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Illawarra Mercury
  • 11/7/2023
Bookmaker's assistance Bill Coomb has been into horse racing since he was a child.
Transcript
00:00 Hi, I'm Bill Coombe. I'm a long time friend of the Dowdle bookmaking family and I'm here at Kembler Grange.
00:07 How long have you been involved in horse racing?
00:10 Many, many years.
00:12 What do you love about it?
00:14 I like the atmosphere, I like the fact it's a unique place, a betting ring, everybody is on the same loop here.
00:20 Just take your lucky number or your lucky colour, it's only a four-legged lottery.
00:27 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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