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  1. Odds on Evens?

    Date released
    1940
    Series name
    Point of View
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    352475
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: Should betting be taxed? Whether further legalisation of betting should be encouraged.

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  2. 'Pity the Poor Bookie’

    Date released
    4 Jul 1929
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    932-1
    NoS ID
    132785
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Introduction of the ‘Totalisator’ betting machine.

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  3. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    19 Nov 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Mirror
    Issue no
    93
    NoS ID
    333736
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS synopsis: exclusive pictures of the totalisator, an automatic betting machine

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  4. I Gotta Shop

    Date released
    1 May 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1665
    NoS ID
    024088
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: I Gotta Shop. DESCRIPTION: Street betting! What a hole-and-corner business it was! And what types the street bookies were! But now, the betting shop is here at-last, and there are...

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  5. The ‘Bettor’ Way?

    Date released
    9 Apr 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1779
    NoS ID
    386882
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Showing the ‘Tote’, a betting tally machine, in operation at the Longchamps Hippodrome.

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  6. Windsor Without ‘Winnings’

    Date released
    8 Nov 1926
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1631
    NoS ID
    080143
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: The bookmakers strike against the betting tax resulted in no bets being made at this race meeting.

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  7. The Tote to Be Legalised

    Date released
    21 Mar 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1382; Super Issue No.: 27/23
    NoS ID
    085817
    Story no
    7 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Exclusive pictures - taken specially for Pathe Gazette - of great interest, in view of betting tax controversy of the wonderful electrical Totalisator in use on Australian racecourse.

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  8. Bookmakers Strike

    Date released
    8 Nov 1926
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    55
    NoS ID
    047689
    Story no
    4 / 8

    Slade catalogue entry: Bookmakers Strike: Tit for Tat in Tattersalls, November handicap striking scenes bookies boycott betting and decide to lay off.

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  9. Glorious Goodwood

    Date released
    1 Aug 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1469A
    NoS ID
    021835
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Goodwood Races. DESCRIPTION: At Goodwood, the Stewards’ Cup was won by Arcandy with Sargent and Persuader in third and fourth place. SHOTLIST: TPS over crowds. Men in bowler hats etc....

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  10. United States horse racing

    Date released
    Mar 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352140
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Every afternoon, somewhere in the U.S. is revived the pompous ceremonial of horse racing, the sport of kings. To-day its pomp is but needless formality to many who follow the...

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