BRITISH BETTING BILL
> COMMITTEE STAGE IN HOUSE OF LORDS GAMBLING ON FOOTBALL ALLOWED (Received May 31, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. The House of Lords devoted a long sitting to the committee stage, of the Betting Lotteries Bill. The Government regarded as vital the division on Lord Sutherland's amendment permitting betting three times a week on greyhound tracks in the London area and four times a week in the provinces. Lord Londonderry said that there could be racing without, betting every day, and the restriction on betting facilities was necessary to check a social menace. The amendment was rejected by 75 votes to '34. A new clause was adopted permitting, as at present, pari-miltuel betting on football matches, and ofTcour.se wagers on horseraces, and making totalisator clubs illegal.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21179, 1 June 1934, Page 11
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