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Until the 1980s betting on horses was one of only two
significant forms of gambling in New Zealand (the other
being lotteries). In 1910 bookmakers were made illegal,
but on-course betting using the totalisator remained.
Here men queue to place their bets at Trentham racecourse
soon after the change.
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