In an earlier post a pair of Sportsman Club dice was thought to be associated with a club of that name in Newport, Kentucky.

While we can't confirm these specific dice came from Newport...the was a Sportsman Club in any town of any size in the day, we do know that Screw Andrews, the King of the numbers racket in Northern Kentucky owned and operated two different Sportsman Club locations in Newport.

His first joint was in the Newport bottoms, catered to African American clientele and featured an active numbers operation and race book, but no other forms of gambling.

Later, in the late 1950's he built a New Sportsman Club on 2nd Street in Newport that was equipped with gaming tables, slots, all forms of fun. The picture below shows an employee moving equipment just after a raid in 1961. The tables were built to flip up into the wall, thus disguising any gambling activity.

In the early 1960's Screw took a "vacation" at a Federal prison for tax evasion and during that time Gene Trimble was employed to operate a "charity" bingo game at the club. He was even able to have his brother-in-law win a big game under the watchful eyes of Screw's associates. Go figure!

When Screw returned they tried to reopen, but could not and much later that joint was partially torched, then sold where it became the Riviera Club with Gay Boy reviews. Screw died in 1973 by "falling" out of a window at a Ft. Thomas hospital thus ending an era unrivaled in Newport history.

And now you know the rest of the story.