Tropicana Casino Chips - Evansville Indiana (made by GEMACO) (1 Viewer)

[Tommy]

I got a chance to check out these Tropicana Evansville chips. They are made by GEMACO. The chips I received were in casino used condition. The $1s obviously show the most dirt. I gave a $1 chip a quick cleaning (shown in 1st pic below) and a lot of the dirt was removed. I didn't have any TSP or Oxiclean on hand so I just used Dawn dish soap.

GEMACO chips tend to be a softer plastic which make these stack much better than some of the other injection molded chips. Barrels can be picked up off the table without them go all over the place. IMO, they are one of the better handling plastic chips out there.

The @TheChipRoom will be offering these for sale in the near future.

Found some commemorative $25 chips. It's one chip with a different label on each side.

Chips have a metal insert and weight approximately 13g each. (I weighed stacks of 10)

Finally and most importantly, some of the chips have delamination of the top clear layer. This is where dirt was able to accumulate between the layers.

 

[ktran]

Some good memories with these chips! I definitely like the $25 GO one. You have an extra $25 Grand Opening chip for sale? @Tommy

 

[LeLe]

At least there will be no flipper in the next TCR sale for sure

I wanted a Set of GEMACO for my collection.

I got some GEMACO samples and one problem I have with my sample is they are hard to shuffle and my shuffling skill are decent

 

[FestiveKnight]

Oh wow, the $5 and $25 are way too similar for my colorblind eyes. Thanks for sharing, @Tommy

 

[Poker Zombie]

Love the chips - I've also driven the long drive a few times to play there. Not to derail, but how does everyone say "GEMACO"?

GEM-ack-oh
gee-MACK-oh
As individual letters G-E-M-A-C-O

Want the chips, don't want to sound like an idiot.

 

[mipevi]

Not to derail, but how does everyone say "GEMACO"?

GEM-ack-oh

Like that, but with G like in gorilla and not like in gem.

 

[mike32]

I always said Je-May-Co no idea if this is correct or not.

 

[TheDuke]

Jem-Ah-Co in my head.

Quick google shows parent company used to be GemGroup Inc. Which I'm guessing was pronounced Jem-Group.

 

[CrazyEddie]

In my head it's Gem AY Co (almost like Jamaica). No idea what the people who own / work at the company say.

Those chips look kinda cool. A distinctive and interesting rolling edge design. They'd need an absolutely stellar label design, though; the existing one makes the chips look awful. The new one would have to complement and incorporate the base colors and spot shapes so that the whole thing looks harmonious rather than jarring (as it does now).

 

[upNdown]

Oh wow, the $5 and $25 are way too similar for my colorblind eyes. Thanks for sharing, @Tommy

That is fascinating. I can't even imagine seeing like that. But we did have a colorblind player at our game once, and he loved it when I started showing up with a paulson set because the edge spots were different on each chip (as compared to the dice chips we normally used.)

 

[allforcharity]

It's too bad they're so heavy at 13g.

 

[LeLe]

It's too bad they're so heavy at 13g.

The Casino staying faithful to TRUE CASINO WEIGHT

 

[BGinGA]

In my head it's Gem AY Co (almost like Jamaica). No idea what the people who own / work at the company say.

Yeah, I've always pronounced it "gem ACHE oh" but have no idea if that's correct. Wouldn't be surprised if they pronounced it as "GEM ah coe". I think G.E.M. was the initials of the company's founder.

Edit: shortened name for the GEorge MAtteson COmpany. So I suppose "gee mock co" or "gee maa co" are probably correct.

@Tommy will these accept a laminated Gear label?

 

[Tommy]

@Tommy will these accept a laminated Gear label?

Yes. They just take a larger diameter laminated label than my OPUS chips.

 

[Ben8257]

Yeah, I've always pronounced it "gem ACHE oh" but have no idea if that's correct. Wouldn't be surprised if they pronounced it as "GEM ah coe".

@Tommy will these accept a laminated Gear label?

Brie and I use the second pronunciation Dave... but same, absolutely no idea what it correct. Funny how we all see things differently, often I say a user name as I see it and @FordPickup92 laughs at me and says do you mean "xxxx" happens all the time. Lol

 

[CrazyEddie]

Yeah, I've always pronounced it "gem ACHE oh" but have no idea if that's correct. Wouldn't be surprised if they pronounced it as "GEM ah coe". I think G.E.M. was the initials of the company's founder.

Edit: shortened name for the GEorge MAtteson COmpany. So I suppose "gee mock co" or "gee maa co" are probably correct.

Huh. Cool. Okay, I'm going with GEM-ah-coe from here on out until someone who actually knows better says something.

 

[CrazyEddie]

How do they compare to the Opus chips?

 

[Tommy]

How do they compare to the Opus chips?

The edges are different and the label size is larger. Opus chips have a slightly rounded edge and a 25mm label. The Trop chips have a sharper edge and a 30mm label.

The Trop chips are these...

 

[CrazyEddie]

Over 40% heavier compared to other leading gaming chips !!!

 

[Tommy]

Over 40% heavier compared to other leading gaming chips !!!

lol, I assume the Super G chips are the ones with the metal insert.

 

[Tommy]

How do they compare to the Opus chips?

Also, the metal inserts in the Opus chips are magnetic, but the ones in the Trop chips are not. They must have a brass alloy option like Abbiati.

 

[BGinGA]

Less chaos when you back the box truck up next to the evidence room.

 

[Tommy]

Less chaos when you back the box truck up next to the evidence room.

Great scene. The one leading up to it was good too. "Yeah B*tch!, Magnets"

 

[BGinGA]

Damn, I miss that show. Better Call Saul, too. Almost 9 years since the final BB episode. AMC has turned out some premium programing.

I even have a rough draft of custom Breaking Bad chip inlays.

 

[Tommy]

I even have a rough draft of custom Breaking Bad chip inlays.

Would love to see them. I know the perfect thread for it.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/post-mockups-for-fun-science.8283/

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Brie and I use the second pronunciation Dave... but same, absolutely no idea what it correct. Funny how we all see things differently, often I say a user name as I see it and @FordPickup92 laughs at me and says do you mean "xxxx" happens all the time. Lol

I think this is a quirk of the Internet Age - we know many words that we've seen but rarely/never heard, usually proper nouns. We use these words all the time, yet we often don't know the correct pronunciation. Of course this happened before the Internet too, but a LOT less often.

For the record, I've always said, "JEM-a-coh" and "Grand Master Key."

 

[upNdown]

I think this is a quirk of the Internet Age - we know many words that we've seen but rarely/never heard, usually proper nouns. We use these words all the time, yet we often don't know the correct pronunciation. Of course this happened before the Internet too, but a LOT less often.

For the record, I've always said, "JEM-a-coh" and "Grand Master Key."

Me too, both. For years. When I heard it was about a turkey, I fell out of my chair.

 

[BGinGA]

Would love to see them. I know the perfect thread for it.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/post-mockups-for-fun-science.8283/

They use the BReaking BAd style notation for the elements whose atomic number matches the denomination.

Needless to say, the periodic table denominations are limited to 1, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, and a no-denom -- using mix-n-match, you can build a tourney set, cash set, or limit set.

Opposite side has a caricature drawing of a series character -- Walt, Jessie, Gus, Saul, Mike, Hank, and Hector (sorry Skylar). The no-denom chip has the RV meth lab on one side, and the trunk-mounted M60 machine gun on the reverse side.

Chip platform tbd at this point, but probably 43mm ceramic hybrids.

 

[djfayze]

Just stumbling onto these, can’t wait to hear about them being available.

 

[justincarothers]

I got a chance to check out these Tropicana Evansville chips. They are made by GEMACO. The chips I received were in casino used condition. The $1s obviously show the most dirt. I gave a $1 chip a quick cleaning (shown in 1st pic below) and a lot of the dirt was removed. I didn't have any TSP or Oxiclean on hand so I just used Dawn dish soap.

GEMACO chips tend to be a softer plastic which make these stack much better than some of the other injection molded chips. Barrels can be picked up off the table without them go all over the place. IMO, they are one of the better handling plastic chips out there.

The @TheChipRoom will be offering these for sale in the near future.


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Found some commemorative $25 chips. It's one chip with a different label on each side.

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Chips have a metal insert and weight approximately 13g each. (I weighed stacks of 10)

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Finally and most importantly, some of the chips have delamination of the top clear layer. This is where dirt was able to accumulate between the layers.

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Do these have the same feel as the Opus chips?