino as another Milestone along the Trail of the MoGH.
The MoGH Board has approved a partnership with the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. This Project will follow, in likeness, the "Caesars Palace 60th Anniversary Experience" as the "Flamingo 70th Anniversary Experience".
Tentative plans are to try to have the exhibit in place before the upcoming F-1, in an effort to provide greater exposure to the Experience at a well-visited time period, although their 70th Anniversary is not until December. F-1 will be held during the week of November 19th!
The location will be in a room along their shopping corridor, about the same size as the room being used for the Caesars Palace Experience. I will have more information following a walk-through of the site later this week. In the meantime, I will be preparing a "Call for Loans" of specific, desired Flamingo collectibles to be part of the displays, which is set for 6 months or longer.
Again, the MoGH expresses its thanks and appreciation to James Hogg for leading the MoGH down this pathway!
Jim Follis
MoGH Director, Events and Exhibits
#3
General Discussion / Board announcement of Conventi...
Last post by Bob Miksztal R-8909 - Oct 10, 2026, 03:30 PMPlease see this announcement on the club news release page:
https://www.ccgtcc.com/documents/1435/news/CCA-Announces-New-Convention-Committee
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
- Bob Miksztal
Member at Large #2
mal2@ccgtcc.com
https://www.ccgtcc.com/documents/1435/news/CCA-Announces-New-Convention-Committee
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
- Bob Miksztal
Member at Large #2
mal2@ccgtcc.com
#4
General Discussion / Re: What's up with all the SPA...
Last post by Barry Sherwood R-9037 (admin) - Oct 09, 2026, 12:08 PMThe job of moderator (here) is less about dealing with individual post and more about detecting bad actors when they sign up and banning/deleting them. Because new users have to verify their new account through an email link, many accounts are never verified, and moderators ban/delete them before any actual spam is created. The process literally takes under one minute per user.
I've set up a zoom call on Wednesday Oct 14th @1pm Pacific Time for anyone wanting to help with this task. It will probably only go 15 to 20 minutes long.
Here's a meeting link:
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I've set up a zoom call on Wednesday Oct 14th @1pm Pacific Time for anyone wanting to help with this task. It will probably only go 15 to 20 minutes long.
Here's a meeting link:
Casino Collectibles Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98864345407?pwd=LaofNAWRacl9KyePaFW4g03NxX06Xn.1
Join and take notes
https://zoom.us/j/98864345407?pwd=LaofNAWRacl9KyePaFW4g03NxX06Xn.1&mynotes=on
Meeting chat link
https://zoom.us/launch/jc/98864345407
View meeting insights
https://zoom.us/launch/edl?muid=b35d59e1-936a-4310-a7e9-46b2a9d509ce
Meeting ID: 988 6434 5407
Passcode: 935369
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+17193594580,,98864345407#,,,,*935369# US
+12532050468,,98864345407#,,,,*935369# US
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#5
General Discussion / Re: What's up with all the SPA...
Last post by John Chopek LM-6386-255 - Oct 08, 2026, 02:45 PMThank you for the support, Bob. 
At this time I respectfully decline to be a "SPAM police". Yesterday I booked my flight for next years convention and will look into it at that time.
At this time I respectfully decline to be a "SPAM police". Yesterday I booked my flight for next years convention and will look into it at that time.
#6
General Discussion / Re: What's up with all the SPA...
Last post by Bob Pardue CLM-0003-40 - Oct 07, 2026, 11:12 AMBarry + John Chopek,
Yeah, the spam is like highway littering. Unsightly, but it will always be with us it seems.
Barry -- I typically visit the Forums once a day. If you'll do the training, I'll volunteer to be an admin to "police" the spam, along with the others.
John Chopek -- Give some thought to volunteering as a "spam policeman" too. The more the merrier, and I know you're a solid citizen in the chipper community.
BobP
Yeah, the spam is like highway littering. Unsightly, but it will always be with us it seems.
Barry -- I typically visit the Forums once a day. If you'll do the training, I'll volunteer to be an admin to "police" the spam, along with the others.
John Chopek -- Give some thought to volunteering as a "spam policeman" too. The more the merrier, and I know you're a solid citizen in the chipper community.
BobP
#7
General Discussion / Re: New Fall Show Save the Dat...
Last post by Bob Miksztal R-8909 - Oct 07, 2026, 04:59 AMThis has been cancelled, right Jerry?
#8
General Discussion / Re: What's up with all the SPA...
Last post by Barry Sherwood R-9037 (admin) - Oct 07, 2026, 01:52 AMI recruited some admin/moderator help but methinks I need to do some more training. I just caught up on 23 new alerts (new signups) and banned/deleted most of them. A couple newbies answered the "what is your area of interest" with answers that are "close enough". If they end up being spammers, I'll deal with them later. They haven't posted anything at this point.
You can always report posts and/or posters and those will get our attention.
Sorry for the trouble. I'll try to jump back in and keep tabs on the message boards personally.
-- barry
You can always report posts and/or posters and those will get our attention.
Sorry for the trouble. I'll try to jump back in and keep tabs on the message boards personally.
-- barry
#9
History of... / Re: My Frist Casino Job By Ste...
Last post by Mykyl - Oct 06, 2026, 08:33 AMThat must have been quite a way to start in the casino business. Going straight into dealing at the El Cortez with no dealer school is a pretty wild story.
#10
Events / Re: Do it at the convention fo...
Last post by Mykyl - Oct 06, 2026, 08:31 AM$900 definitely caught my attention. Curious to see what the details are.