And do they have new $1 chips at the blackjack tables? Please post here if you have first-hand information - thanks.

New Mexico tribe opens casino

DULCE, N.M. -- The Jicarilla Apache Nation opened its new casino operation last week in a 12,000-square-foot building on busy U.S. 550, featuring 200 slot machines, four blackjack tables and two poker tables.

The northern New Mexico tribe built the blue and white bubble-looking casino in 1998, but plans to open it were shelved for years.

A recent study commissioned by the tribe showed the time has come to get the project up and running, said Daryl Vigil, president of the Apache Nugget Corp. The casino opened at noon Friday.