Found 10 items in the class "Toys/Games".
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
GALVESTON $1 GRAY TAC, BALINESE ROOM
This $1.00 light gray (or tan) chip is from the Turf Athletic Club Balinese Room. It has the radial diamond (Jack Todd) mold with hot-stamped lettering. It is in excellent condition. The Balinese Room was a gambling casino located on a pier that extended into the Gulf on Galveston Island. Run by the Maceos and Fertittas, the Balinese was a luxurious night club with first class entertainment by big band orchestras. The long breezeway out to the main rooms made the Balinese nearly "raid-proof," and was known as "Ranger Run" because even the fastest Texas Ranger could not get to the gaming tables before they were converted to pool and bridge tables during a raid.
$15.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
ORANGE TAC BALINESE ROOM CHIP,GALVESTON
This $5.00 orange chip is from the Turf Athletic Club Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas. The hearts and squares mold is a rare Jones mold that was only used on a few of the chips for the illegal casinos in Galveston. The hot-stamped lettering is charactistic of the chips for these clubs of the 1940s and 1950s. This chip is in excellent condition. The Balinese Room was a gambling casino located on a pier that extended into the Gulf on Galveston Island. Run by the Maceos and Fertittas, the Balinese was a luxurious night club with first class entertainment by big band orchestras. The long breezeway out to the main rooms made the Balinese nearly "raid-proof," and was known as "Ranger Run" because even the fastest Texas Ranger could not get to the gaming tables before they were converted to pool and bridge tables during a raid.
$40.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
BEIGE TAC-BR $1 CHIP
this beige, $25.00 chip, with radial diamond (Jack Todd) mold and hot-stamped lettering, is from the Balinese Room of the Turf Athletic Club in Galveston, Texas. The chip is in excellent, near-mint condition. The Balinese Room was a gambling casino located on a pier that extended into the Gulf on Galveston, Island. Run by the Maceos and Fertittas, the Balinese was a luxurious night club with first class entertainment by bid band orchestras. The long breezeway out to the main rooms made the Balinese nearly "raid-proof";, and was known as "Ranger Run" because even the fastest Texas Ranger could not get to the gaming tables before they were converted to pool and bridge tables during a raid. We have a large collection of chips from the illegal casinos of Galveston - some of which we are selling on Ebay. Contact us about any particular chips you may be missing from your collection.
$18.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
$1 TAC WESTERN ROOM CHIP, GALVESTON
This $1 chip is from the Western Room of the Turf Athletic Club in Galveston, Texas. Sam and Rose Maceo ran the Western Room on the third floor of the Turf Grill Building in downtown Galveston during the 1940s and 1950s. Illegal gambling was openly conducted with very little interference from law enforcement officials that were paid-off. The Western Room was the gambling home away from home for wealthy oil and cattle men from Houston, Dallas, and surrounding Texas cities. It was not unusual for a well-heeled cowboy to drop $10,000 on one roll of the dice at the craps table. The chip was made in the reverse T mold (distributed by Taylor & Co., Chicago) with four green inserts and hot-stamped lettering in the center. It is in excellent condition.
$50.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
GALVESTON, TX ILLEGAL CASINO, WESTERN ROOM
This 25 cent chip is from the Western Room of the Turf Athletic Club in Galveston, Texas. The chip was made in the radian diamond mold with hot-stamped lettering. It is in very good condition. Sam and Rose Maceo ran the Western Room on the third floor of the Turf Grill Building in downtown Galveston during the 1940s and 1950s. Illegal gambling was openly conducted with very little interference from law enforcement officials that were paid-off. The Western Room was the gambling home away from home for wealthy oil and cattle men from Houston, Dallas, and surrounding Texas cities. It was not unusual for a well-heeled cowboy to drop $10,000 on one roll of the dice at the craps table.
$49.99 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
BLACK $25 WESTERN ROOM CHIP, TAC, GALVESTON
This black $25 chip is from the Western Room of the Turf Athletic Club in Galveston, Texas. Sam and Rose Maceo ran the Western Room on the third floor of the Turf Grill Building in downtown Galveston during the 1940s and 1950s. Illegal gambling was openly conducted with very little interference from law enforcement officials that were paid-off. The Western Room was the gambling home away from home for wealthy oil and cattle men from Houston, Dallas, and surrounding Texas cities. It was not unusual for a well-heeled cowboy to drop $10,000 on one roll of the dice at the craps table. The chip was made in the Mason mold with gold, hot-stamped lettering in the center. It is in excellent condition.
$45.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
TAN $1 TAC WESTERN ROOM CHIP, GALVESTON
This $1 chip is from the Western Room of the Turf Athletic Club in Galveston, Texas. Sam and Rose Maceo ran the Western Room on the third floor of the Turf Grill Building in downtown Galveston during the 1940s and 1950s. Illegal gambling was openly conducted with very little interference from law enforcement officials that were paid-off. The Western Room was the gambling home away from home for wealthy oil and cattle men from Houston, Dallas, and surrounding Texas cities. It was not unusual for a well-heeled cowboy to drop $10,000 on one roll of the dice at the craps table. Mason mold. The chip is in excellent condition.
$15.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
$500 BALINESE ROOM CREST AND SEAL CHIP
This is a $500 denomination crest and seal chip from the Balinese Room, an illegal casino in Galveston, Texas, in the 1940s - 1950s. The chip is in excellent condition and measures 1-1/2 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick. This chip ranks in the top 10 of Galveston chips and is a must for any Texas collection. The infamous Balinese Room was perhaps the most exotic of all 1940-1950s casinos on the Gulf Coast. Galveston Island's "B-Room" was the jewel in the crown of the Maceo syndicate's illegal gambling empire. Like the Sui Jen before her, the B-room sat on a pier at 21st and Seawall Blvd. in the Gulf of Mexico. These quality, superbly-crafted crest and seal chips from our collection are featured on the front cover of Gaming Times magazine, November issue. They were present on the gaming tables of the casino when such famous headliners such as Sophie Tucker, Burns and Allen, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Phil Harris, Gene Autry, Joe E. Lewis, and Jack Benny played the B-Room. The length of the long breezeway that led to the club out on the pier was known as "Ranger Run." During a raid, the buzzer sounded in the gaming room out above the gulf waves, and chips, cards, dice, and slot machines were stowed away in a walk-in safe in less than two minutes before the fastest running Rangers could reach the gaming room. Often the band struck up the University of Texas alma mater, "The Eyes of Texas," and patriotic Texas casino guests rose to their feet in the restaurant while Rangers attempted to force their way through the crowd. According to one former Maceo employee, the B-Room was raided on 64 consecutive nights without a single bust.
$500.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
GALVESTON HOLLYWOOD DINNER CLUB CHIP
This beautiful crest and seal chip is from the Hollywood Dinner Club in Galveston, Texas. It is an exceptional find and ranks easily in the Top 10 of Galveston chips. It is in excellent condition and a must for any Texas collection. The chip measures 1-1/2 inches in diameter and has the ribbed edge. The most exclusive speakeasy in the country at the time, the Hollywood Dinner Club was one of the first in the country to have air conditioning (called refrigerated air in the early days). The Maceo brothers and Jakie Friedman opened the Hollywood Dinner Club in 1926 at Stewart Road and 61st St. on Galveston Island. The first big band radio broadcasts originated there, featuring Guy Lombardo, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Glen Miller, and Spike Jones. This high-quality crest and seal $100 chip passed on the green felt of illegal craps and blackjack tables, bet by rich tourists and even richer oil and cattlemen from Dallas and Houston. This is one of many Galveston illegal chips from our collection showcased on the front cover of the November issue of Gaming Times magazine. When Prohibition ended in 1933 and drinking was legalized, the illegal gambling at the HDC continued as strong as ever until 1939 when the Texas Rangers padlocked the doors. The Maceos continued to use the HDC as a warehouse for illegal gaming paraphernalia for their newer Turf Athletic Club (TAC) gaming empire. The HDC was raided one last time in 1957 during the Texas Rangers' "mother of all raids."
$100.00 |
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TEXAS ILLEGAL CASINO CHIPS:
BALINESE ROOM $100 (GRAY) GAMBLING CHIP
This crest and seal chip is from the illegal casino called the Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas. The chip is in excellent condition. It measures 1-1/2 inches in diameter. This chip ranks in the top 10 of Galveston chips and is a must for any Texas collection. The infamous Balinese Room was perhaps the most exotic of all 1940-1950s casinos on the Gulf Coast. Galveston Island's "B-Room" was the jewel in the crown of the Maceo syndicate's illegal gambling empire. Like the Sui Jen before her, the B-room sat on a pier at 21st and Seawall Blvd. in the Gulf of Mexico. These quality, superbly-crafted crest and seal chips from our collection are featured on the front cover of Gaming Times magazine, November issue. They were present on the gaming tables of the casino when such famous headliners such as Sophie Tucker, Burns and Allen, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Phil Harris, Gene Autry, Joe E. Lewis, and Jack Benny played the B-Room. The length of the long breezeway that led to the club out on the pier was known as "Ranger Run." During a raid, the buzzer sounded in the gaming room out above the gulf waves, and chips, cards, dice, and slot machines were stowed away in a walk-in safe in less than two minutes before the fastest running Rangers could reach the gaming room. Often the band struck up the University of Texas alma mater, "The Eyes of Texas," and patriotic Texas casino guests rose to their feet in the restaurant while Rangers attempted to force their way through the crowd. According to one former Maceo employee, the B-Room was raided on 64 consecutive nights without a single bust.
$100.00 |
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