The first Fortune Club was at 109 Fremont St. from 1952-1957, and they had chips. (dates from The Gaming Table)
That's this place...
The second Fortune Club, sometimes known as Cecil Lynch's Fortune Club, was located at 22 Fremont Street from 1958 -1966; tokens only (dates from TGT)
That's this place...
And looking at the 2 pictures reminds me that there's some story about the signs....as best as I can remember, the Nevada Club, Fortune Club, and Zodiac Club (Western Union Building at one time) were all joined into one club...known as the Nevada Club. The Fortune Club sign was removed, and Cecil Lynch bought it to use on his club...IF I remember right...??
Sorry about the size of the scans...new computer has Windows 8, and I only know how to resize pictures in Windows XP
Hope I figure it out eventually.... (Charles K...help??)
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