Three brothers, Frank, Maurice and Herman Kozinsky began producing motion pictures in the 1940's. They changed their surname to King and named their production company King Brothers Productions. They were notable for hiring black listed writers to write screenplays for them. Their movies included Dillinger and The Brave One. The King brothers started another company, King International. King International began running the casino at 230 JE Irausquin Blvd. in the Holiday Inn in 1972. Herman King was the face of the King International Casino, and his name appears on a number of $1,000 ncv chips (I don't own any, but you can see them in the Chip Guide).

If you look very closely at the two $5 chips, you will notice that, along with one being drilled, the colors of the diivi divi tree are slightly different. This is a recognized variation and can be found in a number of denominations. In the second series, they dropped the word "International" from the chips, but not the casino.

I was able to date the last matchbook to this casino by the opening and closing dates of the hotels listed.

There are two versions of the barrel matches, English and Spanish. Spanish is an important language in Aruba because of its close proximity to Venezuela.

Two Las Vegas figures served as casino hosts, Gene and Everett McCarlie. Everett McCarlie appears on one of the Thunderbird host chips (see on Chip Guide).

Here is something I just got, and I'm very excited about it. It's a letter for a Jubilee in 1975. It came with the brochure above:

Here are some borrowed images:

Michael Siskin