$325
Gaffed Kelly Pool Pill game. Numbered balls called "pills" are used to determine the order in which players shoot pool or the ball a player would need to sink to win a game. By mixing gaffed pills with fair, the desired numbers can be held back or made to fall out of the shaker at the operator's discretion. Complete with leather shaker, magnet, and two sets of pills numbered 1 to 7, one gaffed, the other fair. Good condition. Note: These objects were the personal property of "Junior" Hinson of Detroit, one of the best-known crooked dice makers of the 20th century. Hinson used it to fix bets placed by a private syndicate of gamblers at racetracks. The players agreed to bed on horses by number, by dropping a numbered pill from the shaker. Hinson could hold back the number corresponding to the horse he wanted to bet on due thanks to the magnetic gaff.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-01-29
