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This is a $25.00 chip, with radial diamond (Jack Todd) mold and hot-stamped lettering, from the Studio Lounge of the Turf Athletic Club. The chip is a dark purple color and in MINT condition. The Turf Athletic Club Studio Lounge was located on the fourth floor of the Turf Grill Building, 2214 Market Street on Galveston Island. The Studio Lounge offered craps and blackjack and liquor by the drink, all illegal and all run openly during the gambling days of the Maceo Syndicate. The public was well aware of the illegal gambling activities as well as the local police force and court system. Gigilo Maceo sponsored ladies' society fashion shows in the Studio Lounge every other Friday afternoon during the late 1940s.
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