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• keeping common gaming house — A common law offense, indictable as a criminal nuisance on account of its tendency to bring together disorderly persons, promote immorality, and lead to breaches of the peace. By judicial evolution and legislative enactment the common law offense …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• Parimutuel betting — (from the French language: pari mutuel , mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take or vig are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among …   Wikipedia

• Spread betting — is any of various types of wagering on the outcome of an event, where the pay off is based on the accuracy of the wager, rather than a simple win or lose outcome, which is known as money line betting. A spread is a range of outcomes, and the bet… …   Wikipedia

• Sky Betting and Gaming — Industry Gambling Headquarters Isleworth, London and Leeds, West Yorkshire Products Sports betting …   Wikipedia

• Public house — Not to be confused with Public housing. A thatched country pub, The Williams Arms, near Braunton, North Devon, England …   Wikipedia

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• horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were …   Universalium