In the final analysis, greyhound racing emerged in Britain in the 1920s because it provided a cheap form of entertainment for the working classes. It was essentially a meaningful, if niche, leisure opportunity for the working classes which rather supports the view of the plurality, rather than the homogeneity, of working-class leisure. It attracted community support, was ‘a bit of a flutter’, and a major employer in the community. It declined largely because of an ongoing hostility towards it from anti-gambling organisations and because it faced discriminatory taxation which put it into a financial tailspin in the late 1940s, which made it vulnerable to off-course betting and competing gambling opportunities. Yet it was a significant, if not ubiquitous, part of working-class life for more than a quarter of a century.