This Is Your FBI: The Swing Shift Racketeers

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Gambling in the United States goes back as far as the history of the country, and there probably never has been an event involving an element of competition on which there has been no wagering in one form or another.

Take the field of politics, for example, in the early days of the Republic, then running on opposing tickets always bet each other a new hat on the outcome of the election. which custom we have gotten the saying to throw your hat into the ring. That kind of betting is, of course, innocuous at worst. However, the American people, and especially those who

work as part of a large group in big offices or factories, have become involved in a situation which is a national problem, organized gambling. In many of those places of employment, the worker wishing to make a bet, need go no further than the nearest water cooler. Recently, an investigation was conducted into the gambling situation upsetting production schedules in