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A member of Harrah's / Caesars (Generic)
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219 N Center Street
Reno, Nevada 89501 MAP
Type: Land Based
775-786-3232
Status: Closed
Open: 1946, Close: 03/2020
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Closed in March 2020 for COVID-19 pandemic and announced on June 5, 2020 that it will not re-open.

PURGE CHIPS: (Steve Passalacqua) The $1 table chip color of the Harrah's Brass Core chip is sunshine yellow. 46 color variations of this chip were purchased by Steve Passalacqua CCA #044, LM #214 (3 Dark Green, 6 Black, 15 light Green, and 22 red). These off-color chips came from the Kolesters Tool and Die Co. family. They made Harrah's first Brass Core casino chips in the late 1960s and 1970s. These brass core slugs have the Kolesters Tool and Die Co. logo inside the casting in the shape of California holding the letters “KTD”. When a new denomination was needed for a color change they would purge the existing ABS plastic color from the current chip run by adding the new color on top of the existing color in the machine. The old color would be purged out of the machine with the new color by filling the $1 brass core slugs until the new color appeared ready for the next denomination color. I call the chips used to purge the old color from the machine Purge Chips. Each of the 46 Kolesters Tool and Die Co. Purge Chips has a hand-cut serial number label placed by me for identification. Not all off-color Brass Core chips are purge Chips.
TCR numbers are used by express permission of SSS Publishing
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CG036257
Added: 2017-01-20
Last Update: 2017-01-20
Color: Green
Contributed by: Bill Judge

Coin Bucket
CG178611
Added: 2017-04-19
Color: Orange
Contributed by: Bill Judge

Coin Bucket
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CG089806
Added: 2012-09-02
Last Update: 2012-09-02
Contributed by: Eric Miller
CG136182
Added: 2014-10-22
Last Update: 2014-10-22
Contributed by: Sheldon Smith
CG137825
Added: 2014-11-27
Last Update: 2014-11-27
Color: Yellow
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG137827
Added: 2014-11-27
Last Update: 2014-11-27
Color: Red
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG137828
Added: 2014-11-27
Last Update: 2014-11-27
Color: Black
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG137829
Added: 2014-11-27
Last Update: 2014-11-27
Color: Green
Contributed by: Don Lueders
CG193549 Show Casinos
Added: 2018-01-26
Color: Purple
Mftr: None Listed
Contributed by: Gary Acquistapace
CG243227 Show Casinos
Added: 2020-06-07
Color: Gold
Contributed by: Tom Deason
CG249423
Added: 2020-08-18
Mftr: American Ace by Universal Match, St Louis
Logo: Headliner Room
Contributed by: James Love

Headliner Room
CG249424
Added: 2020-08-18
Color: Brown
Mftr: American Ace by Universal Match Corp. Las Vegas
Contributed by: James Love

Headliner Room White trim around strike pad
CG309272 Show Casinos
Added: 2023-10-09
Color: Gold
Mftr: Superior Match Company
Contributed by: Tim Pierce

Color: Gold Foil
Mftr: Superior Match Company, Chicago
20-strike match cover
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