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This black $25 chip is from the Western Room of the Turf Athletic Club in Galveston, Texas. Sam and Rose Maceo ran the Western Room on the third floor of the Turf Grill Building in downtown Galveston during the 1940s and 1950s. Illegal gambling was openly conducted with very little interference from law enforcement officials that were paid-off. The Western Room was the gambling home away from home for wealthy oil and cattle men from Houston, Dallas, and surrounding Texas cities. It was not unusual for a well-heeled cowboy to drop $10,000 on one roll of the dice at the craps table. The chip was made in the Mason mold with gold, hot-stamped lettering in the center. It is in excellent condition.