Prospective bettors arriving at Aqueduct racetrack in New York City make a dash for the betting offices with race time only seconds away. A check of more than half the states indicates that the most popular proposed source of new revenue is to make parimutuel horse racing legal in the states where it isn’t, and the main argument is that hometown money is going to the states where it is legal.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Prospective bettors arriving at Aqueduct racetrack in New York City make a dash for the betting offices with race time only seconds away. A check of more than half the states indicates that the most popular proposed source of new revenue is to make parimutuel horse racing legal in the states where it isn’t, and the main argument is that hometown money is going to the states where it is legal.

[ca. April 1971]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Gambling

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