First owned by Renate and Otmar Wittman [R & O)] in July 1987, but the card room portion was sold to Ron Bowman and Charlie Skidmore later that same year. Bought by Sussi Ogura in 1993. Located behind the "R & O Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge". Also called the "R & O Casino". "Roscoe's Casino" was previously at this address (see "Was").
The attribution of the H&C-mold hot stamp chips is traced to Eastman's Illustrated Guide to California Card Room Gaming Chips & Checks (1998).
Advertisement from 2/12/1998 (The Californian). Photograph of the interior of the card room from 8/3/1988 (The Californian). |