Re: The sad results of prohibition.
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But over all without the prohibition people would be less likely to play in underground games, the same way there were no speakeasies.
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Again, to be clear- this can, and does, happen in "non-underground" games (as in, games that are not at risk of being broken up over legality). Whether undeground games exist or not has little to do as to whether people are going to try to rob poker games.
I think it's the amount of money involved, much more than the legality (illegal = less likely for people to involve the law, being the presumed logic behind that thought) of the games robbed, that encourages crime. That, and the amount of uncontrolled exposure.
To return to your analogy- speakeasies and moonshine still exist, and are used, even today.
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