Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1919 — Gambling Common on Berlin Streets [ARTICLE]

Gambling Common on Berlin Streets

Berlin.—-Gambling has. so in--creased here since ihe armistice that the widesT opportunity and license are not sufficient to satisfy the passion of the of Berlin, who have taken to playing games of chance, even roulette, in the open streets in certain sections. Certain streets are lined with - tables, edge to edge. The hets have been increasing gradually in size unijX, men and women, apparently of the poorer classes and often “workless” and drawing government support,' wager 25 marks at a time. - The scene is enlivened frequently by bettors losing, snatch monel from the table and dash through the crowd, to the wails of the cheated gamester. Bad as is the gambling in the * open st reets, that in the “clubs" Is declared to be far worse. Street gambling is not always wfth cash, stolen valuables of various kinds often being put up as stakes.