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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
83-85 6th Street
San Francisco, California 94110
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: c. 1974, Close: 1980s

The unlicensed card room was located inside the "Filipino Senior Citizens Center", occupying the 2nd floor of the building on the corner of 6th and Mission. One manager described it in 1980, as the "largest casino in California". It offered poker, blackjack, Pai Gow, and Monte.

In May 1980, the club was held up by five heavily armed robbers, and approximately 200 card players were briefly held hostage. In a shoot out with police, two bandits were shot and an elderly Filipino card player died of a heart attack. Police confiscated gambling equipment and poker chips. Less than two weeks later, it was reported that the club had received a large order of new custom "gold insignia FSCC" poker chips, and was open again. Police raided the club in July 1980, found 170 visitors, made no arrests, but confiscated gambling tables, chips, cash, and domino tiles (see "Archive").

Photo (6/21/1980) of Sonoma Liquors which was directly below the Club, which is visible on the second floor above it (San Francisco Examiner).

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Table Chips (8) [QuickView]
CG267768 Obsolete
Added: 2021-06-29
Last Update: 2023-09-20
Color: White
Inserts: 3 Turquoise/Rust
Mold: ACrest
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: FSCC
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG267769 Obsolete
Added: 2021-06-29
Last Update: 2023-09-20
Color: Green
Inserts: 3 Pink/Gold
Mold: ACrest
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: FSCC
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG265107 Obsolete
Added: 2021-04-30
Color: Black
Inserts: 3 Yellow
Mold: DiaSqr
Inlay: HS Silver
Contributed by: Laurence Valterza
CG265108 Obsolete
Added: 2021-04-30
Color: Orange
Inserts: 3 Green
Mold: DiaSqr
Inlay: HS Silver
Contributed by: Laurence Valterza
CG265109 Obsolete
Added: 2021-04-30
Color: Brown
Inserts: 3 Orange
Mold: DiaSqr
Inlay: HS Silver
Contributed by: Laurence Valterza
CG265110 Obsolete
Added: 2021-04-30
Color: Green
Mold: DiaSqr
Inlay: HS Silver
Contributed by: Laurence Valterza
CG265111 Obsolete
Added: 2021-04-30
Last Update: 2021-05-25
Color: Yellow
Mold: Plain
Inlay: HS Silver
Contributed by: Laurence Valterza
Updated by: Raulin Mendonca
CG265112 Obsolete
Added: 2021-04-30
Last Update: 2021-05-25
Color: Pink
Mold: Plain
Inlay: HS Silver
Contributed by: Laurence Valterza
Updated by: Raulin Mendonca
Total Items (8)

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