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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

As pointed out in an earlier post by Adam Baxter, this set was described in an article written by Rex Coile and published in Trader Speaks in 1978. In that article, Rex identifies a candy manufacturer named "Champion" which was in business during the early 1930s.

Although a clear correlation between the Champion candy and Champion Draw was not achieved, some think that the candy manufacturer is the source of the name. And the term Champion Draw describes the process of drawing the strip from the despensing device - with one of the objectives to get a Champion bar.

It may be true that the machine was called the Champion Draw dispensing unit, or something near to that. It is true that the cards were called Champion Draw. Reportedly this is evidenced by the boxes which contained the cards.