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Gene Trimble,
Poker Room
Manager for the
Palms Casino and Resort, Las Vegas
from its 2001 opening until early 2006,
began collecting chips at age 21, while playing in
a poker game with Martin Miller, former operator of the Merchants Club,
Newport, KY, in 1963. Martin gave him a bag of chips from non-licensed
gaming establishments that had been shut down. "Martin had said, "hold
on to these boy, they may be valuable some day".
From that modest start, Trimble has become a top
collector of what the industry calls 'illegals.'
Unlicensed gambling houses, prior to 1960, dotted the South where Trimble was raised.
Gene, who has over 16,000 chips in his collection, also collects manufacturers
samples. molds, autographed chips, Nevada specimens, including limited editions and commemoratives.
Gene continues to run the Palms new
chip release program and poker tournaments in his semi-retirement.
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