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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
1014 Alhambra Ave
Sacramento, California 95816
Type: Card Room
916 446-2208
Status: Open
Open: 1977
Link to Website
Originally owned by Peter and Barbara Mikacich. Peter Mikacich had previously been the owner of the "Gold Nugget Club", and a partner in "Georgian's" (both Sacramento, CA). From about 1990 to 1994, Mikacich changed the name of the card room to "Big Tomato Card Club".

Advertisement from 2/2/1980 (The Sacramento Bee). Photograph of the Limelight from the 1980s (Valley Community News, 1/14/2010).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (15) [QuickView]
CG026601 Current
Added: 2010-11-30
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Gray
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Mat Ehrhardt

Drop Chip at Poker Table
CG026602 Current
Added: 2010-11-30
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Red
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Mat Ehrhardt

Drop Chip at Poker Table
CG026603 Current
Added: 2010-11-30
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Yellow
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Mat Ehrhardt

Drop Chip at Poker Table
CG025849 Current
Denom: 50¢
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Blue
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong
CG025917 Current
Denom: $1
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2010-11-23
Color: Yellow
Inserts: 3 Black
Mold: H&C (SCV)
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Limelight Club
CG025850 Current
Denom: $1
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Red
Inserts: 3 White/Black
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong

No city on chip
CG291863 Current
Denom: $1
Issued: 2022
Added: 2022-09-07
Last Update: 2023-02-09
Color: Red
Inserts: 4 White/Black
Mold: Cards
Mftr: SunFly
Inlay: R-White
Contributed by: Steve Bartnowski
CG025851 Current
Denom: $2
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Orange
Inserts: 6 Lime/3 Red
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong
CG025852 Current
Denom: $5
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Dk Green
Inserts: 3 Tan/Red
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong
CG025853 Current
Denom: $5
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Tan/Red
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Error Chip - Sacramento is misspelled
Sacaramento
CG026600 Current
Denom: $5
Added: 2010-11-30
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Dk Green
Inserts: 3 Gray/Red
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Mat Ehrhardt

Variation:
different inserts - gray/red
"bullet hole" in inlay - see close-up picture
misspelled SACRAMENTO
CG163310 Current
Denom: $20
Added: 2016-05-18
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Color: Yellow
Inserts: 3 Black/White
Mold: Plain
Contributed by: J. Eric Freedner (R-8501)
CG025854 Current
Denom: $20
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: White
Inserts: 3 Red/Navy
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Error Chip - Sacramento is misspelled
Sacaramento
CG152797 Current
Denom: $25
Added: 2015-11-08
Last Update: 2018-12-11
Color: Purple
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

$25 Paper sticker on 10ยข Equipoise chip
CG303767 Current
Denom: $100
Added: 2023-04-24
Last Update: 2023-04-24
Color: Purple
Inserts: 8 White
Mold: Plain
Inlay: R-Black
Contributed by: George Dmitrevsky
No Cash Value Chips (3) [QuickView]
CG025855 Current
Denom: 25
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Lavender
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Tournament Chip
CG025856 Current
Denom: 100
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Lime
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Tournament Chip
CG025857 Current
Denom: 500
Added: 2010-11-23
Last Update: 2015-04-25
Color: Mustard
Mold: Sun
Contributed by: Greg Susong

Tournament Chip
Casino Collectibles
Match Books (1) [QuickView]
CG310525
Added: 2023-11-30
Last Update: 2023-11-30
Color: Yellow
Contributed by: Walter Dirzulaitis

The Limelight Card Club was renamed the Big Tomato Card Club from roughly 1990 to 1994. The card room very likely used the previous Limelight Card Club chips.
Total Items (19)

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