Cincinnati has always tolerated gambling. “Chasing the tiger,” as it used to be known, ebbed and surged in popularity over the years, but placing bets has never faded away. For most of Cincinnati’s...
  • Blue_MorphoEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I read the article and can’t see why stock exchanges were considered legal and “bucket shops” weren’t. It’s gambling either way. The bucket shop even invented stock certificates or required acceptance of commodities exactly like futures markets.