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- ItemOpen AccessPoker and the police in early twentieth century Alberta(Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2003) Hosgood, Christopher P.This paper examines one popular form of gambling, poker, in an effort to explain why police efforts to contain gambling were either frustrated or, at best, short-lived. Consequently, in the process of examining this one aspect of the policing of popular culture we can identify some of the tensions inherent in early twentieth century Alberta society.