Australia On This Day

14 July - 1906 - The Unluckiest Bookie

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REPEAT: Shonky Melbourne bookie Don McLeod fleeced Flemington punters through a scam known as scaling. When his luck ran out and he felt the full fury of a mob of mug punters, the shock waves were felt all the way to the Victorian state parliament.


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