TITO Collectors News Letter No. #2 Aug., Sept., Oct. 2004
Jim Noll [email protected] P.O. Box 3410 Escondido, CA 92033
A news letter for TITO collectors.
The Ver 1.1 of the TITO catalog went to the printer about May 1, 2004. Newsletter No. #1 tried to cover May, June, July 2004 issues. Newsletter No. #2 tries to cover Aug., Sept., Oct. 2004 issues.
New Issues: (Description of backs)
Land Based Casinos:
LV Area NV: 1. AZ Charlie' Boulder CS6 like CS5 but with new tower left Stratosphere logo 2. Ellis Island CS2 9 line text 3. Excalibur CS2 revised text "60 days" 4. Las Vegas Club CS4 revised text "60 days" 5. Luxor Blank1 back 6. Magic Star, Henderson CS1 logo left, text right 7. Mandalay Bay CS2 "60 days" 8. Monte Carlo CS2 "60 days" 9. Nevada Palace CS1 3 logos 10. Sahara CS2 "Flat Logo" left, text right 11. Silverton CS2 like CS1 but revised text "60 days" 12. Skyline, Henderson CS1 Logo top ctr., text under 13. Speedway Casino, N.LV CS1 logo at top over text 14. Stratosphere CS2 Like CS1 but with new tower left stratosphere logo
East NV: 15. Wendover Nugget, West Wendover CS1, This is renamed Stateline Nugget, same back
North NV 16. Carson Valley Inn, Minden CS1 text left, logo right 17. Comstock Casino, Carson City CS1 Large Casino Name 18. Eldorado Reno CS8 like CS4 green but with box at right 19. Harrah's Lake Tahoe CS1 Coin Back 20. Harvey's Lake Tahoe CS1 Blue Back 21. Lakeside Inn, Lake Tahoe CS1 logo left, text right 22. Sands Regency CS4 Tequila Bar 23. Siena CS3 like CS1 but revised text allows mail redemption Note: This is the first TITO seen offering mail redemption.
AL 24. Quincy's Victory Land, Shorter (Race Track) CS1 text left, logo right
CO 25. Buffalo Billy's Blank2 26. Riviera CS4 "This Ticket Could Change Your Life"
NY: 27. Fairgrounds Gaming & Raceway/(Was Buffalo Raceway), Hamburg CS1 (Same back as Saratoga) 28. Mighty M Gaming,(Was Monticello Raceway), Monticello CS1 (Same back as Saratoga)
WV 29. Mountaineer Race Track CS1 text left, horse logo right
Cruise Ships 30. Ocean Jewel, out of St. Petersburg, FL CS1 logo left, text right Note: First known TITO from a Cruise Ship.
River Boats: IL 31. Casino Queen E.St.Louis CS1 Logo left, text right 32. (Argosy) Empress, Joliet CS1 Name top, logo right, text left/center 33. Grand Victoria, Elgin CS1 Logo left, text right 34. Harrah's, Joliet CS1 Usual Harrah's coin back 35. Hollywood, Aurora CS1 Logo left, text right 36. Jumers, Rock Island CS1 Logo left, text right 37. Par-a-dice, Peoria CS1 Big logo top center, text under
IN 38. Blue Chip CS2 revised text, two lines at bottom 39. Caesars CS4 "Play The Course" 40. Casino Aztar CS5 Like CS3 but revised text, 90 days 41. Casino Aztar CS6 Like CS4 but revised text, 90 days 42. Trump CS2 Like CS1 but text revised with last sentence as separate line at bottom
MS 43. Copa, Gulfport, CS2 "I make sure everyone feels like a local" 44. Copa, Gulfport, CS3 "We have fine dining___" 45. Copa, Gulfport, CS4 "3X Points___" 46. Copa, Gulfport, CS5 "Sizzlin___" 47. Harrah's Tunica CS1 Usual Harrah's coin back 48. Palace Biloxi CS4 AAA Logo and hotel picture 49. Palace Biloxi CS5 "Open 24 Hours" 50. Sheraton, Tunica, CS5, 9 line all text 51. Treasure Bay Biloxi CS2 like CS1 but revised text
Indian Casinos
CA 52. Cahuilla Casino IGT2 (new name, was Cahuilla Creek Casino) 53. (Casino) Morongo Travel Ctr., Blank2 Class II slots 54. Chumash CS8 like CS6 but with out white dots around butterfly 55. Colusa CS1 10 line all text back; UV logo on front 56. Colusa CS2 UV only logo left; text right on back Note: This is the first TITO with a major back logo only in UV. 57. Elk Valley Casino, CS2 Large name logo left, text right 58. Konocti Vista, Lake Port, CA ST1 Slot Tickets back 59. Lucky 7, Smith River, CS1 round red logo centered on back. 60. Mono Wind, CS1 additional sub types with front under print in pink & gray 61. Mono Wind, CS1 additional sub type with no front under print 62. Paiute Palace, CS2 same blue logo as CS1 but smaller in size 63. Paiute Palace, Blank2 back 64. Palace IGC, CS2 Red back with logo left, text right 65. Spa CS7 No border around text and logo 66. Trump 29 CS3 One Color Logo
FL. 67. Seminole/Hard Rock Tampa, CS3 Text Left HR Logo Right
IA. 68. Winna Vegas Casino, Sloan, CS4 logo, dice, cards left; text right and bottom
ID. 69. (Best Western) Kootenai River Inn & Casino, Bonners Ferry, CS1 Logo left ctr., Name right ctr.
LA 70. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS6 pic and "TRAM^NTI" 71. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS7 hotel pic and "Coushatta Grand Hotel" 72. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS8 pic and "Koasati Pines" 73. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS9 pic of casino and "Coushatta" 74. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS10 pic and "Big-Sky" 75. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS11 gas station pic and "Feather Fuel" 76. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS12 pic and "Seven Clans" 77. Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, CS13 pic and "Luxury RV Resort"
MI 78. Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant CS7 Day pic of hotel 79. Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant CS8 Day pic of casino
MN 80. Shooting Star, Mahnomen, CS1 name left, man at slots pic. ctr., round logo right 81. Shooting Star, Mahnomen, CS2 name left, bingo pic. ctr., round logo right
ND 82. Prairie Knights Casino & Resort, Fort Yates, CS1 big logo top, text under 83. Spirit Lake Casino & Resort, Spirit Lake, CS1 logo left, big name top, text under 84. Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, CS2 logo left, big name center
NM 85. Apache Nugget II, Hwy 550 & 537, Cuba, ST1 Slot Tickets back 86. Best Western Jicarilla, Dulce, ST1 Slot Tickets back 87. Casino Apache Travel Center, Mescalero, CS2, text left, logo right 88. Inn of Mtn Gods Resort & Casino, Mescalero, CS3, text left, large logo right
NY 89. Sennca Allegany, CS4 Eat Up A Storm
OK 90. Fire Lake Casino, Shawnee, CS1 text left, logo right 91. Fire Lake Casino, Shawnee, CS2 "Cadillac Jack" back 92. Kaw Casino , Newkirk, CS1 "Rocket Games" back 93. Kaw Casino, Newkirk, CS2 "VGT" not TITO use. 94. Tonkawa Casino, Tonkawa, CS1 "C2 Gaming"
OR. 95. Spirit Mtn , Grande Ronde, CS4 vert. Format, pic. 96. Spirit Mtn CS5 vert. format, "your place to dine" over food pic 97. Spirit Mtn CS6 vert. format, "your place to play" under pic 98. Spirit Mtn CS7 vert. format, "your place to play" over people pic. 99. Spirit Mtn CS8 vert. format B/W back logo, text, "Bingo Hours", valid only in bingo room 100. Spirit Mtn CS9 vert. format, B/W back, logo, TITO logo, for TITO machine play only, not cashable, promo item ? 101. Three Rivers Casino CS1 Text left, Logo Right. (104
SD 102 Royal River, Flandreau, SD CS1 large purple logo left, text right 103 Royal River, Flandreau, SD CS2 text left, "Rocket Games" logo ctr., text right
WA 104 Colville Tribal Casinos-Coulee Dam Casino, Coulee Dam, CS1 vert. ticket, text top, name under 105. Colville Tribal Casinos-Mill Bay Casino, Manson, CS1 vert. ticket, text top, name under 106. Colville Tribal Casinos-Okanogan Bingo-Casino, Okanogan, CS1 vert. ticket, text top, name under 107. (Swinomiish) Northern Lights Casino, Anacortes, CS1 text left, logo right 108. The Point Casino, Kingston, CS2 vert. ticket, logo top, text under; renamed from Point No Point 109. Red Wind, Olympia, CS1 horz. ticket, logo left, text right 110. Skagit Valley, Bow, CS1 front, back not available
MFG Samples: Most from 2004 G2E Gaming Show in LV,NV 111. Advantage Casino Systems,CS1 vert. ticket, big EZPay logo 112. Appleton CS3 large name-logo ctr. 113. Future Logic CS1 large name-logo ctr. 114. HIT CS1 overall multicolor HIT pattern ? 115. Ithaca, Trabsact Tech., Ithacolor CS4 like CS2 with revised text 116. Kanzake Specility Papers, CS1 large name-logo ctr. 117. Nanoptix CS1 large name-logo ctr, 118. Scientific Games CS1 Large SG logo ctr, text around
News & Notes: Things that could bring new or changed TITO's. 1. Eldorado Casino, Reno, NV is buying Hollywood Casino, Shreveport, LA By Q1, 2005. 2. Colony Capital owners of Resorts in AC,NJ and LV Hilton in LV,NV are buying 4 Harrah's/Caesars properties. Harrah's, Tunica, MS; Harrah's, E. Chicago, IN; Bally's,Tunica, MS; and AC Hilton, AC, NJ. 3. Aladdin LV, NV being bought out by Planet Hollywood. 4. It is expected that Eldorado and Jokers Wild both in Henderson, NV will have TITO's soon. 5. We should see TITO's from Fingerlake Raceway in NY. 6. Columbia Sussex which owns Casuarina in LV, River Palms in Laughlin and other casinos is buying Bally's Casino New Orleans by mid 2005. 7. Terrible's is buying two small casinos in MO and one in IA. St Jo Frontier, Mark Twain, and Lakeside by mid 2005. 8. Penn National Gaming is buying Argosy Gaming, the resulting company will have 14 casinos. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2005. 9, Desert Diamond, Tucson, AZ has changed their casino logo, since their logo is used on their TITO's I expect new TITO designs soon. 10. MTR the new owners of Binion's Horseshoe will assume control of the casino in March 2005 with the name changing to "Binion's". 11. Key Largo Casino in LV, NV will be closing in Jan. 2005. 12. Black Gold Casino at Zia Park Racetrack Hobbs, NM opens 11/15/04 with TITO slots. 13. Angel of Winds Casino opened in Arlington, WA Oct. 28, should have TITO's. 14. Tulalip Casino in WA is said to have reopened their original casino due to demand, they may now have two ticket types. 15. CA state questions the use of Class II "VLT" lottery terminals slots at Pechanga and Morongo could result to TITO changes. 16. Casinos are moving to more use of UV security dropping their use of Slot Trax security
Special thanks to: for extensive inputs to this issue of the newsletter 1. Bob Vollenweider of WWW.DICEMAN.CH for lots of new out of the way locations. 2. Walt Gonski for 2004 G2E material. 3. Tom Edwards for 2004 G2E material.
Feature Article: 1. Multiple TITO Back Designs From One Machine We are now seeing casinos using fan fold feed stock of four tickets, each of a different design. The fan fold stock is how you can get four different back types from a single machine one after another. Four types seems to be the standard, however examples have been seen where a design is repeated every other ticket to give 3 designs in four tickets. At the 2004 G2E Gaming Show one vendor offered an 8 design option with the short SDG type tickets, no actual use of that many designs by a casino has been seen.
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