Word: fronton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When racing was banned, jai alai suddenly became the lone remaining form of pari-mutuel wagering in Miami - and in the rest of the U.S. Since then, Cuba's national pastime has boomed at Miami's Biscayne Fronton, where attendance last week was almost double last season's and mutuel betting more than double. One night 3,478 fans watched the Latins strut their stuff and bet a record $66,335 on their favorite pelota-slingers...
...permitted in a ring at one time. But when the ponderous clowns break the rules (as they do at least 20 times in a 60-minute match), the fans like it best. Last week Australian Tag fans were packing Chicago's White City and Rainbo Fronton Arena...
...Hialeah, three dog-tracks and one jai-alai (Cuban handball) fronton in the Miami gambling area, betters on a single "poor Monday" last week wagered $800,000; since the winter season opened had poured in a record $25,000,000 (including the takes at both Hialeah and Tropical Park horsetracks...