HOUSE OF LORDS DISCUSSION
BETTING AND LOTTERIES BILL. “BETTING A SOCIAL MENACE.” By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, May 30. The House of Lords devoted a long sitting to the committee stage of the Betting and Lotteries Bill. The Government regarded as a vital division Lord Sutherland’s amendment permitting betting three times a week on greyhound tracks in the London area and four times a week,in the provinces. Lord Londonderry retorted that there could be racing without betting daily, and the restriction of betting facilities was necessary to check a social menace. The amendment was rejected by 75 (votes to 34. A new clause was adopted permitting, as at present, pari-mutuel betting on football matches, off-the-course wagers on horse races and making totalisator clubs illegal.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1934, Page 7
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