Word: goldfields
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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This prosperity was almost too good to last. Chicago had scores of policy "wheels" -the circular devices from which winning numbers are drawn. Each "wheel" was named-there was the Erie-Buffalo-Goldfield Wheel, the B & O, the Windy City-Subway-Big Town. Each was served by hundreds of runners and had thousands of loyal customers. Each was a gold mine. The Capone Syndicate set out to consolidate them into one big gold mine...