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This is a deck of "Gemaco" Casino Quality Playing Cards - Blue back made by the Gemaco Playing Card Company, Independence, Missouri for the Claridge Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. / no Jokers / circa mid 1980's
These cards were casino used, then "holed" (hole drilled completely thru entire box and deck), then sold in the casino gift shop. -- tax seal broke
** Gemaco was aquired by the U.S. Playing Card Company in 2000
** These are the same type of miscut cards that were used by a card cheat (accused) to win almost $10 million at the Borgata Casino; http://regressing.deadspin.com/how-phil-ivey-beat-or-maybe-cheated-a-casino-for-mill-1562993963
** The Claridge Casino Hotel was originally a hotel opened in Atlantic City in 1930.
In 1981 the new casino opened under the name Del Webb’s Claridge Hotel and Casino (and eventually just The Claridge). In 2001, Park Place Entertainment purchased the property and a year later announced plans to merge operations with Bally's Atlantic City. As a result, the Claridge became a hotel tower for Bally's. Claridge gambling ceased in 2012 but the Claridge Hotel just reopened in May, 2014.
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The drilled hole is actually part of the charm here, since it pins the deck to a very specific casino-used afterlife rather than just being another sealed souvenir. The Borgata miscut-card angle is a good reminder that small manufacturing quirks can matter a lot at the table, even if this Claridge deck is mostly a historical collectible now. It is also funny how the word casino now gets attached to pages like https://rodeoslotkasyno.com/ , https://wild-chance-kasyno.pl/ , https://slotravekasyno.pl/ , and https://minokasyno.com.pl/ , while an object like this is tied to a physical room, a gift shop, and an actual tax seal. I would have recieved the broken seal as a negative if it were unused, but for a holed casino deck it almost helps tell the story.