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Did you know that there is already lottery in Cuba? (translation) One of the first acts of the Revolution was that of eliminating the public gambling. Casinos and gambling machines passed to a "better life." The intention was to form a new man, for whom these "vices" were incompatible with new ideas. But the inclination of the Cuban to enjoy the play of chance has not been eliminated. Of all of the play prohibited by the revolutionary laws, one still very popular among the population is the lottery, and also still very popular is bolita. Bolita is game using one hundred numbers, each one with various values. Recently, the police have stopped hundreds of "boliteros" without impeding the bolita popularity at all. Bolita continues to be the "pasatiempo national" (national pastime) together with several other popular gambling games.
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Cubano Casinos Following is a copy of an article from Cuba, on the subject: "It is the case of Regino, banker that the lottery has lived on all his life, although this has carried him twice to prison. But he persists, because "the business gives a great deal of money". Of balding, average stature, Regino surpasses the 60. Is a type very acquaintance and influential in the zone. Al old Regi him strange my interest, and thinks that perhaps I am informante of the police or that I want me to introduce in the business. I calm down him telling him the truth. "Thus pleases me. To see, what do you want that tell you?" I ask then that count me how is the entramado that has been mounted so that the lottery function and survive to as many as operating police they have been designed. SonrÃe showing its muelas of gold and explains me that the key one of the bolita is the bank. - "So, when to one it falls it a good money and does not want that this dwells, generally invests it in the lottery", indicates me. - "¿AND how is a bank formed?" - "To form a bank of success", puntualiza Regino, "does lack in Cuba not less than seventy thousand pesos. Later you seek yourself 6 or 7 listeros that work for you. The function of them is to collect the apuntaciones of the clients. A good listero delivers daily more than thousand pesos to the bank. Their pay is 20% of what they collect, that is to say, around daily two hundred pesos - the equivalent to some 10 dollars at present exchange." The heat is sofocante, and Regino invites me to a cold and thick batter of mamey. He lights a cigar and continues counting. "Those 200 baros are without counting what they can gain if some of their points pincha a number. Looks, so that you have an idea of the money that in this business runs, I will tell you that, by a parlé, the payment 900 pesos; by a fixed number, 90; and by the run, 30. All this it is for each weight that they play me. Then the listero pays a 10% less to the hour of distributing the prizes to its clients. I, besides, I give them daily 40 pesos for personal expenses: cigars, afternoon snack, transportation, etc." - "¿Has had problems with the any listeros time?" - "Not, never. Not everyone in Cuba can gain thousand canes to the week, for which they take care of their job. Occasionally the police does redadas, but already that not they frighten us. I I tell it you, that carry thirty years in the turn. Al principle one was played it with candle, but now there is a species of pact not signed with them, that, generally, they do the fat view". Before my face of amazement and incredulity, the old banker says me: "Clear, this is not thus so easy; one has to work to gain them to him". - "l except I not I have problems with the police of my zone. Inclusive some they believe that job for them, and I, ¿what am I going to do to that? Therefore to follow feeding that ball, so that not they bother me. What is important is that I have some good friends that enseguida they notify me when the police or the DTI they are preparing some operation". - "¿Has its own network?" - "Yes. Have heard to say that by Miramar and other neighborhoods by where move the fulas, the currency, have done banks that collect and they pay in dollars. Around here that still is green, although I have it already in mind. Money for it MYSELF have". While it is directed to its 1958 Chevrolet, that maintains in excellent state, by way of farewell he says me: "Listen boy, the bolita moves too much money and is taken root in the soul of the Cuban". . . . " The Lottery - Did you know that there is already lottery in Cuba? HOME :: USEFUL INFO :: LINKS :: NOTICES ::
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