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Three Unused Punch Boards

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Casino and Gambling Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Three Unused Punch Boards
SOLD
120.00USD+ (30.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 May 08 @ 14:13UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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These gaming punch boards are unused. Cigarette Play, 1 cent; Six Fine Prizes, 10 cents; Ride the Waves, 10 cents. All I very good condition. Punchboards were originally used in the 18th century for gambling purposes. A local tavern owner would construct a game board out of wood, drill small holes in it, and fill each hole with a small paper ticket or gamepiece. The holes were then typically covered with paper or foil. After a patron bought a chance at the punchboard, he would puncture one of the hole's paper or foil covers with a nail and retrieve the ticket/gamepiece. If the gamepiece contained a winning number, the patron won the prize.

Paper punchboards--In the late 1800s, a new type of punchboard was introduced. This one involved putting paper in both the front and back of the hole (to help prevent operators from cheating). These new punchboards became popular purchases at drugstores, and they were sold with a metal stylus. The punchboard soon became increasingly similar to today's lottery tickets. Soon, the punchboard became cheap and easy to assemble, and the industry flourished. Noted gambling author John Scarne estimates that 30 million punchboards were sold in the years between 1910 and 1915. He also estimates that 50 million punchboards were sold in 1939 alone, during the peak of their popularity. After World War II, use of the punchboard as a gambling tool began to decline because many people frowned at its gambling-like nature, and the punchboard was outlawed in many states. HWAC# 57837 Date: Location: