Rainbow Club [Gardena, CA]

_GUN_ · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 01:16 PM

The Rainbow Club was located in Gardena, California from 1945-1982. Gardena is a suburb of Los Angeles and has a great poker tradition. The cardroom at the Rainbow was a neighbor to the Monterey. The two clubs shared several of the same owners and a covered walkway connected the two facilities. Mike Caro has written about the Rainbow in some of his articles for Card Player.

I think the rack for the Rainbow on the small crown mold is one of the best ever. It has nice vibrant colors, and it's nostalgic to see five and 10-cent pieces. This set is easily in my top-5 racks of all-time. They're up there with the 'Can Can' girl chips from The Last Frontier, some of the Flamingo pieces on the H-mold, and the Golden Nugget rack on the house mold of the 1960s.

You can see the original pieces here:

http://cashcoinconnection.com/gaming...w/Rainbow.html

BCC is issuing a new set of Rainbow Club commemorative chips shortly. The chips will bear a marking on the inlay to distinguish them from the originals.

Here's an image:

edit*, typed Old Frontier originally instead of Last Frontier by mistake.

jamby · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 01:31 PM

Great info that you found Gun. Thanks for posting. -jamby

i run 8s · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 02:00 PM

Gun, Have to agree on the class of the chips. I use one of the dark brown (protected)$20 chips as a card protector. Purchased almost a complete denom set a while back

_GUN_ · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by i run 8s

Gun, Have to agree on the class of the chips. I use one of the dark brown (protected)$20 chips as a card protector. Purchased almost a complete denom set a while back

Excellent choice, got any scans to share?

i run 8s · #5 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 02:40 PM

let me see what I come up with this weekend when I get home

rolandshoffinc · #6 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 03:00 PM

Nice looking set of chips.
They should have made some $5's and $25's but that casino may not have had those, not sure.

_GUN_ · #7 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rolandshoffinc

Nice looking set of chips.
They should have made some $5's and $25's but that casino may not have had those, not sure.

There is a $5, it's the yellow one. Yellow was a popular choice for California card rooms. It was also common practice to make a $20 for $10/20 games. $25s were useless if the stakes weren't at $25/50 and if you are playing $1/2, or $1/3, a $20 works as well as a $25.

_GUN_ · #8 (**permalink**) 06-08-2007, 05:52 PM

First update in 11 months, BCC has put these on hold a couple times due to casino orders and our own personal CT orders. I still want a 300-piece set for 2-7 triple draw home games. I think the .10 and .25 are my favorite, but I'd be buying the .25/.50./$1 or .50/$1/$5 set-up

Moving on , I have started collecting them and have three so far---

WINTERS · #9 (**permalink**) 06-09-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by _GUN_

First update in 11 months, BCC has put these on hold a couple times due to casino orders and our own personal CT orders. I still want a 300-piece set for 2-7 triple draw home games. I think the .10 and .25 are my favorite, but I'd be buying the .25/.50./$1 or .50/$1/$5 set-up

Moving on , I have started collecting them and have three so far---

Here's a few you're missing:

_GUN_ · #10 (**permalink**) 06-09-2007, 08:31 PM

yeah, yeah, rub it in.

Yours are gorgeous, they look so clean.

I know which ones I'm missing and I've seen all of those, a few are on eBay right now, but I can't order any while I move.

I'm curious how much one of the .05 cent solids will end up costing me, they had one at Casino Connection, but I haven't seen any for sale.

I said earlier I liked the .25, but I meant to say the .50 was my favorite. (a daily space-out)