Big Six Gambling Wheel
A beautiful antique ‘Big-6’ Gaming Wheel is part of our midway Games & Concessions section in the museum.
Big Wheel Casino Game
Vintage 1950s Carnival Color GAMING WHEEL of Chance 24 “ diameter with Stand. $24.36 shipping. Ending Jul 25 at 6:00PM PDT. This item can be restored. Please see Big Six Gambling Wheel/Restoration The metalwork on this wheel dates it to sometime in the early '30s. You should be able to get $500 for it.Expert Fact 1: This style of portable gambling wheel was popular in speakeasies and underground casinos, as it was. Big Six Wheel Rules. Each space on the wheel displays a dollar amount – $1, $2, $5, $10, or $20 – along with two special “Logo” spaces adorned with the casino’s emblem or featured image. Before a spin, you place your bets in the corresponding area on the table in front of the wheel.
The Big 6 Gaming Wheel was a gambling device made by the Evans Company in Chicago, Illinois. It featured numbers from 1 – 6 represented by dice that corresponded to those painted on a three sided counter around the perimeter of the game. Odds were determined by the number of the matching dice. (1 six = 1 to 1 odds. 2 Sixes = 2 to one odds, etc) This wheel is 60 inches in diameter and came mounted on an eight foot post. It sold originally in the Evan s Catalog of the 1930’s for $200.00 with an optional cloth lay down for $7.50 and heavy leather indicator for a $1.25.
Big Six Gambling Wheel Game
Not all wheels gamble for money. Some played for a nickel box of candy. There was even a grocery wheel which got the lucky winner a cloth wrapped ham, pound of bacon, or a pound of coffee. From the earliest days of the carnival business wheels were like this were popular. And every carnival, regardless of its size, had at least a couple of its midway.
Big Six Gambling Wheel
The carnival wheel went away in the 1960’s when individual states began enforcing stricter laws against gambling on a midway.
Today gambling games like this have become a thing of the past except in states hosting big casinos where they are strictly regulated by the states gaming commission. A trip a cross the border into Canada during their fair season will still allow you a chance to play the Big 6 Wheel on a fairground midway where the Crown And Anchor Wheel is very popular with fairgoers.
Big Six Wheel For Sale
When you visit the Showmen’s Museum you will find lots of gaming wheels up on the second floor in the game section.