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...staggering blow, the decision of the French Government in 1933 to legalize roulette, hitherto a Monte monopoly, in France. Groggy from these two crushers, Director Léon faced last week the minute principality's irate National Assembly. Shouted a deputy who was promptly seconded by Mayor Louis Aureglia of Monte Carlo: "Léon's management has reduced the principality to the status of a cheap gambling joint! He has almost ruined us. Léon must go!" Actually cheapness has long been Monte Carlo's chief attraction for earnest German gamblers with complex systems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONACO: Cheap Joint | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

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