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2 unusual facts about numbers game


Numbers game

The 1948 film noir Force of Evil revolves around the numbers racket, with the plot hinging upon the workings of policy banks.

The Spike Lee biographic film Malcolm X portrays some of the revolutionary black leader Malcolm X's early days in Harlem, where he worked as a numbers runner for a man named "West Indian Archie."


Alex Pompez

Several owners in the Negro National League, including Pompez, were numbers bankers.


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