3 thoughts on “Sports Gambling, 1877 style

  1. Gambling is a hell of an addiction and some people are so in thrall they might as well just print Sucker on their forehead. Doesn’t mean it should be illegal just that the ways the house can win need to open, transparent and based on rules that let the gambler win on lucky days.Report

  2. It was a frequent enough con over the course of a hundred years that both The Sting and an episode of MASH were able to use it as plot devices.Report

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