Anti-Gambling / Anti-Casino Efforts
Casino History
Gambling History
Gambling: Raids
Games / Races: 21 / Blackjack
Games / Races: Roulette
Gaming History
George L. O'Dwyer
It Really Happened
Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Louisiana State Police
Louisiana
New Orleans--Louisiana
O'Dwyer's (New Orleans, LA)
Politicians / Politics: Kefauver Committee
Rudolph "Rudy" T. O'Dwyer
United States
Unexpected Cost at New Orleans Gambling Raid
1953 On a weeknight in May, Louisiana state policemen surrounded a high-end home in the New Orleans suburbs. One of them knocked on a secret side door that contained a one-way glass window, allowing those…
