For centuries people have gambled on the outcome of events. This has included everyone from games of chance in Ancient China to the early episodes of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. The United Kingdom is widely regarded as the birthplace of legalised sports betting when moving the practice of gambling from underground to licenced, legal and regulated betting offices. In the 1960s, sports fans in the UK were, for the first time, able to legally gamble on the outcome of horse races, boxing bouts, soccer matches and more. These wagers were placed at high street betting offices or racetracks,
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