The New York Jacks, established in 1980, is the oldest currently operating club 1. The name Jacks became associated with them and the clubs proliferated.
SEAMLESS GENTLEMEN’S CLUB–re-opened but nothing going on and now closed again. According to Silverstein and Picano The Joy Of Gay Sex, jack off clubs started appearing in the 1970’s as outgrowth of private masturbation parties that were popular in the US gay community.