Jimmy's Naughty Nighty Nite 8

Rumors of me being associated in some way with Jimmy's Naughty Nighty Nite at the Palms' are grossly (and unfortunately) exaggerated :)

Trading session

The trading session today was a blast! More to follow later. Many great trades and another fun time!


-- Post From My iPhone

Convention Time!

Whoooooohooooooo! It's finally here! I'm on vacation and getting ready to head out tomorrow morning to Las Vegas. I'm going to try to update this blog from the road using my phone. Hopefully everything will work "as advertised" and I'll be able to post pictures as well.

T Mobile Venetian Convention Key

I'll admit that when it comes to room keys, I'm more than a little partial toward keys from the Venetian. I really like this key in particular -- the coloring is great, I like the landmarks in the "shadows" in the background, and the "Viva Las Vegas" wording is just icing on the cake.

Restaurants of Caesars Palace

Today was like Christmas in May! When this key arrived in the mail, I couldn't have been any more excited.

For those that see the restaurant names and think back to dining in Las Vegas, here's a link to the UNLV Center for Gaming Research online exhibit http://gaming.unlv.edu/dining/step.html

Chumash Casino......

Went to the Chumash Casino today. Still no changes to their room keys.

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

TI large Mystere key variations

It's always interesting how many subtle variations of a key may exist. At first glance, the three keys seem very similar...then the obvious difference on the top key not having arrows catches your eye. Flip them over and you realize that the mag stripe is on oppostie sides of the wording on the bottom keys. I can't wait to get to the TI section of the illustrated guide to show some of the Social House and Spa variations (and to find out about more that are out there that others have found).

THEhotel Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

This was one of those keys that I thought I might never have in my collection. Despite earlier efforts to obtain the key, I had no luck. Then it turned up on eBay recently and I was lucky enough to win it. I really like the look of the key and it made a rough week much better.

Spa Resort Casino

Last year I planned to make several weekend trips across California to pick up some keys. Things didn't turn out as planned (what else is new?) and I only made it to Chumash and Tachi Palace - the two casinos closest to home. Keys like these from the Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs remind me that I really need to make the trips this year.

April 15th can't get here soon enough for me.

Recent Venetian/Palazzo Convention Keys

Thought I'd post this scan of a handful of recent Venetian/Palazzo convention keys. The bottom two do not show the casino name on the key. (This was sure tough to post for some reason -- Blogger just didn't want to show the images in any decent size...and I just didn't have time to fool around with it any longer -- hope it's ok for all readers).

PH - Innovation Takes Root

At first this looks like the basic PH black key with a convention imprint. It turns out that the Innovation Takes Root conference held in September was to discuss bioplastics. Bioplastics do not use fossil fuel sources such as petroleum. This card is made with Ingeo natural plastic. This key was certainly an interesting find.

Flamingo Total Rewards Donny & Marie Room Key

After noticing one of these Total Rewards Gold Donny & Marie room keys (yep, room keys, read on) - slot club cards on eBay earlier this evening, I thought I'd post the story of how I added one of these to my collection during my trip to Las Vegas in November.

During a typical trip to the hotel registration counter at the Flamingo, I asked for some room keys and was given one of these in addition to the "usual" Flamingo Donny & Marie key (and an older key as well). The guy at the desk said they were using these slot cards as room keys. Naturally, I headed directly to the Total Rewards desk for more info. and hopefully more cards.

A very helpful employee at the Total Rewards desk said that not only was he unable to give me any of the TR Gold Donny & Marie cards, they didn't have any at the TR counter and he wasn't sure they were ever going to get them. He went on to explain that when guests checked in at the hotel, they were given the gold TR card and it was swiped into the system as a room key. They were then told to take it over to the TR desk to have it set up for use as a slot card as well.

Naturally any of this is subject to change without notice as is typcial with just about anything at any of the casinos :)

PH - Keith Barry Variations

Be on the lookout (I've always wanted to say that - guess I've watched too many police dramas on TV) for two different variations of the Keith Barry Hypnomagician key from Planet Hollywood. While there are some slight variations on the front, you can easily see the difference on the back.

It's always fun to find this kind of difference. At first glance you're sure you already have the key...and then you're saying to yourself "wait a second...I don't."

Bally's SPSS Directions Convention Key

While checking in at Bally's and begging for keys, I noticed an odd colored key in the usual stack of Jubilee! keys. "Oh, that, it's a convention key, you want that?" You can guess my response.

Aliante Station - a new destination

A new casino and naturally a new room key! I hope to check out the latest Station Casino on my next trip to Las Vegas.