Bookie: The Card Game

A betting game published by Central News Ltd.,London. The game consisted of: 52 standard size playing cards, 6 horse "Runner" cards with seven numbers for each named horse, 4 special set-up cards. The description from the rules reads: "The first horse to reach a position in line with the first card marking the course is the winner. The next horse to arrive achieves a "place" and wins one-third the odds offered by the Bookie... Practice will quickly determine the possible odds to be laid. These will range between 6 to 1 and 50 to 1, or possibly more."