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Las Vegas casino memorabilia collectors ‘want to see the hobby thrive’
It was the early 1960s, and a young Jerry Vergatos wanted a T-shirt from Las Vegas.
Instead, his dad, returning home from a Vegas trip, brought 10-year-old Jerry something else. It was a roulette chip from the Sahara hotel.
"I got hooked on it," said Vergatos, who started collecting casino chips off and on until he got serious about in the early…