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MANGOLD:
And is this an xpensive betting shop...a large one or a
small one by standards or what?
I would say it's about average in actual fact.
Nobody seems to be very concerned...
PERKINS:
MANGOLD:
PERKINS:
No well as I say...
MANGOLD:
PERKINS:
pe they taking it for granted or...?
Well they know they're caught, there's no point in putting up violence.... when they go to court they'll all be fined. There's no question of them going to prison...there's no reason for them to....
.they look totally unconcerned....
...they're not..they're probably not at all....
MANGOLD:
PERKINS:
MANGOLD:
And what is their sentence?....(INAUDIBLE)
PERKINS: fine....
Probably....anything ranging from forty to a hundred dollars
MANGOLD:
...which is like us losing a race isn't it?
PERKINS:
MANGOLD:
...he pays it...Why?
Yes.....and in actual fact he pays it...
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PERKINS:
if he wants to...
What happens to him?
..he gets a pay-off and he starts it again tomorrow
Will he start again?
Almost certainly I should think?
MANGOLD:
PERKINS:
MANGOLD:
Do you ever feel you are wasting your time..?
PERKINS:
Wouldn't say wasting my time. Frustrated yes, quite often.
MANGOLD:
I mean this is sort of
isn't it really...?
PERKINS:
enforce it....
The point is it's agsinst the law and we have to try and
So really it's just a ritual.
MANGOLD:
PERKINS: BBH
To a certain extent yes.
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