As dice start to roll legally in Chicago, a look back at the city's underworld gambling history

With dice rolling across the craps table at Medinah Temple, it may be worthwhile to recall that unsanctioned gambling long flourished in Chicago, giving rise to Patrick Healy’s admonition when legal casinos in Chicago were discussed in 1983. “You might as well bring back Al Capone,” said the head of Chicago’s Crime Commission. Capone died in 1947. But the Tribune’s archives are replete with ...

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