| Show A ail A 0 N 0 j with national investigations focusing the spotlight of publicity on gambling the wire service its techniques and tricks are illustrated in these photographs to stills from the motion picture ocean drive an expose of the gambling syndicate its methods of operation and the underworld lords who control it track data comes to the central office or drop above which calls the local bookies ies keeping them notified of constantly changing odds drops often take bets made by cigar store or saloon bookies kahm d behind the innocent two do dollar alar bet made by the housewife or office worker in a cigar store or newspaper stand isan is an expansive hoodlum syndicate that thrives on such small racing bets made daily mi rii t a by millions of americans such syndicates are accused of corrupting lo local callaw law enforcement agencies above a two dollar bebis bet is made 11 j JAA AI ee ly I 1 jk ic U r ia bookies contrive many ways to get up to the second information from every track in the country above Aboy eci a man wear vears a 0 hearing aid transmitter while a syndic syndicate ute member pins a microphone to his lope lapel the mans cone cans becomes an aerial when he makes contact with a ring recently a small handbook 0 operator P was arrested on the streets of chicago with an army surplus walkie talkie 77 77 V j bif ter aota T 1 1 A fa P am 45 WS 1 A ir A V Q in addition to the small bet counters there are large sneak betting parlors located behind stores in the cities where the heat is on often these handbooks like the one above ore are entered through telephone booths this is ohly one of many devices ces used to conceal location of handbooks from police 1 I 1 ill 4 1 g the general public can not understand how syndicates can gather and distribute racing information aith with such speed A grandstand spotter above is another bookie tool for getting information in a hurry above a spotter signals odds and prices by holding black gloves against a white purse M raj j tw t h VV H IN g Z A A k n a room near the track wire service operators ye alck up the signals through high power colars trained on either cither the grandstand 1 spot or an odds board at the track informs information ion is relayed to the central office by means of a kovs transmitter |
