1. At casinos, they call a 10 and a face card in blackjack a snapper. Chippers have adopted it to describe the $2.50 chips, which are usually used to pay off blackjacks.

2. Borland made. He is deceased.

3. TCR is the The Chip Rack, one of the two main guides for Nevada chips.

4. The Splashbar was the bar at the Riviera. It was popular with chippers at the convention. Although it is no longer called the Splashbar, the name lives on with that crowd, who now make personal chips to trade at that time.

Michael Siskin