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Oo OAK EW 10 ¥, MALIA SINCu END OF PIONIBITION A, Gombling Cambhling feode an tho desire of human belngs to take a chance and porribly win a creat amet ofeoney, ith criminals more than eager to | enter ta such ahumonfoilne, rambling har always been a lush field of eriminnl endeavor. “4th the ond of Drehibition, the active gangs of the Mafiosi and other eyiminoatl igvalved ia extcocive bootlercting turned towards new spheres of "easy money." Gambling was rivde to order for them, In gambling--as in | Prohihttlon--criminals offered what many pecule desired even though it was | (39) Heool in many formie, Thos ecoitelized on homan desires. 1, General Ag hins been stele, the Mafia does not constitute all of organized crime. Tether, itis a part of the whole, distinguishable by characteristica ' raminiceant oi: aad monerel.y the came as those of the Mafia in Italy. To trace eech event end earch ctep in the history of the Mafia in this country would be extremely difficult, if not ievansible, siaee eo much of its lethal, conspiratorial pature has been Medics from publie view and even from law enforcement, There te J ¥ 4