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'''Smoky Gooden's policy joint'''<br /> | '''Smoky Gooden's policy joint'''<br /> | ||
Milwaukee gambling kingpin Smoky Gooden, an African-American, ran a "policy joint" from his cigar shop on Sixth Street. Policy – also known as the numbers – was first introduced to Milwaukee around 1870. He would pay off the vice police. The concept of the game is very similar to the variety of state lottery games that exist today. Players chose a series of numbers from between 1 and 78 and placed a bet on those numbers being drawn on the local “wheel.” Payouts were based on the amount of money bet and the length of the series of numbers. | Milwaukee gambling kingpin Smoky Gooden, an African-American, ran a "policy joint" from his cigar shop on Sixth Street. Policy – also known as the numbers – was first introduced to Milwaukee around 1870. He would pay off the vice police. The concept of the game is very similar to the variety of state lottery games that exist today. Players chose a series of numbers from between 1 and 78 and placed a bet on those numbers being drawn on the local “wheel.” Payouts were based on the amount of money bet and the length of the series of numbers. | ||
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| + | “Jake” was a popular slang word from the Roaring Twenties/Great Depression era and was used to indicate that a person or thing was in good order. | ||
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Drunk and Disorderly | Drunk and Disorderly | ||
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Smoky Gooden's policy joint
Milwaukee gambling kingpin Smoky Gooden, an African-American, ran a "policy joint" from his cigar shop on Sixth Street. Policy – also known as the numbers – was first introduced to Milwaukee around 1870. He would pay off the vice police. The concept of the game is very similar to the variety of state lottery games that exist today. Players chose a series of numbers from between 1 and 78 and placed a bet on those numbers being drawn on the local “wheel.” Payouts were based on the amount of money bet and the length of the series of numbers.
as jake with the world...
“Jake” was a popular slang word from the Roaring Twenties/Great Depression era and was used to indicate that a person or thing was in good order.
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D and D
Drunk and Disorderly
