WHAT CONSTITUTES A BOOKMAKER?
ft remarkable reading of. the Gaming Act was given by Mr Harold Cooper •during an address in a betting case at the Police Court in Palmerston North! on Saturday morning. •' ,Mr Cooper stated that, according to the Act, if a man was'found making bets on every horse in a..race he would be a bookmaker .within the common acceptanceof the term. According to the Act, it did not matter whether a imiaii betted on the machine or as a bookmaker, he was still liable to be looked upon as a bookmaker because he attempted to add to his livelihood by betting. ■ Mr Cooper stated that (if a man played poker for Is a cornier, (played billiards for Is bet, or ■show poker at 3d a corner, or any (other game for a bet, he would, .acIcordi'ng to' the' definition of the Act, be qualified as a bookmaker, and Would be liable to a fine if he made a bet on the totalisator.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10551, 6 February 1912, Page 4
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165WHAT CONSTITUTES A BOOKMAKER? Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10551, 6 February 1912, Page 4
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