Hope you have a couple minutes. A few of things, #1 I wanted to elaborate on an earlier post about the El Capitan in Hawthorne NV. #2 I wanted to illustrate how I put covers from long standing Nevada casinos into a somewhat chronological order based on the info contained in each cover. #3 I have been very excited to have been added as a chipguide admin. recently and over time, likely eons, I hope to upload my entire NV collection to the guide and in doing so, I hope to add them in a chornological sequence. So that when viewing the guide the covers are displayed, again chronologically. After this daunting task is completed I hope to have a seperate sub-section to the guide devoted to matchcovers as a quick reference or a guide for matchbook covers. It has been asked several times here "Is there a guide for matchbook covers?"
So back to El Capitain. These 1st two are clearly the earliest examples. They have that 40's, a Tango game and "gaming with higher limits"
Two more examples with the low telephone #'s
Now it's "El Capitan Gambling Hall"
A design change on the reverse, note inside states "100 Slot Machines"
Now it's "El Capitan Lodge" with mention of the "El Capitan Club" on reverse
Now it's "El Capitan Lodge and Casino" inside now states "200 Slots"
Now they own they're own airline?? Look what you get for $10 bucks!!! You can read upside down right?!?!?
New style, back to 150 slots?
Now the addition of "Barney's El Capitain"
Almost the same as the cover above but note the different manumark and safety warning
30 Strike cover " Barney's Lodge and Casino"
No more Barney's just El Capitan. note manumark ATLANTIS MATCH
note manumark UNIVERSAL MATCH
A 20 strike still showing 250 slots and $25k Keno
Now a rear strike
Now advertises 50k Keno
note black, yellow & red Best Western logo on reverse
now no Best Western logo on the interior of the cover
New style, advertises 300 slots
Now it's 319 slots
New style, note manumark Univ.West/Atlas Match LLC
