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this article was of special interest to me because I'm a Maryland homey - but I think it might be of interest to anybody interested in the history of gambling
to the best of my knowledge, Waldorf, Maryland was the only place in the country other than Las Vegas where slot machine gambling was legal from 1949 to 1968
I never went to them, but from what I've heard these slot parlors in Maryland were crummy little joints - nothing like LV - but they did a tremendous business for a while
I don't know if this is really true - but anyway - from the article:
"at its peak, slot revenue in Waldorf exceeded the slot revenue in Las Vegas, Nevada."
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https://www.preservationmaryland.org...-little-vegas/
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