BETTING SWINDLE.
BOOKMAKERS' VICTIMISED. A TELEPHONE TRICK. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. London, April 14. Owing to the absence of direct telephonic communication between London and Vienna, and to the slowness of the delivery of telegrams between the two capitals, it has been the custom of bookmakers in Vienna to accept bets on races run in England two and a-half hours after starting time. Taking advantage of this allowance a gang of sharpers, utilising the long-distance telephones between London and Paris, on to Berlin, and thenoe to Vienna, made many bets after races had been run, backing the horses which they knew had won, before the results reached the Austrian capital in the ordinary course. The system was operated with success for some time, and a leading bookmaker was swindled out of many thousands of pounds.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13726, 16 April 1908, Page 5
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