Bets can also be placed at betting shops, which set their own odds.

'We do not want people to have to go into betting shops to buy tickets,' said one Heritage Department source.

Finally, you can use the 'Tote', available at betting shops for some kinds of bets.

THE bookmakers are pressing ahead with their campaign for evening opening of betting shops by next summer.

Round the backstreet betting shops in any big town I'd be just another mug.

The firm had become a vast concern, with hundreds of betting shops throughout the country, but its headquarters were still in the East End.

However, in 2008, betting shops and stores opened for the first time on this day.

Gambling casinos have goodwill valued on a similar basis to betting shops.

But I didn't bet because I don't like going into betting shops.

There are betting shops every hundred yards along every high street.