Jim Evereing and Nick Bates Co-Founded "The Chip Vault" as a platform to auction the very best, unique, in-mint-condition Casino Chip racks as they become available. Highly sought-after and extremely rare opportunities are presented in a very professional fashion.

Nick Bates recently purchased the entire bank of discontinued chips from the closed Condado Plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as of March 2021. The Condado Plaza opened in 1975 and was the largest and most famous casino in Puerto Rico.Also we have recently purchased the InterContinental Hotel Casino discontinued chips as the Casino was permanently closed in May, 2019.

Nevada Jacks Casino Chips, created by Nick Bates and Jim Evering in 2001, is a popular brand known for its customized poker chips, particularly the "Skulls" series, which features a unique design of a cigar-smoking skull cowboy with a bullet hole. Created and founded by Nick Bates and Jim Evering, Nevada Jacks Poker Chip Company became the largest "home-use" poker chip company in the world.

Nick Bates and Jim Evering created the largest "Home-Use" Poker Chip Company in the world. In late September 2009, Nick Bates sold his interests to his partner and co-founder, Jim Evering. Nevadajacks.net continues to be the largest custom/ personalized chip and tournament chip maker worldwide. The firm is now located in California. Nevada Jacks Poker Chip Company was founded in 2001 by Nick Bates and Jim Evering and initially outsourced the manufacturing process of the original Nevada Jacks clay chips. In 2003, the company worked with a plastics firm and created a chip using a sublimation process. Subsequently, Nevada Jacks was acquired by ABC Gifts and Awards and rebranded and relaunched under the CustomizedPokerChips.com name. The company retained Nevada Jack chips as its featured product. Nevada Jacks is known for its customized poker chips, including the popular Nevada Jack Skull poker chips, which are casino grade and used in casinos, card rooms, and home games globally