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To: Neocon who wrote (1884)	3/4/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13062

The point is they leveraged a legal situation that was rare at the time. Many people back then thought, as you seem to, that gambling was a corruptive influence. So, no self-respecting businessman stepped in. Bugsy Siegel recognized that there was the potential to make money legally and solve much of the crime business's money laundering problems all at the same time. Legality, at that time, wasn't the anti-Mob influence it is today. Today, businessmen don't worry about the "corrupting influence" argument. If drugs were legal, I'll bet Merck would be in the fray ASAP.