ILLEGAL BETTING.
FINES—AND PROFITS.
BOOKMAKERS' " LICENSES."
Counsel for accused, in pleading guilty, said that bookmaking was carried on all over New Zealand, for the reason that the public felt there was no moral wrong in it. The totalisator was not adequate for public betting, because one had to go to the course to get money on. Fines were the "licenses fees" the bookmakers must pay. The magistrate: Some magistrates say that these should be imprisoned. Counsel: And some fine them £5.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1926, Page 9
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81ILLEGAL BETTING. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1926, Page 9
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