'Boardwalk' Bet: A High-Stakes Saga From HBO

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September 17, 2010

David Bianculli

Step Right Up: The new HBO series Boardwalk Empire is set in 1920s Atlantic City, where corruption flows more freely than the Prohibition-banned booze.

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