Parliamentary Papers, Volume 5H.M. Stationery Office, 1923 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page xii
... agent as they pass in the street . The bets are all at starting price . The backer receives no ticket or receipt . The slips are taken to the bookmaker or are collected by runners on his behalf from the betting agents and are sorted out ...
... agent as they pass in the street . The bets are all at starting price . The backer receives no ticket or receipt . The slips are taken to the bookmaker or are collected by runners on his behalf from the betting agents and are sorted out ...
Page xiii
... agent is provided at the expense of the bookmaker with a number of outlookers ( often four or five ) whose sole duty it is to watch the police and warn the agent of the presence in the vicinity of any policeman or of any stranger who ...
... agent is provided at the expense of the bookmaker with a number of outlookers ( often four or five ) whose sole duty it is to watch the police and warn the agent of the presence in the vicinity of any policeman or of any stranger who ...
Page xiv
... agent's wife and family while the agent was serving a term of imprisonment . The result is that after a conviction a betting agent or outlooker removes to pastures new and is taken on by another bookmaker in a district where he is not ...
... agent's wife and family while the agent was serving a term of imprisonment . The result is that after a conviction a betting agent or outlooker removes to pastures new and is taken on by another bookmaker in a district where he is not ...
Page xxix
... agents to effect the bets , so as to avoid not so much the fine imposed for a first or second offence as the risk of ... agent at the particular time . The backer , having selected the horse or horses he wishes to back for that day ...
... agents to effect the bets , so as to avoid not so much the fine imposed for a first or second offence as the risk of ... agent at the particular time . The backer , having selected the horse or horses he wishes to back for that day ...
Page xxx
... agent is provided at the expense of the bookmaker with a number of outlookers ( often four or five ) whose sole duty it is to watch the police and warn the agent of the presence in the vicinity of any policeman or of any stranger who ...
... agent is provided at the expense of the bookmaker with a number of outlookers ( often four or five ) whose sole duty it is to watch the police and warn the agent of the presence in the vicinity of any policeman or of any stranger who ...
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12 July agent amongst amount of betting backer betting duty betting houses betting office bookmaker's carry cash betting Cecil Wilson cent certainly Chairman Committee Continued course credit betting credit bookmaker David Grenfell deal difficulty district evidence evil fact flat racing football Forestier-Walker gambling Gershom Stewart give horse horse racing increase Jockey Club July large number legalised maker matter mean ment moral Morgan Jones odds offence opinion pari-mutuel penalty person PETER GREEN police practically premises present profit question race meeting racecourse Rawlinson ready money betting regard registration revenue Ring ROBERT CALDER Sir Alfred Butt Sir Beddoe Rees Sir George Hamilton Sir Henry Norman Sir JOHN PEDDER slips stamp starting price street bookmaker suggest suppose Tattersall's tax on betting tell thing tickets ting tion to-day totalisator TREVOR BIGHAM turnover