THE BOOKMAKER.
The police of Wellington and Auckland have instituted a crusade against bookmakers, and one or two layers of the odds have been made to toe the mark. But anybody who supposes that the infliction of monetary penalties is going to put a stop to street betting is exceedingly verdant. The bookmaker, like the "dropper," is regulated by the law of supply and demand. So long as people are found who are willing to bet, so long will the bookmaker pursue his calling. No law lias yet been constructed that can effectually suppress the bookmaker. Efforts to exterminate hi*n have been made in France, Germany, and elsewhere. But all have ignominiously failed. In Germany the Legislature has taken the rational view, and has decided that the calling shall be legalised; but under close restrictions. The law of New Zealand makes bookmaking illegal; but no power in the world will be able to successfully enforce the law. As we have already stated, it is a question- of supply and demand. A peculiar feature of the prosecutions in New Zealand is that the man who takes the bet is hauled before the Court, but the. man who makes the bet is allowed to go scot free.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 4
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205THE BOOKMAKER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 4
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