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American Gangsters, Then and Now: An Encyclopedia: An ...
numbers racket. The numbers racket was simply an illegal lottery. Customers
would place a penny or two on a three digit number. The gangsters organizing
the racket would then select a winning number from an objective source, such as
...
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Life for Us Is What We Make It: Building Black Community in ...
In fact, some of these college-educated young people did so well in the numbers
racket that they decided to remain in it even after the depression ended and
legitimate jobs were available.115 Legitimate black businessmen not only
assisted ...
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Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National ...
With the numbers racket growing in popularity—in part because of his system of
picking winning numbers—Holstein was worth nearly a million dollars by 1926.
Holstein's wealth and local fame, however, did not come without a high cost.
Henry Louis Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, 2009
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Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y
Investigations into the numbers racket by aggressive reformers in the 1930s
challenged the position of white gangsters in Harlem. Likewise, the repeal of
Prohibition in 1933 prompted white gangsters to explore other options to earn
illegal ...
Cary D. Wintz, Paul Finkelman, 2004
NUT racketeer Edward Jones bragged to him how much profit he was making out
of the numbers racket, with most of his customers making bets as little as one
cent to a nickel. The Chicago Outfit then slaughtered the black operators and took
...
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Realm of
Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!
Numbers Racket supports both floating-point numbers and integers. As a matter
of fact, it also has rationals, complex numbers, and a lot more. When you write a
number, the presence ofa decimal point determines whether your number is seen
...
Matthias Felleisen, Conrad Barski, David Van Horn, 2013
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Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies For Dummies
In later years, the tickets being sold as part of the “numbers racket” weren'tto a
dance. The classic numbers racket was like a lottery. The bets could be on any
set of numbers; one of the most common was what the last four numbers of the
close ...
Christopher Hodapp, Alice Von Kannon, 2011
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Desi Arnaz: Original FBI Files: Interesting FBI Paperwork ...
1ft„ . Captioned programme monitored on Thursday, December 24, 1959. The
ipjsgram, enUtied^Tou CanTt Pick the Number, » concerned the numbers racket
and local gambling. Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) and his group of "The
Untouchables" ...
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Dutch Schultz: The Brazen Beer Baron of New York
The man, Jose Enrique Henry Miro, was one of the highest ranking figures in the
Harlem numbers racket—Schultz's latest moneymaking venture. Miro avoided
Schultz's unwavering stare by looking down and studying his pyjama buttons.
"And he offered to help you in your numbers racket investigation?" "That's right." "
And you turned him down." Ness shifted in the hard wood chair. "I didn't make a
deal with him, if you call that 'turning him down.' He wanted an assurance from ...
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Leadership Void
#Examples are the illegal numbers racket seemingly operating with impunity, then celebrating the overturned referendum and having the ... «Bahamas Tribune, Lip 15»
Letters From Cancerland: State Secrets
Who among us has not received more tips on secret remedies than any B-movie bookie would give while running a numbers racket? «The Myeloma Beacon, Lip 15»
Black diamonds
I have determined that one of the owners was apparently one of the most prominent numbers racket guys in the area at one time. Weld: Were ... «Weld for Birmingham, Lip 15»
Triple Six Fix: How Rigging The PA Lottery Inadvertently Contributed …
“Back then there was heady competition for the Daily Number from the illegal numbers racket,” he said. The fix endangered the state lottery's ... «90.5 WESA, Cze 15»
What collateral damage? Americans still support drone strikes: The …
Americans still support drone strikes: The Numbers Racket. DRONE AIRCRAFT.jpg. Print Email · John L. Micek | jmicek@pennlive.com By John ... «PennLive.com, Cze 15»
Vineyard Playhouse puts 'Constantinople' on the map
“It had a quote from a man who said he'd been in the numbers racket. . . . Asked when he would testify, he said 'I hope I get to do it before I go ... «Boston Globe, Maj 15»
Tillie Fox: Memories of Tropicana at Cuba Nostalgia
Fox's uncle was Martin Fox, a poor farm boy who had made some money in the numbers racket and had become one of the Tropicana's four ... «Miami Herald, Maj 15»
Closing Time: Life on the Stephen Strasburg rollercoaster
But let's accept one dangling reality of our numbers racket: the two best Strasburg moments are the day you draft him and the day you trade him ... «Yahoo Sports, Maj 15»
Chicago's gambling problem with gambling
On the Southside, the Jones brothers controlled the numbers racket until the mob pushed them out. People gamble. It is a fact of life. Look at all ... «ChicagoNow, Maj 15»
Showgirls add a touch of glamour to weekly bingo sessions
... tap-dancing of another sort when she ran money for her uncle, who ran a numbers racket from the basement of a Manhattan delicatessen. «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Maj 15»
