Word: bettor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...handle his book at such big meets as Ascot, Epsom and Goodwood. While other bookies call their odds "ten to one," Bill goes all out: "I'll lay a thousand to a hundred." Says Bill with considerable pride: "The entire business is based on lightning judgment. Every punter [bettor] is entitled to outsmart his bookmaker if he can, and good luck to him. There's no limit to what you can win, I tell my customers. We British are born gamblers...
...Landau, he had one of the worst relapses of his career. He made a fine, fast start and led the field for a mile; then, in the backstretch, he simply quit. Said a busted bettor: "That horse is so bad off, not even a head shrinker could fix him. His trouble is he knows he's inferior...
...Last year, using the Kefauver ammunition, Dan McCarty got elected governor. He wasted no time in framing a proposal that would hurt: an increase in the state's take at dog-racing tracks from 5% to an average of 7.07%, at the expense of the track, not the bettor. Although Johnston's lobbyists almost got the bill killed, McCarty rammed it through the legislature...
...field of horses running with the Dancer, they wagered that he would win his 1953 debut with ease. By the time the horses left the post in the first division of the Gotham Stakes, the Dancer was a heavy favorite: a $2 bet on him stood to win the bettor only 30?. He saw to it that his backers collected their dimes...
...expose the gambling machines that were milking Newark in the early 40's was exciting: "I had to ride back and forth on the train, look for men who were reading scratch sheets, and try to find out from them where the gamblers operated. I followed a heavy bettor to the gaming house, counted how many times he rang the bell, and ten minutes later did the same. After playing craps for a while on the newspaper's money, I left by telling them an ulcer was acting up. But all this isn't unusual. Most reporters...