The Avenue Plays the Numbers

from Echoes of Indiana Avenue · host WFYI Public Media

This week's show is all about the numbers, an illegal lottery game that thrived on the Avenue. During the 20th Century, the numbers game was played in working class neighborhoods around the United States. The game was known by many names, including the policy and the pea shake. Here in Indianapolis, Isaac "Tuffy" Mitchell was known as the "king of the numbers."

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