2006-11-04 07:04:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Illegal lottery.
2006-11-04 07:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Chris J 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was a private and illegal form of lottery, run by local mobs; especially popular among Latinos & Black Americans up until states began setting set up their own lotteries in the 70's.
Typically, payoffs were 70 to 1 or 700 to 1, on very small bets: a dollar or even half a dollar. The means of arriving at the number were usually taken from some combination of winning numbers in that day's horse racing results. In Miami, they had a variation called "Cuba," that used the Cuban national lottery numbers.
2006-11-04 15:19:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was an illegal lottery operation where the racketeers had runners collecting "picks", and the money bet, from all over the neighborhoods. The mobs would have used the proceeds for weapons, drugs, illicit booze, etc. The lottery itself would be similar to the Pick-3 (or whatever) that is quit common, and legal, nowadays.
2006-11-04 15:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by kamaole3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Playing numbers through a bookie.
Gambling on numbers that are taken from race results.
Not gambling through the track itself
2006-11-04 15:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by 2K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was what we know today as the lottery, before the states took it over, it was illegal.
2006-11-04 15:14:10 · answer #5 · answered by carouselle10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a game that is similar to today's lottery, but illegal.
2006-11-04 19:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bookmaking. Gambling. Bookies and all that.
2006-11-04 15:06:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
illegal gambling on sports or other things.
2006-11-04 15:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by jack_russell_dog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋