Chinese Immigrants and Underground Lotteries in South Africa: Negotiating Spaces at the Cusp of a Racial-Capitalist Order.

This article reviews the history of an illegal Chinese-run numbers game or lottery in South Africa. Structurally very similar to games played by Chinese immigrants in the USA, fahfee operations (or banks) provided an illicit accumulation strategy, which allowed entrepreneurial Chinese immigrants to...

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Published in:	Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 49 - 69
Main Author:	Louw, Stephen
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2019
Subjects:	South Africa Immigrants Racism Capitalism Chinese people Lotteries Gambling Numbers games (Gambling) Entrepreneurship
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