print email comment close The Numbers Game URL: http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/gang/harlem_gangs/3.html Description: Discussion of this form of illegal lottery as played in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s. "The game is played by players betting on a series of three numbers. ... A player would win if his/her numbers matched a preset series of three numbers, which were found in daily newspapers as the last three digits of either the NYSE total, U.S. Treasury balance, or total bets at a selected racetrack." From Court TV's Crime Library. Publisher: Courtroom Television Network LLC Extra Keywords black crime gambling policy game numbers racket Library of Congress Subject Headings: Gambling Lotteries Organized crime LII Database Information: Record 11710 created by Maria Brandt on 05/03/2005 Last modification on 11/02/2005 Last review by Tom McGibney on 11/02/2005 Published: 05/03/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11710