History of Gambling in Liverpool – Click Liverpool

Liverpool is famous for many things, from The Beatles to their football teams, the River Mersey and the part its portplayed in the Industrial Revolution. The people of Liverpool are also known to have a good idea of how to enjoy themselves and, as well as having a lively nightlife scene,there is also a long history of gambling in Liverpool.

The earliest types of gambling in the UK started towards the end of the 15th century, and there was a big difference between how the rich andthe poor gambled. The rich would bet on horses, chess, and card games, whilst the poor would play dice-based wager games.

Liverpools famous Aintree Racecourse hosts the Grand National and has been opensince 1839. In these days, horses would jump over a stone wallbefore safer modern-day hedged fenceswere introduced. The Grand National has firmly become the worlds most famous horse racing event and over 300 million was staked in 2019.The oldest racecourse in England is just down the road from Liverpool;Chester Racecourse, at which races started in 1539.

The history of the Football Pools surprisingly links the city of Liverpool with bitter football rivals Manchester United. John Moores (who has a university named after him) was founder of Littlewoods and was instrumental in the emergence of the Football Pools. The first office for the Football Pools was set up in Liverpool, but the coupons were first distributed outside Old Trafford in 1923. It was many years before it really took off but before the National Lottery started up, many households would spend Saturdays afternoons watching theTVat full-time to check the Pools results to see if they had won big.

Whilst casinos were not officially legal in the UK until the 1960s, there were several private members-only gaming clubs across the UKprior to this. The oldest casinos in Liverpool include Mint Casino on Renshaw Street and Liverpool Counting House. Its venues like this that have inspired the UKs love of gambling, so much so, that people can nowplay roulette online with Paddy Power, for example, and also access thousands of online slots. Roulette is one of the easier games to start playing as a beginner, either off or online, along with classic cardgames like blackjack.

The city of Liverpool is home to both Liverpool FC and Everton FC, two major sports clubs.Liverpool FC has a huge global following, which has a big impact on the amount of money that is bet on the games they play. Liverpool won the Champions League in 2019 and,according to Forbes, Liverpool are now the 8th most valuable soccer teamin the world, valuedat $2.183 billion in 2019. Football is the most followed sport in Liverpool, whilst the Royal Liverpool Golf Course regularly hosts the Open, and, as previously mentioned, the Grand National takes place each year attracting huge TV audiences and live spectators.

Liverpool has been integral in the development of the gambling industry throughout history, and is sure to be just as important in the future.

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