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Southern Club 250 Central Avenue Hot Springs, Arkansas MAP Type: Illegal Status: Closed Open: 1895, Close: 1960s (Spinetti's) Located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the illegal casino was established in 1893. It was probably one of the first gaming venues in American history. Like the Moulin Rouge in Las Vegas, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. The location was 250 Central Avenue. The Southern Club was both a health club and gaming establishment. In the 1920s and 1930s, famous mobster Al Capone was a regular customer of the Southern Club. He was known to be a frequent poker player there. William Stokley Jacobs was the man behind the Southern Club and some other venues in the state. He was known as the gaming czar of Hot Springs. However, by the 1960s, illegal gaming was being cracked down on in the state. That would end the era of illegal gaming at the Southern Club. In the 1970s, the establishment failed at trying to survive as a supper club. Today, the building is the Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum. The structure still has original fixtures from the Southern Club. About Illegal Casinos - by their nature, information about illegal, or unlicensed, casinos is hard to find and difficult to verify. Information presented on the ChipGuide about these casinos is provided as the result of our best efforts but may not be 100% accurate. Even if the information is accurate, gamblers move around and may take their equipment with them; items used in one casino may have also been used in others. Please send verified information about illegal casinos to the ChipGuide so that we may improve our accuracy. Collapse All Return to Arkansas Expand All Casino Money Table Chips (38) [QuickView] Generic Chips (2) [QuickView] CG121237 Obsolete Denom: $25 Issued: 1938 Added: 2014-01-28 Last Update: 2018-07-17 Color: Black Mold: Hub Inlay: HS Logo: "$25.00" Catalog#: ARSOU45 Contributed by: Robert Eisenstadt Sent to Otis McGraw, Southern Club, Hot Springs, AR (1938) Show CG204290 Obsolete Denom: $25 Added: 2018-07-17 Last Update: 2018-07-17 Color: Black Mold: Smkey Inlay: HS Logo: "$25.00" Catalog#: ARSOU46 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Found with the black hub chips Show Odds & Ends Chips (5) [QuickView] CG207462 Obsolete Added: 2018-08-11 Last Update: 2018-08-11 Color: Orange Inserts: 3-Ylw Mold: Horshu Inlay: HS-Gold Catalog#: ARSOU36 Contributed by: Ed Hertel No denom on reverse Show CG207459 Obsolete Denom: $1 Added: 2018-08-11 Last Update: 2018-08-13 Color: Beige Inserts: 3-Brown Mold: Horshu Inlay: HS Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG207460 Obsolete Denom: $1 Added: 2018-08-11 Last Update: 2018-08-13 Color: Red Mold: Horshu Inlay: HS Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG207458 Obsolete Denom: $5 Added: 2018-08-11 Last Update: 2018-08-13 Color: Red Inserts: 3-Yellow Mold: Horshu Inlay: HS Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG207461 Obsolete Denom: $25 Added: 2018-08-11 Last Update: 2018-08-13 Color: Black Inserts: 3-Purple Mold: Horshu Inlay: HS Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show Casino Equipment Dice (1) [QuickView] CG194239 Obsolete Added: 2018-02-07 Color: Red Show Casino Collectibles Ash Trays (1) [QuickView] CG102893 Added: 2013-05-09 Last Update: 2013-05-09 Show Chip Order Cards (5) [QuickView] CG259996 Issued: 2/19/1938 Added: 2021-02-17 Last Update: 2022-09-01 Mftr: Mason Logo: $25.00 Contributed by: David Sarles Show CG292048 Issued: 11/29/1941 Added: 2022-09-13 Mftr: Taylor & Co. Contributed by: David Spragg Show CG291579 Issued: 9/17/1952 Added: 2022-09-01 Mftr: Taylor & Co. Contributed by: David Spragg Show CG294004 Issued: 6/15/1955 Added: 2022-10-20 Mftr: Taylor & Co. Contributed by: David Spragg Show CG291577 Issued: 3/5/1958 Added: 2022-09-01 Last Update: 2022-09-13 Mftr: Taylor & Co. Contributed by: David Spragg Show Match Books (8) [QuickView] CG194847 Added: 2018-02-18 Color: Red Show CG209112 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG209113 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG209114 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG209115 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG209116 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG209117 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show CG209118 Added: 2018-08-28 Last Update: 2018-08-28 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show Post Cards (2) [QuickView] CG209725 Added: 2024-02-26 Last Update: 2024-02-26 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Updated by: Roy Klein Show Image Needed CG209726 Added: 2018-08-30 Last Update: 2024-02-26 Contributed by: Ed Hertel Show Total Items (62)

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