AS A KID I GREW UP IN SOUTH FLORIDA ... MY UNCLE PLAYED PROFESSIONAL JAI ALAI AT THE MIAMI FRONTON AS WELL AS CUBA & MEXICO. MY FATHER LOVED TO GO GAMBLE AT MIAMI JAI ALAI .... NEVER VERY LUCKY .... HAD 8 KIDS TO FEED AND ALWAY'S BET ON THE DAILY DOUBLES. ANYWAY THE VERY 1ST. JAI ALAI FRONTON IN AMERICA WAS BUILT IN HIALEAH, FL. IT WAS DESTROYED IN THE 1930'S BY A BIG HURRICANE ... LATER THE LAND WAS USED TO BUILD HIALEAH RACE TRACK. A BIG NEW FRONTON WAS BUILT ON 36TH. NEAR MIAMI AIRPORT ... BISCAYNE JAI ALAI ... LATER RENAMED MIAMI JAI ALAI. THE GAME BECAME VERY POPULAR BEFORE CASINOS BEING LEGAL IN STATES OTHER THAN NEVADA. CUBA, NEW ORLEANS,
MEXICO, FLORIDA, LAS VEGAS, CONNECTICUT, AND OTHERS CITIES ... PAR A MUTUAL GAMBLING HAD POOR ODDS FOR THE PLAYERS ... ABOUT A 25% WIN ON THE DROP WAS NORMAL FOR OPERATORS AT JAI ALAI AND RACETRACKS. OVER THE YEAR'S I COLLECTED MANY PROGRAMS AND OTHER ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PLACES. ENJOY THE LOOK ... YOUR STORIES AND COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED ... THANKS RICH BURGEL