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ITEM VIEW: CG048619
1819 Del Paso Blvd
Sacramento, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1965, Close: 1979

Country music nightclub and licensed card room originally owned by Lloyd G. Hickey. Hickey reportedly named the club after the $40,000 he borrowed to finance the club. Hickey previously owned the ”Lone Oak Bar”, and later bought the ”El Rancho”, which both had licensed card rooms.

Also called "40 Grand Country" and "Llyod Hickey's Forty Grand Club". Previously the "1819 Club", also a licensed card room, was at this address.

Advertisement from 6/8/1975 (The Sacramento Bee).

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CG048619 Obsolete
Denom:
Issued: 1965
Added: 2020-02-17
Last Update: 2021-12-10
Color: Red
Inserts: 2 Green
Mold: HHL
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Michael Moore

According to the C. W. Rice records, this chip was not sent to the "Forty Grand", but rather to Cotati, CA. It is unlikely to have been used at the Forty Grand.

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