Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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