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ITEM VIEW: CG052586
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London, United Kingdom
Type: Illegal
Status: Closed
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''In the early 1950's John Aspinall was operating illegal clandestine gambling parties and “Chemin de
fer” as the principal game being played. For the gullible wealthy elite it was an expensive evening's
entertainment. John Aspinal and Ian Maxwell-Scott would book a room at a venue like The Ritz Hotel
in London to host the “private Chemmy Parties“. John Aspinall was once asked by a member of The
Ritz Hotel staff, why The Ritz Hotel? John Aspinall replied, because it's a lot cheaper than “Clariges!”
In 1953 John Aspinall met by chance John Burke in London an exceptional card player in his own
right. John Aspinall and John Burke later teamed up together to host “private Chemmy Parties” for
London's wealthy elite that included The Duke of Devonshire, Ian Fleming, Lord Lucan, Earl of Derby
and Lucian Freud to name but a few and fleeced them all. They also operated from The Cromwellian
Club in South Kensington.
1956 Max Stein owned Max Parker chain of bookmakers. Cyril Stein himself ran a credit-betting office
in central London. East Ender Cyril Stein and his uncle Max Stein went into partnership and acquired
Ladbrokes Betting Chain for £100,000.
1957 Gangsters Charlie, Reggie and Ronnie Kray opened an illegal gambling den at a property in
close proximity to Bow Street Police Station called “Wellington Way Club”, which it is said Rummy,
Blackjack and Faro were played. The Kray Twins would later arrange protection for some of the
notorious London gangster “Billy Hill's Chemmy Parties''
From ''THE BARCLAY BROTHERS CASINO INTERESTS'' by Lord de Chanson – Unauthorised Biographer |
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CG052586 Obsolete
Added: 2020-10-05
Last Update: 2022-07-27
Color: White
Logo: A
Contributed by: Roy Klein
34 mm
Used as a marker for the comission in Chemin de Fer
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