Word: bolita
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Frontón, citizens of Mexico City not tony enough for brincos find plenty of ways to risk their money. Some go to the cockfights at the Posada de los Cuatro Caminos, just outside the Federal District limits, where pesos change hands with every spur-thrust. Thousands play la bolita, an illegal policy game paying off 80 t01 on the last two numbers of the regular winning National Lottery ticket. In the bullfight fans' cafés such as the Tupinamba, big money is bet on which matador will get the privilege of cutting off a bull...
...arrival parade caused a sensation among Key West's bolita (numbers) players. They jotted down the last two numbers on the presidential auto license (45), carefully noted the 21-gun salute he got, and played their hunches. That day, numbers 21 and 45 paid off one-two, to the near-ruin of local bookmakers...