High Cost Of Gambling In USA Classifying gambling as a “ dirty business,” America’s Academy of Political and Social Science imparted the astounding statistical information that American citizens each year yield an easy-money harvest of 8,000,000,000 dollars to illegal bookmakers. Another 4,000,000.000 dollars went the way of slot machines and other " rackets,” making a grand total of 12,000,000.000 dollars, or in New Zealand currency, £4,350,032,625. Such figures are staggering to the average New Zealander, who, while enjoying an occasional flutter, is generally a conservative bettor. This explains probably why Baxter’s Lung Preserver is picked as the best bet when one prefers not to gamble with a cold. Baxters ” is sold by all chemists and stores throughout New Zealand. Baxters, Ltd.. 602 Colombo street, Christchurch.— Advt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27443, 17 July 1950, Page 3
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