The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-10
By PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Writer

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 NEA Service Writer
 New York-The world is going in for gambling in big way. In countries where race betting, games of chance and lotteries have been legalized before, the industry-and it. is an industry-is rapidly ex- banding. In parts of the United States, race track gambling, once and in many others it is openly countenanced. And in Nevada, of course, Lady Luck now offers every sort of temptation.
 Four States o. K. Race Bets
 The pari-mutuel system of race betting is permitted in only four of the. United States-Maryland, Ken lucky, Illinois and Louisiana. In certificate system of selling mythical interest in a horse, and a chance for the buyer to share in his winnings, is allowed to operate with only occasional interference. lL California, such a system actually has been upheld as legal by the state supreme court.
 In recent sessions of legislatures, pari-mutuel bills have been intro- duced and defeated in North and South Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Pennsylvania and New York. Such a bill is to be introduced in Florida this month.
 BoOkies Thrive
 In New York, where legalized gambling is conceded to have no chance of legislative approval, pri- vate bookmakers do 8 thriving bus- mess independently of the associa-, tions or the Jockey Club which gov erns racing in the state.
 In states where the pari-mutuel system is used, however, racing commissions are taking from to 8 per cent of the amounts placed and claim they are able to offer larger purses and get better horses than associations with no income from bets.
 Lotteries Make Gains
 Every big legitimate sweepstakes, such as the recent one on the Grand National Steeplechase, brings a re- ncwed demand for lottery tickets. In this country, where lotteries are illegal and therefore removed from any official supervision, hundreds of small poos are conducted on prac- tically everything from baseball scores to quotations on bank clear ings
 So prevalent have these pools and ''policy" games become that the New York exchange recently made vain effort to curb them by issuing it's daily totals of sales in round numbers only, thus robbing pool op- orators of a widely distributed daily number which could be used as it's winner. The U. s. treasury depart ment at Washington also discontin- ued issue of the daily treasury bal ance figure to prevent its use in similar games.
 Imaginary Tips
 Newspaper cartoonists have been badgered to death by readers who imagined that their daily s''strips'' contained some sort of tip on the lottery winners, and popular radio stars have had to be most careful of mentioning numbers in their broadcasts. These were quickly snapped up by the gullible as tips on lottery winners. No fancied tip Is too wild to ensnare the hopeful gamblers who play the wildcat, the irresponsible pools which flood every city with their tickets.
 Ever since this country began to manifest an interest in foreign lot- teries, such as the sweepstakes on tho English Derby, and on the Agua Caliente Handicap and the Grand National, there has been a large traffic in spurious tickets. Thousands of such commercials have been sold on the Canadian Army and Navy Veterans lottery. to be decided by the English Derby on June 3.
 Nevada Opens Up
 1. fNf t.. nearly all its forms permitted. From quarter slot machines to racing pools, from chuck luck, black jack and craps to faro and roulette. you pays your money and you takes your choice.
 Numerous gambling houses are known to be operating quietly in the resort cities of Florida, but they still loom small in comparison of volume with the establishments in Cuba, where gambling is conducted under state auspices, and is permit ted in cafes and dance halls. Much the same situation obtains between the small pleasure resorts along the southern coast of California and the American-owned resort at Agua Caliente.
 But 1t is not always necessary for the southern tourist to cross to for eign soil in search of unmolested gaming. If he has money enough for an all-night tilt against the wheel or the cards, he may be taken in a sleek speedboat to floating casino beyond the 12-mile limit.
 on -Shore Gambling
 Several of these vessels. luxuri- ousiy fitted, have operated from time to time off the California and Florida coasts. The proprletors of @se ship resort publicly announced their intention of moving up the Att lantic coast to an anchorage soff Att