23 area bars closed in gambling sting
Indiana State Excise Police, Anderson Police Department and the Madison County SWAT team laid siege to businesses and bars owned by John Lewis Neal Monday and arrested the owner on charges of professional gambling, promoting professional gambling, money laundering and corrupt business influence, all felonies under Indiana law.
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Gambling casinos history:
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- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
- Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
- Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
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