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25th March 1939: Pay out clerks working under pressure to hand out winnings to lucky backers who have betted on the tote, a betting medium set up by the British government. Original Publication: Picture Post - 111 - The Tote - pub. 1939 (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

25th March 1939:  Pay out clerks working under pressure to hand out winnings to lucky backers who have betted on the tote, a betting medium set up by the British government. Original Publication: Picture Post - 111 - The Tote - pub. 1939  (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)