Word: illegalâ
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Betting is certainly an optional luxury and therefore a fit object for taxation. ... It is estimated that £6,000,000 per year may be derived from this source. . . . The proposed tax does not alter the legality of betting. . . . Credit and racecourse betting are legal, while street betting is illegal???although in practice everyone can bet with impunity. In that sense, there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. . . . The proposed tax is but a recognition of a condition of so-called vice from which the Exchequer has already received large sums, since the income...