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CREST & SEAL 1929$50 illegal Club Forest,New Orleans La
Item number: 150320121152
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"The parishes of Jefferson and St. Bernard, Mayor Morrison told the committee, have one of America's largest concentrations of gambling houses, wide open in violation of the law. Typical of the swank casinos was the Club Forest, .. ......."The night [at Club Forest] operation included a keno game, six roulette wheels, small dice games, four tables of blackjack, from two to five tables for the big dice game. Customers of the gambling casino could have drinks and cigarettes on the house. If they ran out of money they could cash checks or get loans on their jewelry. The casino had approximately 48 slot machines - 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-cent and $1 machines, and also a horse-race machine. .... ...... MORE IN THE AUCTION DESCRIPTION
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