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."