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07
Professional Gambler & Bookmaker: Freddie Williams
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MAY
07
It's November 2005. The location: Cheltenham racecourse. It's about an hour before the first race - the opening day of the Paddy Power Gold Cup meeting. Under a grey sky, with steadily dropping temperatures, the crowd gathers. In the betting circle bookies are pitching. Barry Dennis shouts prices back and forth. Gregory and John Hughes watch the crowd. Andy Smith and John Christie await the first bets of the day. Mickey 'The Asparagus Kid' Fletcher, his face like a 'Wanted' poster, scowls from the sidelines. But Scotsman Freddie Williams, a famed drama actor, hasn't yet arrived. ''please share this great story with our media buttons'' Miniature in stature he may be, he's known as the biggest bookmaker at Prestbury Park. Freddie delays his entrance, sitting comfortably in his Jaguar a hundred yards away in the members' car park. His daughter Julie, and other members of his on-course team are already in place on the pitch. I bet he was never tempted by pokie
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