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From Prohibition to Regulation: Bookmaking, Anti-Gambling, and the Law
From Prohibition to Regulation Bookmaking AntiGambling and the Law
Author: David Dixon
The policing of illegal betting and bookmaking was a major issue in relations between police and working-class people until 1960, when betting shops were legalized in England and Wales. This ended an attempt to discriminate legally against cash betting away from the racecourses, which had reached its height with the Street Betting Act of 1906. T...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198256168
ISBN-10: 0198256167
Publication Date: 5/9/1991
Pages: 422
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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