We’ve added a few new things to our website this week. Most noticeably is the newest edition of The Chip Rack which was just published and released. This is the MUST HAVE book for all Nevada chip collectors.

The 11th Edition Chip Rack by SCS Publishing, LLC.

Major Features of the Eleventh Edition:

… only one thing!

We’ve added TONS of new products to our website over the past few weeks. And here’s your chance to get them at a discount (but only for the next five days!). See the end of this blog post for discount details.

We’ve added a dozen or so new books, just Click Here or on the book image above to see what’s new.

We’ve added Fantasy Chips, Brothel Chips and Sample Chip sets. These are all new additions to our online web store. The nice thing about sample sets is that if you are considering buying a set of chips you will know exactly what you are getting first by ordering a few chips before getting hundreds for your home game.

We’ve put together a great set of products for the home craps player. There’s a felt layout, a 42″ dice stick, an on/off puck, an on/off button, an acrylic dice boat and a stick of five real casino dice. Just Click Here or on the picture to the left to get your very own home game craps starter set.

We’ve also got a bunch of new high quality plastic Copag cards added to the site as well as new Toke Boxes, Drop Boxes, Dealer Trays and so much more.

Now here’s the good part… “Gotta’ Give ‘em a Great Deal Mikko” has set you up with a special discount code that will give you a whopping 10%-off any web purchase you make. But it’s only good for the first 100 customers or till Sunday the 21st at midnight, whichever comes first. Just enter the word “special” (without the quotation marks) in the coupon code box when you are checking out and our shopping cart system will automatically discount your full order by 10%.

But remember… this discount code is only good till Sunday!

So this is the first of a new ongoing tradition here on the Spinettis blog. We’re going to call it our “What’s New Wednesday” message. Each and every Wednesday we’re going to mention one (or more?) new item that we’ve recently added to our website or to our showroom floor. So be sure to check back each week and see what cool new item we’ve added.

Today’s new items are from the World Famous Binion’s Horseshoe here in downtown Las Vegas, less than a mile from our showroom.

First a little about the casino quoted from Wikipedia because the property has such a rich and interesting history…

Binion’s Horseshoe, also known as the Horseshoe Casino or simply The Horseshoe, was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada on what is now the Fremont Street Experience. The casino was named for its founder, Benny Binion and had 366 rooms, three restaurants and a rooftop pool.

The property is still open, but Harrahs owns the The Horseshoe brand name. As of 2008 it is owned by TLC Corporation and runs under the name Binion’s Gambling Hall and Hotel.

Benny Binion bought the Eldorado Club and Apache Hotel in 1951, re-opening them as the Horseshoe Casino. He styled it like an old-style riverboat, with low ceilings and velvet wallpaper. It was the first casino to have carpeting, as well as comps that were offered to all gamblers. Benny believed that small-time gamblers should get the same comps as those who bet big money.

Binion also instituted high table limits. When he first opened the Horseshoe, he set the craps table limit at $500–ten times higher than any other casino in Las Vegas at the time. Ultimately, Binion’s raised the table limit to $10,000 and even eliminated table limits completely at times, which was an immediate hit.

In 1970, Jack (Benny’s son) began hosting the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe. Eventually, the WSOP became the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. In 1988, the Horseshoe expanded by acquiring The Mint, a high-rise hotel on the west side of the casino.

In 1998 Becky Behnen (Benny’s daughter) acquired controlling interest in the casino following a protracted legal battle with her older brother Jack. The battle ended with Jack being bought out while retaining a 1% interest in the casino so that he could retain his Nevada gaming license.

Over the next five years, Becky pretty much drove her father’s incredibly successful hotel into the ground and out of business.

on January 23 2003, she reached a deal to sell the Horseshoe to Harrah’s Entertainment. The deal closed in March 2004. Almost immediately, on March 11, Harrah’s sold the Horseshoe to MTR Gaming Group. Harrah’s retained the rights to the Horseshoe brand and the World Series of Poker when it sold the casino and hotel, but sold the Binion’s brand.

It wasn’t easy but we were able to obtain a few layouts from this famous hotel that are BRAND NEW and NEVER USED. Casinos frequently change their layouts so finding a used felt that most likely has cigarette burns and remnants of spilled drinks on it is fairly easy to do. But finding a brand new casino layout is extremely difficult. And finding one from such a renowned property like Binion’s Horseshoe is just about impossible. These layout were made by PaulSon and are the EXACT same felts like you find on any Las Vegas live gaming table.