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Show thse firms chargs npthing for placing the money, especially if one of the bettors is a customer. Some of the curb brokers, however, make a pretty good thing out of this sort of speculation. Most of the betting bet-ting is dons on the curb, and for the last two or thres weeks the odds on the national na-tional and State contests have been watched about as closely as the quotations quota-tions on Northern Securities or any of the unlisted stnrks dealt In through this open air mart of finance. The co- missions vary. Some brokerw charge i pr cent of the gross sum waged, wt.d others ask I per cent of the winnings. One broker who has let out a good many thousands of dollars on Roosevelt Roose-velt and feels confidant of his success at the polls, stated the other day that already al-ready his books showed that ha would clean up more than pU0O in commissions, and he expects to place a lot more money before next Tuesday. Another curb broker bro-ker estimates his commissions on bets at taoo. New York Prs.- BROKERAGE OH" BETS. Estimates of the amount of money wa- fered in Wall street on the national and tate elections run from $1,500,000 to J3.000,-000. J3.000,-000. These transactions bring in considerable con-siderable re-cue to the brokers who place the wagersV A good deal of betting. Is done through stock exchange houses. In many cases |