e/Bolita

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has gloss	eng: Bolita (Spanish for Little Ball), is a type of lottery which was popular in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries in Cuba and among Floridas working class Hispanic, Italian, and black population. Bolita was brought to Tampa, Florida in the 1880s, and flourished in Ybor Citys many Latin saloons. Though the game was illegal in Florida, thousands of dollars in bribes to politicians and law enforcement officials kept the game running out in the open.
lexicalization	eng: bolita
instance of	c/Lotteries in the United States

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