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Club Fortune
38-40 East Second Street
licensed from May 28, 1937-January 20, 1947
Tango (bingo), slots, roulette, 21, and craps
Notice the cart in the aisle on this postcard...
According to Dwayne Kling's book "The Rise of the Biggest Little City"
Most tango games in the early 1930s used common beans to mark the winning numbers. However, the Club Fortune ordered several thousand small composition markers to be used instead of beans or kernels of corn."
"The center of attraction in the tango parlor was a movable cart into which patrons threw baseballs while playing the popular game. the compartments into which the balls fell were wired to a large board that registered the number hit by each throw of the baseball. An operator sat in a control booth at one end of the room and called out the numbers and at the same time switched on lights in the register board at the other end of the room. The patrons throwing baseballs into the compartments added excitement to the game because customers felt that their skill in throwing the ball could influence the outcome of the game and help them win.
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