CALIFORNIA’S ANTI-BETTING BILL

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 985, 21 January 1909, Page 6

CALIFORNIA’S ANTI-BETTING BILL

This is the latest Bill against race betting to be introduced into the Californian Legislature:—Every person who, within the State of California, for himself, or as agent for, or employee of, any person or persons, firm, company, or corporation, sells, or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, issues or offers to issue or in any manner, whether by agents or themselves, disposes of, purchases or acquires any interest in any pool, or in any pool ticket certificate, writing or other evidence of payment, acceptance or deposit of money or other thing or things of value, staken upon the result of any running, pacing or trotting race or contest between horses, mares or geldings, or makes or offers to make any bet or wager laid

on the result of such a race or contest, or receives or pays over any money or article or thing of value, the ownership or right to possession of which has been, or is to be determined by any such race or contest, or rents or leases any building, structure, room, apartment, place or premises whatever, or permits the same to be occupied for any of the above purposes, is guilty of a misdemeanour and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. It is thought the Bill will pass both Houses.