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Congress' Strategy For Slashing U.S. Gambling Activity Proves Problematic, Part II
1952-1968 Soon after two new federal taxes — the tax on wagers and the wagering occupational tax — went into effect in late 1951, problems with them arose. (See Part I for a description of…