GALVESTON: ISLAND OF CHANCE by Chalfant, Frank E.

GALVESTON: ISLAND OF CHANCE
by Chalfant, Frank E.
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This is both a resource on the history of illegal gambling in the city and a reference on collectable chips of the last century in this area of the country.What gives it an extra bit of zing one might say, is that it traces the Fertitta family's successes and adventures in Galveston before Frank Fertitta ventured to Las Vegas 40 years ago and today, his family owns the Palace Station, Boulder Station and Sunset Station, among the most successful money-making operations in the country. Well-illustrated, this work documents the attempts to crack down in illegal gambling as well the efforts to expand it from the l920s on; including the Maceo empire, which Chalfant says actually kept organized crime out of Galveston . The book outlines the political hassles, the legal tangles; payoffs; raids; who ran what club; even the efforts to resurrect gambling legally by referendums in the 1980s. Chalfant incorporates history with the chips (in color) from Ace Rooms to the Vernon Country Club. In addition you can see what collectables like matchbooks; money changers; paper weights; souvenir glasses; wallets; napkins and menus of the era looked like. Anyone fascinated with the rise and fall of an opulent era of Galveston history keyed to the gambling in particular, will enjoy this monumental reference. 179 pages, hardbound, 1997.

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