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numbers racket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | numbers, numbers game, numbers pool |
| Type of | drawing, lottery |
Examples of numbers racket
numbers racket
Here, one of Shaft's fillies has a brother mixed up in the numbers racket.
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Wall Street lawyer John Garfield's client conspires to collapse New York's numbers racket.
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A newspaperman finds himself in grave danger after exposing gangsters running a numbers racket.
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A second example is the numbers racket, a form of illegal lottery.
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Prohibition created a need, and Italian mobsters already had staked out a claim in the numbers racket.
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New York and New Hampshire are trying to outdo the numbers racket and pick up extra revenue with their own lotteries.
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Mr. Greenlee didn't need to make money on his nightclub or his baseball team as long as his numbers racket paid off.
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Today's video gaming is yesterday's numbers racket.
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Eddie Martin, a deceased U-M booster, ran a numbers racket in Detroit based on the state's daily lottery numbers.
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