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where the law lets you gamble your rent but not buy a beer with the winnings.

means a county that bans the retail sale of alcohol, even though the surrounding state allows it.

from a leftover of prohibition-era temperance laws from the 1900s-1930s that many counties, especially in the south, simply never repealed after the 21st amendment killed national prohibition in 1933.

for instance

moore county tnjack daniel's distillery sits in a dry county since 1909

lynchburg tennesseetourists tour a distillery that cannot legally sell them a bottle onsite

rankin county msone of mississippi's many long-standing dry counties

kansas dry countiesseveral kansas counties still restrict liquor sales by vote

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