Vintage 633 Flamingo Club Illegal Gambling Pair of Dice Newport Kentucky for Sale

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Vintage 633 Flamingo Club Illegal Gambling Pair of Dice Newport Kentucky For Sale

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Vintage 633 Flamingo Club Illegal Gambling Pair of Dice Newport Kentucky:
$6.00

For Sale are a pair of 633 Flamingo Club Illegal Gambling Dice from Newport Kentucky. The dice have chips and cracks from crystallization as you can see in the pictures. Below you can read information about the 633 Club:Flamingo (633) Club

The Flamingo Club, also known as the 633 Club, was locatedin Newport, Kentucky during their boomtime for illegal gambling. Like manyclubs of the time, they did not like advertising for their illicit endeavors.For this precaution, they printed "633 Club" on many of their itemsin an attempt to seperate themselves from their gambling ventures. Althoughwhen it comes right down to it, the ruse was not so intelligent since 633 wastheir address on York Street.

One thing was different about the Flamingo than the otherclubs in the area - it was not run by the Cleveland mob and was allowed toremain open unrestricted. This was due to the owners, the Levinson brothers,being good friends with members of the Eastern syndicate. There remained intactan informal contract between syndicates back then to let the others do businesswithout interference - to certain degrees. The Flamingo represented a smallinvestment in the overall revenue coming into Newport and the Clevelandsyndicate let them operate.

But life was not harmonious at the Flamingo. After a highlypublicized murder in Newport, the club and the owners were found guilty ofplaying a part. Instead of strict prison terms, the club was revoked theirliquor license. This didn't seem like to harsh a sentence for the cluboperators though. They were already running an illegal gambling house, whatwould serving a few illegal drinks hurt? So there bar remained open despite thecourt rulings. One night, the owners were tipped off of an upcoming raid andquickly replaced all the booze bottles with flower pots and gathered around atable in an otherwise empty room. When the police and reporters showed up forthe raid, all they found were the owners and managers sitting around a tabledrinking milk! You could imagine the embarrassment of the law.

The casino operated unmolested for awhile, but the heat wasrising. Politicians were being voted in with the declaration of ridding thetown of gambling on the top of their list. The operators of the club knew itwas time to leave and packed up for the desert to run the Fremont Hotel in LasVegas in 1956. The club saw a rebirth in the 60's, but the gambling was gone.In its place, the Flamingo Club was transformed into a teenage dance club -earning high legitamacy but low money.

Shipping the same for 1 pair or 12 pair.

Dice will be mailed out within 48 hours of payment. I will also combine shipping on multiple items purchased. I will also leave response once payment is received. Please check my response. I just started back selling items after 5 years away from so good luck on offerding and Thanks for looking