Bill Waterhouse

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Bill Waterhouse is an Australian barrister and bookmaker from 1954-1984^[1] He was dubbed by the press "The King of the Bookies" and achieved the largest turnover in Australia. He is the father of Robbie Waterhouse.

His exciting betting duels with giant punters such as Sir Frank Duval (the Hong Kong Tiger), Felipe Ysmael (The Babe) and Ray Hopkins (Hoppy) were the stuff of legend, he took the world's biggest bet at the time to lose $1 million in 1968, Consul-General for Tonga in Sydney; ^[2]

He had a diplomatic post which arose from friendship at Sydney University Law School with the future King of Tonga.^{[citation needed]}

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1. ^ p. 538 Monash Biographical Dictionary of 20th century Australia
2. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, Gambling man Waterhouse happy to stick to the rails (accessed 21 May 2007)