We’ve all heard the saying that Australians would bet on two flies crawling down a wall if they could.
Two-up was played extensively by Australia’s soldiers during World War I and is now closely associated with Anzac Day commemorations.
The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge were built, partially, on money from government lotteries.
We throw our $2 in for the office sweep for the Melbourne Cup or buy the occasional scratchie.
It’s all gambling.
Some of us can have that first-Tuesday-in-November flutter and not think about it again until the first Monday in November the following year.
