The New South Wales Government is engaged in making keen inquiries into the starting-price betting “evil.” It has indicated that it is seriously considering changing the penalty from fines (on a sliding scale, according to the number of convictions) to imprisonment without the option of a fine. It has deputed one of its Ministers to investigate the working and results of a recent drastic Queensland Act. Disclosures at a recent Royal Commission have convinced the Government that a section of the Police Force has been demoralised through the same cause. Indeed, Ministers seem convinced that the illegal betting “racket” has reached a stage at which it is adversely affecting the State, economically and mqrally.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20639, 30 January 1937, Page 6
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