TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Playing the numbers: the spurious promise of global trafficking statistics
JO  - Anti-trafficking review
A1  - Feingold, David A.
SP  - 153
EP  - 156
VL  - 8
IS  - 
N2  - 'Playing the numbers,' 'the numbers game,' 'the policy racket': for those unfamiliar with American illegal lotteries and some of the legendary gangsters like Bumpy Johnson and Dutch Schultz that turned them into a major revenue stream for organised crime that still flourishes today, the concept was simple. The odds were disproportionately long, but poor people could bet very small amounts. It was, as they used to say, 'a mugs game'; the organisers did well, while the poor lived on hope.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2286-7511
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.14197/atr.201217810
ID  - ref1
ER  -