I recently bought an undated " mini-casino' kit that was evidently given out at the El Cortez sometime in the late fifties/early sixties. Not sure exactly when, but I know it predates the use of zip codes.
It's a neat little item as on one side of the heavy cardboard felt is a craps layout and the other side is a six circle BJ table which states Dealer stands on all 17s. There is no mention of insurance being offered.
The other part of the kit is a really great little mini-roulette dish made of tin and you shoot the ball similar to the pin ball games of the time. It's only got a single green zero. This is made in Japan and is in perfect shape. Included in the auction, but not part of the original kit were two 1950s era postcards of the El Cortez that look amazingly similar to the way it looks today.
So when did insurance become a standard, as that might help me date this piece of kitsch.
It's a neat little item as on one side of the heavy cardboard felt is a craps layout and the other side is a six circle BJ table which states Dealer stands on all 17s. There is no mention of insurance being offered.
The other part of the kit is a really great little mini-roulette dish made of tin and you shoot the ball similar to the pin ball games of the time. It's only got a single green zero. This is made in Japan and is in perfect shape. Included in the auction, but not part of the original kit were two 1950s era postcards of the El Cortez that look amazingly similar to the way it looks today.
So when did insurance become a standard, as that might help me date this piece of kitsch.