game playing track

game box cover game player's layout

playing pieces

1931 "Bookie" board game, Bookie Games Co., Los Angeles

game playing board layout	game box cover
	playing die & money

1945 "Bookie" board game, Falada Toy Co., New York

game box	playing money
	playing score sheet

c.1980 "Football Widows Game," Real-Life Games, Oklahoma City

game box

playing card examples

a 1930s betting game published by Central News Ltd., London, consisting of 52 standard size playing cards: 6 horse "Runner" cards with seven numbers for each named horse and 4 special set-up cards Its description reads "The first horse to reach a position in line with the first card marking the course is the winner. The next horse to arrive achieves a "place" and wins one-third the odds offered by the Bookie... Practice will quickly determine the possible odds to be laid. These will range between 6 to1 and 50 to 1, or possibly more."

c.1936 "Bookie," England

four-foot mechanical game track, game betting board and metal playing pieces
	game box 23" x 15.5" x 3"
	a 1960s horserace game published by Chad Valley/Barclay Toys, London

c.1965 "Beat The Bookie" board game, England

game box

a contemporary betting game consisting of 52 standard size playing cards: 8 horse cards and 44 odds cards by Andrew McKinnon Its description reads "Given various odds the bookie chooses which horse will win and the other players bet on what they think has been chosen. The bookie then reveals the horse chosen and settles the bets accordingly. The objective of the game is to place bets on the horse the bookmaker picks." Website: http://www.raceoddsgame.freeserve.co.uk

1998 "Beat The Bookie Race Odds Game" England

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