PROSECUTION ADVOCATED
I lie Eev I'iedeuck L Watson, secie taiy of the Stottisli Xa.tional League against Betting and Gambling, in a letter to the Home Seuetaiy and the Secretary of State for Scotland, alter the results of the bweepstakes on the Manchester No\embei Handicap had been published, suggested that as participation in a lottery is illegal all peisous 'svho-'e nameb appeared as pii?e-wmneis in the sweepstake should be proceeded against accoidmjf to law, and the full penalties imposed. buch action, he, states, might focus the attention of the nation on the fact that the gambling mania is responsible for the steuhsation^oE, £400,000,000 annually a sum that, if directed into the channels of useful industry, would go far towards assisting to balance the Budget" No genuine policy of national economy can be effected without dealing with the gambling habit, *nd the league believes that the prosecution of eveiy publiclj acclaimed Irish sweep prize winner would be a useful fiist step towards this end.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1932, Page 6
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162PROSECUTION ADVOCATED Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1932, Page 6
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