[Ads-l] Antedating of "Numbers Game"

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Some interdatings:

Congressional Record,  March 8 1930
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Congressional_Record/01Shlv07EQ8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22numbers+game%22&pg=PA4999&printsec=frontcover

Life, 1931
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Life/LzPZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22the+numbers+game%22&dq=%22the+numbers+game%22&printsec=frontcover

Today, 1934
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Today/xm4oAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22the+numbers+game%22+1934&dq=%22the+numbers+game%22+1934&printsec=frontcover

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From "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 11/04/2024 20:18:18
Subject Antedating of "Numbers Game"

>numbers game (OED 1935)
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>1924 _New York Age_ 3 May 1 / 2 (Newspapers.com)  The "bankers" or "backers" of the "numbers" game offer to pay winners at the rate of $6 for every one cent put up.
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>Fred Shapiro
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