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The Curious Minnesota podcast discusses how gambling had been largely illegal in the state until half a century ago.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
June 5, 2024 at 3:49PM
Minnesotans wanting to gamble have many options these days. They can visit a Native American casino, buy scratch-off games at a gas station, yank open pull-tabs at a bar or even play bingo at a church fish fry. But this is a fairly recent phenomenon.
Reporter Alex Chhith, who wrote a story on the topic for Curious Minnesota, joined host Eric Roper on the Curious Minnesota podcast to discuss the history of gambling in Minnesota.
Further reading:
The Strib is as old as the city of Minneapolis. It grew out of several strikingly different papers.
