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The Decline of Gambling on Cricket — Betting Falls from Fashion, 1850s
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1852-01-01
Through the first half of the nineteenth century gambling on cricket had been endemic — matches were arranged with betting as the primary purpose, and some were fixed to ensure the desired result. By the 1850s the gambling culture had declined sharply under Victorian moral pressure, the rise of professional touring cricket and the growing influence of the MCC, which increasingly discouraged wagering at Lord's. The 1850s were the decade in which cricket gambling moved from mainstream to disreputable.
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