Do Defunct Players Club Cards Have Any Collector Value?

Casinos have come and gone as have players club cards either by takeover or insolvency. My question is, do these defunct cards have any collector value?

In 1982, the first slot card was produced by the Sands Casino in Atlantic City, in order to track guest play in the casino. Since then, almost every casino in the country has instituted a players club with tracking cards. And as Pat Lamb, co-author of The Slot Card Price Guide, wrote in a previous QoD on the subject, "These are like little pieces of plastic 'art' and are highly collectible, much like baseball cards."

The Slot Card Price Guide was last published in 2011, as far as we know, and you can see it for free at the above link. It was the eighth edition and it listed 12,400 cards worldwide.

Like all collectibles, as a general rule, the older the card, the more valuable it becomes. Also, the less cards that were printed, the more the value increases.

Cards are traded these days on eBay; search for "collectible casino slot cards" and you'll come up with 17 pages of cards. None is worth very much, averaging a buck or two. A cool one we noticed was a 2012 Year of the Dragon card from Casino Lisboa in Macau, featuring a colorful dragon, selling for $11 (and $8 shipping). Multiples, such as 40 "rare" cards, go for around $55. (Of course, they have the player's name on them.)

In terms of starting, enlarging, or selling a collection, the best place to do so is on eBay.

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John Chopek Dec-19-2020

An update to your answer.

Bob Baker is an expert on world wide Players Club Cards. He now maintains and publishes the Slot Car Price Guide which was last updated October 1, 2020. Here is a link to his website and a free download of the newest edition... http://www.slotcardguide.com/

Here is a link to a Slot Card message board where anyone can post a question about any slot cards they have or are looking for... http://www.slotcardbbs.com/

Reno Faoro Dec-19-2020

cards, OY VAY, 50 years visiting ,vegas

omg , being forgetful, my card 'collection'contains , doubles, triples quadruples, etc,700 total . And,with this pandemic , i have time to go through these guides and POSSIBLY  find a gem and become rich overnight , thank you GREAT QUESTION ,  stay tuned .!!!!

Dave in Seattle. Dec-19-2020

A low rollers collection.

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steve crouse Dec-19-2020

Professional Gamblers

A few years back atthe Planet Ho, when they had the really big crab legs, a friend and I had two plates of empty shells piled at least one foot high.
The waiter came by and said that we were doing pretty good.
I whipped out my bungie with about three dozen cards on it and said that, ya, we are professionals.

O2bnVegas Dec-19-2020

My rare Sands card

Somehow I 'saved' my "V Rare" or possibly "Ex Rare" Sands card circa 1987-88.  Green plastic with silver Easy Money Cartoon Slot, rectangular cutouts allowing the card to be read by circa 1987 computers.  I enjoyed looking for my card on that price guide.  I'll try links to newer info, thanks.  Probably wouldn't sell mine unless it was worth a million.  LOL.

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rbakerpc Dec-19-2020

Slot Card Guide Still in Publication

I'm Robert Baker and I took over publication of the Slot Card Guide when Pat Lamb retired from collecting. Originally it was a printed publication with new issues every 2 years. It's now a FREE electronic publication that is published every 3 months and is available at www.slotcardguide.com with over 23,000 cards now listed. Plus it now contains hot links to scans of almost every card listed on the ChipGuide so you can actually see images of the front and back of every card. Details are on the website.

While true many card are only worth a few dollars, there are many rarer cards that are worth hundreds of dollars or more, a gold Landmark card once sold for over $1,000 on eBay. And eBay is not the only or best place to find card, they only have 500-1,000 cards listed while Delcampe has over 15,000 cards listed. For information and links for Delcampe, eBay and other slot card resources you might want to check out the Slot Card Exchange at www.slotcardexchange.com

Roy Furukawa Dec-19-2020

Everything Goes That's Gambling

Pretty much everything Vegas or gambling is collectible. I've seen casino chips, matchbooks, coin buckets (remember those?), ash trays, casino funbooks and on and on being offered on eBay. I even bought an old Totalisator $50 win ticket from the 70's on eBay.

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