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Originally Posted by canadiancreed
You might want to change that to being before the professional era (aka 1870). Gambling was considered a bannable offense by 1876. Just ask Jim Devlin.
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No, I do not think it was. THROWING games was bannable, as Mr. Devlin and his cohorts can attest, but I have read of the practice of players pooling stakes continuing until at least the 1880's.
(I'll see if I can find references).