New Delhi, June 15 -- LAS VEGAS - The poker chip has been in a drawer in Glendale for eleven years. It came from the Stardust, which was imploded in 2007, and the woman who owns it cannot quite explain why she kept it. Sentiment, she says. Maybe value. She will find out Thursday.

The 33rd annual Casino Chip and Collectibles Show, billed as the world's largest such gathering, opens this week at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas and runs through Saturday, June 20. More than 30 veteran dealers will fill Exhibit Hall D with vintage slot machines, playing cards, dice, table felt, matchbooks, ashtrays, postcards, menus, and signage pulled from properties that in many cases no longer stand - the Sands, the Dunes, the Desert Inn, the Riviera. ...