Betting and Gambling: A National Evil

Betting & Gambling: A National EvilUntil comparatively recent years, betting and gambling were largely confined in this...
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Author: Rowntree, B. Seebohm (Benjamin Seebohm),1871-1954
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Language: English
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Betting and Gambling: A National Evil

Betting and Gambling: A National Evil

€6,34

Betting and Gambling: A National Evil

€6,34
Author: Rowntree, B. Seebohm (Benjamin Seebohm),1871-1954
Format: eBook
Language: English

Betting & Gambling: A National Evil

Until comparatively recent years, betting and gambling were largely confined in this country to the wealthy few. Now, however, the practice has spread so widely among all classes of the community that those who know the facts name gambling and drinking as national evils of almost equal magnitude. There is no doubt that the social conscience is as yet only very partially awakened to the widespread character of the gambling evil and to its grievous consequences. Like a cancer, the evil thing has spread its poisonous roots throughout the length and breadth of the land, carrying with them, where they strike, misery, poverty, weakened character, and crime. Nor is the practice any longer spontaneous. It is encouraged and organised by an army of social parasites in the shape of bookmakers and their touts; these men or women (for the profession is not confined to men) pursue their calling in[viii] every town of Britainindeed, there are probably but few villages or large workshops which are free from them. In many places, indeed, they regularly call for orders, the itinerant packman or agent combining this with his recognised business. Even little children have been known to bet their slate pencils in the playgrounds of our State schools, while women and girls in all ranks of society no longer regard the practice as unwomanly. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 59402
Author: Rowntree, B. Seebohm (Benjamin Seebohm)
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Rowntree, B. Seebohm (Benjamin Seebohm), 1871-1954

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