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...bookies legally avoid payment? Britons argued the pros and cons in bus queues and on commuter trains. Under Britain's Gaming Act legislation, a bettor cannot sue a bookmaker and vice versa. The police indicated that they saw no grounds for action against anybody, but the bettors' bible, The Sporting Life, warned that in refusing to pay, the bookmakers "have done themselves and their calling the greatest disservice possible." Besides loss of public confidence, the bookies might have to face a protest when their licenses come up for renewals in February...
...odds-on favorite to become a national hero. And so, when an aptly titled long shot named Historic Value won the ninth harness race one night last week at New York's Roosevelt Raceway, the holder of the winning $132,232.80 ticket was hailed by every $2 bettor as the man of the hour...
...Rozelle so tough? A player who gets into the habit of betting, he reasoned, can also get into the habit of losing his shirt-and fall into the clutches of professional gamblers. Suppose a player was known to be a regular bettor, and then word got out that he had failed to bet on one game. How come? Was something up? Last but not least, gambling on football games is illegal in every state but one-and there are no pro teams in Nevada...
...stocks that panicky investors dumped on the market. The specialists had no assurance prices would not keep falling until their fortunes were decimated-though the market rallied next day. To outsiders, Coleman's profession seems like gambling on a scale to make a Las Vegas bettor quail...
...Horseplayers all over the U.S. groaned to learn that Postmaster General Summerfield has forbidden the use of the U.S. mails to Mexico's Caliente Future Book. Otherwise restricted to on-course pari-mutuel betting or illegal off-course bookmakers, Caliente's bettors could formerly mail a bet to the Mexican book months in advance of such big stakes as the Garden State or the Kentucky Derby, pick their horse from a long list of possible entries at odds as high as 1,000 to 1, get back 10% of their bet if their horse simply started...