Exposed: gambling rackets in Qatar

By Rohit William Wadhwaney There are at least two gangs in Qatar running organised gambling rackets, where thousands of riyals change hands everyday, Gulf Times has learnt.

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Sun, September 3rd, 2006

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  • By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
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  • During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.