赌之为害,人尽知之。然自清末以来,广东赌盗甲天下,亦人尽知之。历来奸猾吏胥,豪绅土劣皆视为利薮,收规庇纵,相沿成风,且公开承认,正式作为一宗税项来源。予赌业以合法化,则始于张之洞任粤督之时。当时中法战起,清廷派彭玉麟率湘军水师来粤加强海防,张之洞筹饷供应,先开收全省各行商业炮台经费,又奏请弛闱姓赌禁,招商承办。光绪二十五年(1899),李鸿章督粤,继又援例奏请弛白鸽票,番摊赌禁,招商承包赌饷,所谓移偏作正,化私为公。又以白鸽宗名曰小闱姓,以番摊为防务经费,于是赌业公开,大行其道。宣统二年(1910)广东省咨议局成立,曾通过禁赌提案,而粤督张鸣歧却提出:「先筹抵,后施禁」之议,意图拖延时日,后被否决,迫得下令禁赌。粤人为此举行大游行庆祝,提议禁赌 Bet the harm, people know it. However, since the end of the Qing dynasty, Guangdong bet Pirates of the world, but also make people aware of it. All those who have traditionally been devious and bureaucratic, all of whom are regarded as liaisons, have taken shelter and are generally accepted as a tax source. To gambling industry to legalize, it began when Zhang Zhidong Ren Yue Duo. At that time, the Sino-French war, the Qing court sent the rate of Peng Yulin Xiang army navy to strengthen the defense of Haiphong, Zhang Zhidong supply, the first to open up the province’s commercial banks funding for all walks of life, and recalled the ban Chi Hang name ban, investment contractor. Twenty-five years Guangxu (1899), Li Hongzhang governor Guangdong, following another example, please play loose white pigeon tickets, Fan ban betting, investment contract rates, the so-called shift for positive, private for the public. Pigeon name again with a small name surnamed Fan to share for defense funding, so gambling open, popular. The Propaganda Department of Guangdong Province was founded in 1910 with the proposal of banning gambling. Guangdong Governor Zhang Mingqi proposed that the proposal of “raising first and then forbidding” was intended to be delayed for a long time to be rejected and forced to order No gambling. Guangdong held a parade to celebrate this, proposed banning gambling