THE GAMING LAWS.
BOOKMAKER AND TOTAIISATOE. Under Jlr. Newman's Gaming. Amendment and Bookmakers' Abolition Bill it is proposed to repeal Section 34 of the Gaming Act, which provides that racing clubs may issue licenses to bookmakers. The licenses would iapse and be of no effect upon the passing of this Act. It is also proposed that betting shall be prohibited at horse races races, and shooting matches or competitions, as well as at other sports grounds. "Whatever you can say against the totalisator," said Jlr. Lang in the House yesterday, "you can say ten times more against the bookmaker. The bookmakers encourage young fellows to run up accounts, with the result that they are compelled to go on in the hope of redeeming their financial position.'' He did not approve of the existing gaming legislation at all. Mr. Poole: It is all bad! Mr. Lang: Yes, it is all bad, but the bookmakers are ten times the worst.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 863, 8 July 1910, Page 4
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158THE GAMING LAWS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 863, 8 July 1910, Page 4
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