A Comprehensive Worldwide Price Guide and Checklist
For all Modern Casino Slot Cards (1982-2011)
By Pat Lamb and Steve Wells
- This Edition Edited by Robert Baker -
This is the eighth edition of this publication, originated by Steve Wells and maintained by Pat Lamb for many years. I've taken over the support for the guide to keep it up to date going forward and this issue has grown to list over 12,400 cards! The guide includes listings for every known casino slot card worldwide. These cards are primarily used to track customer play on slot machines although many casinos use their slot cards to also track play at the gaming tables. Occasionally, cards are issued for racebooks, sportsbooks, bingo, etc. Click here to see the Table of Contents for this edition.
Here are some quick notes for this 8th edition....
The original Microsoft Word file for the guide was completely reformatted to allow automatic generation of the index and page formatting. This requires using the PRINT VIEW within Microsoft Word to properly view the correctly formatted pages when using the electronic copy of the guide. Overall, the guide should look almost identical to previous versions with very slight differences, especially the printed book. Click here to see a sample page. Each entry includes the major colors, a brief description with possible notes to expand on the basic details, information on any manufacturer mark, plus an estimated rarity and valuation.
All entries in the guide were completely reviewed and descriptions were added or improved wherever it was determined it would assist in better identifying the cards. Some sections were completely reorganized where deemed necessary, such as the Harrah's Universal cards. The review process was done in conjunction with merging several recent acquisitions with my own collection while comparing every card in the various collections. A large number of new or missing issues were discovered while doing this massive review! Plus there was an enormous amount of input from fellow collectors on new or missing issues. Everything reported up to the finalization of this edition was included but I'm sure there will be others that were not caught in time. If you see something that is not listed or have questions, please contact me via email at any time at rbakerpc@gmail.com
Wherever older cards were discovered that logically fit between earlier listings, the issue numbers were renumbered when necessary to make the listings correct. Every attempt will be made in future editions to minimize this renumbering wherever possible but it was considered necessary this time in conjunction with the complete review of everything.
The casino order in some sections was changed to make the sort order more logical now that the index is being generated automatically. Specifically, any casino name starting with "The" was listed in alphabetical order by the following word in the casino name.
There were a number of cross references added throughout the guide to help direct users to the correct entries where there are multiple locations, name changes, etc. These cross references appear throughout the listings and in the index. Click here to see a sample page of the new index.
All Russian cards were re-translated and their entries updated accordingly. Additionally, the values for all Russian cards were increased slightly to a $10 minimum with the closing of a majority of the Russian Casinos.
The cost for individual copies is
$45 for a Printed Book
$25 for an Electronic Copy on CD (both MS Word 2003 & Adobe Acrobat formats)
$60 for a combo deal with both the Book and CD together.
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20 Ferro Drive
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