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NEW USE FOR WIRELESS (United Press Association.—Copyright.) BERLIN, 7th February. A widespread conspiracy to defraud bookmakers by the use of wireless has been revealed as the result of the arrest of three ringleaders in Hamburg. The method adopted was to rent a room in! a district frequented by bookmakers, install a three-valve receiving set, and intercepting and decoding Morse results of races from Paris. These were signalled to accomplices in the street, who laid bets accordingly. Sometimes the results were obtained ten minutes before they were received by book« makers. It is believed the ruse was practised in many towns in Germany, till suspicions were aroused among bookmakers by tbeirhetryyloweis.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 33, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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