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Desiderata"(Latin: "things desired") is a 1927 prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann. The text was widely distributed in poster form in the 1960s and 1970s. The text was widely distributed in poster form in the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1998, Done paid out early Manchester United to win the Premier League title, making him the first bookmaker to pay out early at the end of the season. [7] In 2004, Done's chain of bookmakers was renamed Betfred. [7] In 2015, Done announced he was in talks to sell a 25% stake in The Tote after buying it from the UK government for £265 ...
A mixture of organic and acquisition growth has resulted in Betfred being the largest independent retail bookmaker in the UK. By 2000, the total number of shops nationwide had risen to two hundred, and in 2002, Done Bookmakers opened their first shop in the Greater London area. [5] The current name Betfred was first used in 2004.
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Ehrmann returned to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1898 to practice law.He was a deputy state's attorney in Vigo County, Indiana, for two years.Subsequently, he worked in his family's meatpacking business and in the overalls manufacturing industry (Ehrmann Manufacturing Co.) [5] At age 40, Ehrmann left the business to write.
Although his Italian Clerkenwell-based organisation gained the core of its income from racecourse protection rackets operated against bookmakers, it was also involved in a range of criminal activities including extortion, theft, as well as operating several nightclubs. It had an estimated 100 members, and is said to have included imported ...
In 1944 he produced the first fixed-odds football coupon. [1] In 1954 he reversed his business into Holder's Investment Trust, a shell company, thereby securing a listing on the London Stock Exchange. [1] Although he had called legal betting offices "a cancer on society", he opened his first in 1966, [5] after his competitors had stolen a march ...