Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
Bell Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California. The population was 44,054 at the 2000 census. Bell Gardens is notable for being one of the only five cities in Los Angeles County to permit casino gambling. Dice games and slot machines are forbidden.