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highnote
03-24-2016, 11:09 PM
Check out this link:

http://online.sfsu.edu/hl/g.bk.html

Some great old photos of bookie joints from the 1930s.
horses4courses
03-24-2016, 11:18 PM
Great stuff :ThmbUp:
Thanks for posting
VigorsTheGrey
03-25-2016, 11:05 AM
SECRETS OF A BOOKIE: DISCLOSING A METHOD OF BETTING THAT BOOKIES ARE DEATHLY AFRAID OF AND WILL NOT HANDLE, c.1951, 58pp.

hmmm....I wonder what that secret was? Anyone ever read this book?
HalvOnHorseracing
03-25-2016, 11:45 AM
Check out this link:

http://online.sfsu.edu/hl/g.bk.html

Some great old photos of bookie joints from the 1930s.
On a tangential topic, do you know which track was first to attempt to replace bookmakers with parimutuel machines? http://halveyonhorseracing.com/?p=1553
Hard2Like
03-25-2016, 12:23 PM
Thanks for a nice break from studying the pp's .
I needed it
highnote
03-25-2016, 03:07 PM
On a tangential topic, do you know which track was first to attempt to replace bookmakers with parimutuel machines? http://halveyonhorseracing.com/?p=1553

Good story. I figured it was a French track or Belmont Park.
ultracapper
03-25-2016, 04:24 PM
On a tangential topic, do you know which track was first to attempt to replace bookmakers with parimutuel machines? http://halveyonhorseracing.com/?p=1553

Outstanding story. Well written and very entertaining and educational.

Thanks for posting it. Easily worth $100+. You need a new editor or something.
ultracapper
03-25-2016, 04:26 PM
Check out this link:

http://online.sfsu.edu/hl/g.bk.html

Some great old photos of bookie joints from the 1930s.

What is the "cheesebox"?