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ChipGuide
ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
50298 Highway 99
Cabazon, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1959, Close: 1972

Also called "Casino Desert Sands". Originally owned by Donald E. Brimmer and located at the corner of Broadway Ave. & Highway 60. It moved to Highway 99 in the 1960s.

For a while it was Cabazon's only licensed card room after the El Cid Casino closed. It closed in 1972 when the town of Cabazon voted to dis-incorporate as a city. At the time, California law was interpreted as only allowing card rooms to be licensed in incorporated towns/cities (see "Archive").

Graphic (above) is a detail from a matchbook (posted below). Photograph from 2/7/1961 (Daily Record).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (18) [QuickView]
CG034866 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: Purple
Mold: SCrown
CG034875 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2023-07-14
Last Update: 2023-07-14
Color: White
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Dan Glenn
CG034867 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: White
Mold: SCrown
CG034876 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: Red
Mold: H&C (LCV)
CG034868 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2019-07-22
Last Update: 2019-07-22
Color: Red
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Bill Thompson
CG035267 Obsolete
Denom: 25¢
Added: 2011-04-20
Last Update: 2019-08-19
Color: Red
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert

Hot stamped Cancelled
CG034869 Obsolete
Denom: 50¢
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: Yellow
Mold: SCrown
CG034877 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2021-05-06
Color: Green
Mold: H&C (LCV)
Contributed by: Paul Bachtel
Updated by: Jim Colbert
CG034870 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2019-02-14
Color: Green
Inserts: 4 Brown
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Michael Moore

Cancelled
CG162345 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2016-05-02
Last Update: 2016-05-04
Color: Green
Inserts: 4 Brown
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Michael Moore

Hot stamp cancelled. Chip is green, but badly faded.
CG219371 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2019-02-14
Color: Green
Inserts: 4 Brown
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Charles Kaplan
CG034871 Obsolete
Denom: $2
Added: 2020-10-11
Last Update: 2020-10-11
Color: Blue
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG034878 Obsolete
Denom: $3
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2022-11-26
Color: Dk Green
Inserts: 3 Pink
Mold: H&C (LCV)
CG034879 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: Pink
Mold: H&C (LCV)
CG034872 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2021-04-25
Color: Orange
Inserts: 4 White
Mold: SCrown
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
Image
Needed
CG034880 Obsolete
Denom: $10
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: Brown
Inserts: 4 Orange
Mold: H&C (LCV)
CG035268 Obsolete
Denom: $20
Added: 2011-04-20
Last Update: 2019-08-19
Color: Brown
Inserts: 4 Pink
Mold: SCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG034874 Obsolete
Denom: $100
Added: 2011-04-15
Last Update: 2016-04-08
Color: Red
Inserts: 1 White, Blue
Mold: SCrown
Casino Collectibles
Ash Trays (2) [QuickView]
CG149836
Added: 2015-09-05
Color: Yellow
Contributed by: Larry Eastman
CG279788
Added: 2022-02-11
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: Doug Deems

Smoked glass, 4 1/2"
Chip Order Cards (6) [QuickView]
CG282004 Show Casinos
Issued: 1958
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG281999
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282003
Issued: 1959
Added: 2022-03-21
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282002
Issued: 1965
Added: 2022-03-21
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282000
Issued: 1966
Added: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG282001
Issued: 1967
Added: 2022-03-21
Last Update: 2022-03-21
Mftr: T. R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
Match Books (2) [QuickView]
CG104030
Added: 2017-07-31
Last Update: 2022-02-11
Color: White
Mftr: Universal Match Corp
Contributed by: Don Lueders

Front lists the poker games offered. Note that there's no area code on phone number. Inside there is a hand-written date of October 11, 1970, a Sunday, which indicates at least a year that the club was open.
CG104031
Added: 2017-07-31
Last Update: 2022-02-11
Color: Yellow
Mftr: Universal Match Corp
Contributed by: Don Lueders

Front lists the poker games offered: only Low-ball and Draw Poker. Note that there's no area code on phone number and instead a Victor exchange. Probably pre 1960s. Inside is blank.
Total Items (28)

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