This seems similar to the reason many people advance for going in forfootballpools-individually it seems rational, though globally it is not.
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I am not sure what is the difference, unless it is the difference between fixed odds betting andfootballpools.
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The lottery's impact on book makers and thefootballpoolshas been severe.
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I have no reason to believe that undertakings which includefootballpoolsdo not employ the appropriate number of registered disabled persons.
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That is an invitation to try to kick up a row if they want this rake's progress of increasing taxation onfootballpoolsto stop.
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About £60 million to £61 million of that total is spent yearly onfootballpools.
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There is that feeling in the minds of investors in thesefootballpools.
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I am advised that the revenue fromfootballpoolsalso tends to fall away in the summer months.
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I have never understoodfootballpoolsand should not like to express an opinion.
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The tax from thefootballpoolsis to be used to improve football grounds.
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We could almost go as far as nationalising thefootballpools, which would be far more effective than nationalising steel, for example.
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Think of the enormous sums which go tofootballpoolsand so on, in this country.
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Why do they waste so much money onfootballpoolsand other things?
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The new order relates to newsprint and will not affect the supply of paper forfootballpools.
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Another possibility is that of a levy on thefootballpools.
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