Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Cheating / Fleecing
Gambling
Gambling History
Gambling Laws / Regulations
Gambling Laws / Regulations: U.S. Act to Prohibit Bucketing and Bucket Shopping
Gambling: Bucket Shopping
Games / Races: Commodities
Gaming History
It Really Happened
Politicians / Politics: U.S. President William Taft
United States
Bucket Shopping: A Species of Gambling
1870s-1920s “I want to go short 1,000 bushels of December wheat, 1 cent on the bushel.” This $10 bet was typical back in the heyday of bucket shops in the United States, between 1870 and…