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Article: JOHN BANKS flamboyant and controversial bookmaker: Fearless bookie Banks dies of cancer.(Sports)

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The Racing Post (London, England)
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August 11, 2003
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Byline: BRUCE JACKSON

JOHN BANKS, the flamboyant and controversial bookmaker who lit up the betting ring in the 1960s and 1970s, died yesterday, aged 68, after a long battle against throat cancer.

Banks was also a racehorse owner of distinction and latterly chairman of the Rails Bookmakers' Association, seeing through the ground-breaking changes that resulted in fellow rails layers being able to display prices.

At the height of his bookmaking success and legendary battles with off-course firms, Banks ...

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