Casino History
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Gambling Currency: Chips
Gambling History
Games / Races: Poker
Gaming History
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Ships: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
United States
Quick Fact – Hit Them in the Pocketbook
1913 During an era of reform in the United States, the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. tried to discourage gambling by raising the freight rate on poker chips transported from New York to the West Coast by…
