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This is a deck of "Bee" Standard Playing Cards - No. 92 Club Special (Blue) Diamond Back made by the U.S. Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, Ohio for the Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Date Code #F5998)
These cards were made in 1984. -- tax seal broke, pack opened, cards used
** The Sahara Hotel and Casino was in operation under that name for 59 years from 1952 to 2011. It was one of the last remaining vintage "Rat Pack" casino-hotels, leaving only the Riviera. It is currently under a $450 million renovation and is scheduled to reopen on August 23, 2014 as The SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. - The 1960 version of the movie "Ocean's 11" was filmed at the Sahara.
