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ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
Highway 99
Cabazon, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1957, Close: 1959

Originally owned by Gen Greenblatt and Jerry Kosseff, and later just Greenblatt. Cabazon's first licensed card room opened with 19 card tables. The "Big Casino" downsized into a "Little Casino" on the main highway to Palm Springs in 1958. The main casino burned to the ground in December 1958, under suspicious circumstances. The "Little Casino" closed in 1959, when it was ruled that it could not use the original card room license (see "Archive").

T. R. King sold 14,000 of these small crown chips in seven denominations to the Cabazon Club, Cabazon, California, in 1957 and 1958.

Advertisement from 5/30/1958 (The Desert Sun). Newspaper photograph of the entrance of the main club from 12/12/1957 (Daily Record), a week before opening.

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Casino Money
Table Chips (8) [QuickView]
CG034341 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Purple
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Todd Clark
CG034342 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: White
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG034343 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Red
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG034344 Obsolete
Denom: 50¢
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Green
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Todd Clark
CG034345 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Blue
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG034346 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Brown
Inserts: 4 Green
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG034347 Obsolete
Denom: $20
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Black
Inserts: 4 Red
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Todd Clark
CG034349 Obsolete
Denom: $1000
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2017-10-08
Color: Salmon
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub

Drilled
Manufacturer Sample Chips (1) [QuickView]
CG034348
Denom: $50
Added: 2011-04-06
Last Update: 2020-11-29
Color: Navy
Mold: SCrown
Mftr: T. R. King
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
Updated by: Roy Klein

T. R. King and Co. on one side, Club Cabazon on reverse.
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (3) [QuickView]
CG281641
Issued: 1957
Added: 2022-03-14
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281642
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-03-14
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282004 Show Casinos
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Other Items (2) [QuickView]
CG281643
Issued: 1957-12-21
Added: 2022-03-14
Last Update: 2022-03-14
Contributed by: Daily Record

Photograph of the interior of the Cabazon, which opened with 19 card tables. 12/21/1957 (Daily Record).
CG281644
Issued: 1957-12-21
Added: 2022-03-14
Last Update: 2022-12-19

Newspaper photograph of co-owner Jerry Kosseff hold a rack of $20 chips, opening night of the Club Cabazon. From 12/21/1957 (Daily Record)
Total Items (14)

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