When the clerks, who handle bets, had cash shortages in their tills at the end of a day's work, that money was deducted from their income as reported to the I.R.S.

A breakdown in the tote-board system kept OTB offices from handling bets on the two races plus the Pick 3 and Pick 6.

The bookmakers roundly refused and, as a consequence, there were no bookies at the 1886 derby to handle high-dollar bets.

These bookies could handle large bets and lay them off and spread the bets among a number of unsuspecting bookmakers around the country so as not to arouse suspicion.

Eventually, Erickson became very well known among bookmakers nationwide for handling "lay-off" bets.

I have handled bets for this gentleman also.

The Blue Grass will be televised by ABC with post time scheduled for 4:45 P.M. New York OTB is handling bets on the race.

A complaint filed yesterday in Manhattan Criminal Court asserted that Mr. Marquez was the head of a gambling ring that handled bets totaling more than $500,000 a month.

Some parimutuel windows were marked for Gulfstream races to cut the length of the waiting lines, although all windows handled bets on both tracks.

The stick man stood on one side of the table, handling the dice and bets.