The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, World's Series transaction

Could you please tell me the meaning of "transaction" in the following excerpt from the last chapter of The Great Gatsby?

I wondered if this partnership had included the World's Series transaction in 1919.

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Gatsby was involved with illegal activities, specifically bootlegging. The word Transaction refers to the Boston Red Sox gambling scandal in 1919 World Series. Nick refers the scandal as a business transaction as if, like his bootlegging, the baseball scandal was merely business as usual for Gatsby.

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