In the so-called badlands the are now about 125 licensed gambling and lottery dens, every one of which contributes to the demoralization of the Chinese population and to the cheapening of the district in general. Roughly, one-fifth of these establish ments are gaming houses where patrons may. indulge in various ordinary forms of gambling. needless te say that the games are Pot all operated honestly. Besides, there have been many eases, reported In the columns of newspapers in some nstances, of patrons being robbed while trying to go home with win-rings. Robbed, and sometimes badly beaten in the bargain!
In addition to the variety of gam: bling games there are about Inouses conducting Hwa Hwei lotteries, pernicious form of betting which readily lends itself to manipulation by the loafers who operate it. Many a Chinese has been ruined financially and morally by this species of lottery, and many are the cases of suicide attributable to it,
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