John Kennedy actually said...
The fact of the matter is that the betting on sporting events has dropped to about 10 percent of what it was 2 years ago, and the head of the Royal Mounted Police in Canada stated that a good many big time gamblers and racketeers here in the United States have been moving across the border of Canada because of the pressure that we have been applying.
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Remarks to a Group of United States Attorneys
10/09/1962