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Shanghai, China
Type: Other Slots Only
Status: Closed
Open: 1930´s, Close: 1940
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All vices developed in an uncontrolled manner - drugs, prostitution and gambling.
Edward Thomas Riley, first visited the city in 1920 as a sailor. After returned to USA , he soon was condemned 25 year sentence by robbery and hijacking . After 10 years,he escaped from jail and fled to Shanghai .Under the name of Becker, he start working in gambling, and won the Manhattan Bar in a dice game. He starts importing slot machines and by December 1940, Riley´s slot machines were all over the town.
E.T. Riley, the “ Slot Machines King of Shanghai”, had slots in lots of night clubs, cafés and restaurants, some of them owned by himself. He bought a chain of restaurants which he called DD´s. Even the 4th Marines Club had Riley machines. Riley also banked his own crap table at Joe Farren´s casino.
The Shanghai Municipal Council issued a complaint against Riley, to the Us consul general. Jack Riley, was arrested and sent to jail in the USA in 1941. Meanwhile all the slot machines in the International Settlement disappeared. The gangster never returned to Shanghai. |
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CG153221 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2015-11-21
Most of the brass tokens denominations have 10 cents value and 21mm diameter. There are also 20 cents denomination and one DD´s 5 cents and 18mm.
Some of the ETR tokens known: E.T.Riley, 4th Marine´s, DD´s,Manhattan Bar, Club,Arcadia, Farrent´s, Abraham´s, Bolero, Dela Paix, Vallon Rest´t, King Kong,Gaiety,Mars Café, Laci Bar,George´s Bar, Litle Navy Bar,Roseland Bar,Jose Bar, Domino Café, American Bar, Cozy Corner,Pop´s Place, Manila, Constantinople, Ala Rotunda, etc
Brass.21mm. E.T.RILEY.
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CG153222 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.D.D´s CAFÉ
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CG153243 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-03-29
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.D.D´s CAFÉ. Diferent token
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CG153225 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.MANHATTAN BAR
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CG153224 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2015-11-22
Brass.21mm.4th MARINE´S CLUB. Club from 04.1938 to 11.1941- see pictures
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CG153223 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.VALLON´S REST´T
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CG153227 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.FARREN´S
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CG153228 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.BARCELONA
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CG153229 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.DOMINO CAFÉ
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CG153230 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.GAIETY
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CG153231 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.KING KONG
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CG153232 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.MARS CAFÉ
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CG153236 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.ARCADIA
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CG153237 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.CONSTANTINOPLE RESTAURANT
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CG153238 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.DE LA PAIX
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CG153239 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.MANILA BAR
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CG153240 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.A LA ROTUNDA
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CG153241 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.ROSELAND BAR
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CG153242 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.ABRAHAM´S
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CG153310 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2015-11-23
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
Brass.21mm.POP´S PLACE
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CG153311
Added: 2015-11-23
Last Update: 2016-01-07
Contributed by: Conrad Frost
POP´s PLACE advertising
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CG157948
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
José Bar advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 12.23.1934
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CG157949
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
José Bar advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 12.30.1934
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CG157950
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
José Bar advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 1.12.1936
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CG153218
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
José Bar advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 10.10.1938
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CG157951
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
DD´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai,1.1.1938
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CG153219
Added: 2015-11-21
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
DD´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 10.10.1938
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CG153270
Added: 2015-11-22
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
DD´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 1.10.1939
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CG157952
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
Farren´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 12.31.1936
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CG153271
Added: 2015-11-22
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
Farren´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 12.22.1938
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CG157953
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
Constantinople´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 12.20.1936
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CG157954
Added: 2016-02-27
Last Update: 2016-02-27
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
Barcelona´s advertising in Le Journal de Shanghai, 12.20.1936
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