Mark Read is an Australian businessman and former bookmaker, founder of International All Sports.
[1] Read was a leading bookmaker at a time when racing, particularly in Queensland, was beset with corruption, and avoided accepting bets from Queensland races.
[2] Read was one of the first bookmakers to sniff out the Fine Cotton substitution scam.
[3] At the height of his success in 1982, Read bought a mansion, Boomerang, Elizabeth Bay, but then retired.
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