Liberty Playing Card Company is a

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-based company which produces custom-made

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s. Liberty was started in 1970 in

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. In the late-1970s, it moved down to

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. In the late 1980s, all of the playing card assets of Western Playing Card Co. (

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) brands such as Guild, Colortone, Invincible, Imperial, Boulevard, Western, Whitman etc. were acquired. In 2003, they produced the

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for the

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. They also made a set of cards parodying the most wanted Iraqi cards, which featured US government officials. At present, the Liberty Playing Card Company is a subsidiary of Gambler's Warehouse, located at 202 N Great SouthWest Parkway,

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. Liberty manufacturers playing cards, trading cards and games and poker chips, with a focus on specialty advertising decks for businesses. Gambler's Warehouse is a major online retailer of playing cards and related casino supplies, such as security boxes, chip trays, table layouts, roulette wheels, craps equipment and more.

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Official site - Gambler's Warehouse
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