Maybe this isn’t exactly a Talisman, but it’s in the ballpark and one of my favorite objects so I’ll share
The first time I ever went to Vegas it was in college and went with my then boyfriend Collin Moshman. We were playing a bounty tournament at the Golden Nugget. Everyone had a $5 bounty chip in front of them to give to whoever knocked them out. In Collin’s case—he gave his chip to me when I wound up knocking my own boyfriend out of the tournament!
It was my first ever in casino deep run, and I took third, which was a real financial boost to a poor college student. I cashed in all the other bounties of course, but I’ll always save Collin’s $5 as my good luck charm