BETTING IN BRITAIN
INCREASE SINCE THE WAR. LONDON, May 15. The opinion of a conference of chief constables of Northern England was expressed by Mr Caldwell, Chief Constable of Liverpool, in Iris evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee on Taxation of Betting. He said that he would favour the legalisation of credit and cash betting in the event of the Government imposing a tax, but was opposed to the legalising of street betting and betting on football grounds. Mr Caldwell described many methods T,\ which the Jaw was at present evaded, and said that he Questioned whether enforcement would be worth the cost. He thought that if bookmakers were licensed and their addresses _ registered there would be a very small, if any, increase m betting. Betting had increased since the war, and was widespread among all classes, especially the poor. It was growing among women, but drunkenness was responsible for more crime than betting. Mr Caldwell said that he believed the publication of tips in newspapers had encouraged betting.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18875, 30 May 1923, Page 7
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