How a small-time Vancouver bookie helped turn sports betting into a multibillion-dollar industry | CBC News

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As a young man in Vancouver in the early '70s, Michael Roxborough was drawn to the world of gamblers. That led him to hang out at the race track, pool halls, and the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

In his early days as a bookie, Michael "Roxy" Roxborough would spend time at Seymour Billiards, formerly located at Seymour and Nelson streets in downtown Vancouver.

 

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We should not be promoting gambling.

There is no such thing as gambling addiction. Recent studies have shown that getting into massive debt playing games that are advantageous for the Casino is a great experience. Experts theorize the euphoric feeling associated with gambling is similar to receiving an mRNA vaccine.

CBC making good money off those ads. Nice to see the CBC telling us crime pays.

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