Vintage 633 Flamingo Club Illegal Gambling Pair of Dice Newport Kentucky

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For Sale are a pair of 633 Flamingo Club Illegal Gambling Dice from Newport Kentucky. The dice have chips and cracks from crystallization as you can see in the pictures.  Below you can read information about the 633 Club:
Flamingo (633) Club
The Flamingo Club, also known as the 633 Club, was located in Newport, Kentucky during their boomtime for illegal gambling. Like many clubs of the time, they did not like advertising for their illicit endeavors. For this precaution, they printed "633 Club" on many of their items in an attempt to seperate themselves from their gambling ventures. Although when it comes right down to it, the ruse was not so intelligent since 633 was their address on York Street.
One thing was different about the Flamingo than the other clubs in the area - it was not run by the Cleveland mob and was allowed to remain open unrestricted. This was due to the owners, the Levinson brothers, being good friends with members of the Eastern syndicate. There remained intact an informal contract between syndicates back then to let the others do business without interference - to certain degrees. The Flamingo represented a small investment in the overall revenue coming into Newport and the Cleveland syndicate let them operate.
But life was not harmonious at the Flamingo. After a highly publicized murder in Newport, the club and the owners were found guilty of playing a part. Instead of strict prison terms, the club was revoked their liquor license. This didn't seem like to harsh a sentence for the club operators though. They were already running an illegal gambling house, what would serving a few illegal drinks hurt? So there bar remained open despite the court rulings. One night, the owners were tipped off of an upcoming raid and quickly replaced all the booze bottles with flower pots and gathered around a table in an otherwise empty room. When the police and reporters showed up for the raid, all they found were the owners and managers sitting around a table drinking milk! You could imagine the embarrassment of the law.
The casino operated unmolested for awhile, but the heat was rising. Politicians were being voted in with the declaration of ridding the town of gambling on the top of their list. The operators of the club knew it was time to leave and packed up for the desert to run the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas in 1956. The club saw a rebirth in the 60's, but the gambling was gone. In its place, the Flamingo Club was transformed into a teenage dance club - earning high legitamacy but low money.
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