{"id":1626,"date":"2013-08-28T07:48:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leirdal.net\/blog\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2013-08-28T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T08:09:11","slug":"not-a-gambling-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/1626-not-a-gambling-man.html","title":{"rendered":"Not a gambling man"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is illegal to gamble in Norway, except a few things. Some sports betting and Lotto are allowed, and both are run by the government. Oslo Kamera Klubb<\/a> visited one of the horse race tracks in Norway, Bjerke<\/a>. It was quite interesting to see a sub culture so focused on this weird business model based on racing horses around an elliptic track. Have a look at some of my pictures.<\/p>\n

Notice the close up of the happy winner of one of the races.<\/p>\n

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The happy winner <\/div> <\/div>
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Into the turn <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"In <\/a>
In step <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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It is illegal to gamble in Norway, except a few things. Some sports betting and Lotto are allowed, and both are run by the government. Oslo Kamera Klubb visited one of the horse race tracks in Norway, Bjerke. 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