GAMBLING IN BRITAIN
DECREASE NOTED IN CHURCH REPORT
.... . LONDON, June 16, The annual report of the Churches „ c ' n Gambling estimates exbfpmture on all forms of gambling at 01948, compared with •*- 791 •52°' 000 in 1947 and £1,000,000.006 in 1946.
The reasons given for the decline ?friJ^ Xatlon . a ,? d . the general financial creased nCy ' A 1 forms ot gambling de-
The estimated expenditure on football pools was £61.000,000. l'M7 bett in« figures for 1948. 1947, and 194 f on other sports were- - £«lnmSSh £300,000,000, £450,000,000; horseracing £350 000 000 £400.000 000. £450.000.000 The report states that the reduced turnover on both football pools and faH Wa ® P’nbably due to the that the - windfall in the shane fall® U ‘\'. Cs had , ceased - The heavier !! . J those classes of gambling la?n efOr i e ' ' VEi not Primarily or nec-»s-themy h '% tO heav . ier Nation on inem, but it was a factor.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25833, 18 June 1949, Page 7
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