PromoGames
PromoGames advertising agency for Jockey Club, Hellmann’s, c.1998 onwards.
PromoGames advertising deck for Jockey Club cigarette brand, c.1998. The court cards and four aces are a hand-drawn copy of Joker S.A. (based on Comas). The reverse shows a photo of young people enjoying life.
Above: PromoGames advertising deck for Jockey Club cigarette brand, c.1998. 48 cards + 2 jokers in box.
Above: simil\ar advertising deck for Hellmann’s, c.2007. 48 cards + 2 jokers in box. The reverse and box have the caption “Hellmann's con todo”.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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