| According to The Gaming Table (2017), the Portland Card Company (Portland, OR) shipped these SqInCr-mold chips in nine colors to Lloyd Tucker, Pittsburg, California, in 1957. Tucker owned the "233 Club", a licensed card room, at 233 Black Diamond Street, Pittsburg, CA (see "Archive").
Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998) also identifies these chips as being used by Lloyd Tucker in Antioch, California. Antioch is adjacent to Pittsburg.
Listing (bottom) from the 1957 Pittsburg Yellow Pages, under "Card Rooms". |
