Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 168. Interstate Transportation of Wagering Paraphernalia.

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 168. Interstate Transportation of Wagering Paraphernalia.

Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 168. Interstate Transportation of Wagering Paraphernalia.

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The FBI established this classification by letter to all Special Agents in Charge, September 20, 1961, for investigations under PL-218, 87th Congress. That law made it illegal to transport across state lines any record, ticket, certificate, bill, slip, token, paper, writing or other paraphernalia designed for use in bookmaking or wagering pools. The law did not apply to parimutual betting equipment or materials for use at race trakcs or toher sporting events in states where betting was legal. It also excluded newspapaers and publications that contain information useful in numbers games. the bureau immedicately began widespread investigations of the violations described by the act, but by 1980 the FBI changed the emphasis to organized crime operations on a nationwide scale. Until the enabling law was passed, the Bureau attempted unsuccessfully to justify its investigations of wagering paraphernalia by the statute covering lottery tickets. These early investigative efforts are to be found in classification 144 (CSTRLIN)DCNV85a863.

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