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Desert Sands

50298 Highway 99
Cabazon, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1959, Close: 1972

Also called "Casino Desert Sands". Originally owned by Donald E. Brimmer and located at the corner of Broadway Ave. & Highway 60. It moved to Highway 99 in the 1960s.

For a while it was Cabazon's only licensed card room after the El Cid Casino closed. It closed in 1972 when the town of Cabazon voted to dis-incorporate as a city. The card room needed to acquire a new license at the county level, which was at that time not possible (see "Archive").

Graphic (above) is a detail from a matchbook (posted below). Photograph from 2/7/1961 (Daily Record).

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Ash Trays (2) [QuickView]

CG149836
Added: 2015-09-05
Color: Yellow
Contributed by: Larry Eastman

CG279788
Added: 2022-02-11
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: Doug Deems

Smoked glass, 4 1/2"

Chip Order Cards (6) [QuickView]

CG282004 Show Casinos
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles

CG281999
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles

CG282003
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-03-21
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles

CG282002
Issued: 1965
Added: 2022-03-21
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles

CG282000
Issued: 1966
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles

CG282001
Issued: 1967
Added: 2022-03-21
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles

Match Books (2) [QuickView]

CG104030
Added: 2017-07-31
Last Update: 2022-02-11
Color: White
Mftr: Universal Match Corp
Contributed by: Don Lueders

Front lists the poker games offered. Note that there's no area code on phone number. Inside there is a hand-written date of October 11, 1970, a Sunday, which indicates at least a year that the club was open.

CG104031
Added: 2017-07-31
Last Update: 2022-02-11
Color: Yellow
Mftr: Universal Match Corp
Contributed by: Don Lueders

Front lists the poker games offered: only Low-ball and Draw Poker. Note that there's no area code on phone number and instead a Victor exchange. Probably pre 1960s. Inside is blank.

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