"The state is one the the biggest employers in Springfield, I wonder who was playing in all of those illegal clubs! :-)"

You would be surprised who played in the illegals.

I shot craps with an ex governor of KY in a Louisville illegal.
FDR spent many days in Hot Springs during the illegal "Hey Days."
The Chief of Police in Newport, KY was caught shooting craps, in a raid on an illegal.
AB Happy Chandler, then governor of KY and future baseball commissioner stood on the state house steps and a reporter asked, "Hey Happy, what about all that gambling in Newport." Happy said, "What Gambling!!." I have the newspaper that was in.
The Mayor of Newport, TV Johnny, operated the 633 Club in the mid 60's.

The list goes on and on and on.
The History goes on and on and on.
But the people that made all that history are dropping like flies.
What history we do not is soon to be lost.