<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishSerikali ya Marekani ilifanya hivyo kwa kuhalalisha kamari mwaka 1931 na kuimarisha maisha ya mji huo, ingawa wakazi wa mji huo hawakujua hilo wakati huo.  <response>: The state legislature helped as well, by legalizing gambling in 1931 and thus solidifying the future of the town, though legislators and residents could never have known this at the time. 