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Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1949, Page 3

• OFF- COt/ASF TOFAl/SATOF OFF/CFS * • How Plan Recommended • • by Royal Oommission J • will operate • • "H jv ■' f-xr# t i — .5iujh) i A On Wednesday, gth March, you will record your vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the following proposal: — "that provision be made for off- jfc w course ■ betting on horse-races, ^ _ through the totalisator, by means ■ § to be provided by the new zealand a racing gonference and the new ^ zealand trotting_ conference." ' a _ The person who occasionally wishes to back his fancy but gfe . is unable to attend the race meeting, has no alternative today but to bet with the illegal bookmaker. ™ a The Royal Commission on Gaming and Racing found a W that human nature being what it is, a large volume of off- w course betting was inevitable. The proposal of the N.Z. Racing and Trotting Confer- A ences, recommended by the Royal Commission to the Jfc Government and on which you are asked to vote, providcs s A ™ for : — ™ a 1. Establishment throughout the country of totalisator a offices or agencies with which bets may be placed. Districts will be defined and in each there will be a central A office. The function of the central office will be to coll- A ate bets placed with the agencies in its district, and to transmit the totals to Head Office in Wellington, which ^ ® in turn will collate the bets for the whole of New Zealand, A and transmit the totals to the racecourse totalisator. It is estimated that if the agency closes down on bets on any race not earlier than one hour to one and a half hours gfo before the race is due to start, the final Dominion's total a can^be transmitted to the course at the time the totalisator actually opens on the course for that race. Once the organisation is "established and effectively operating, the closing down period in advance of the starting of the race ^ will be progressively reduced. ^ The totalisator offices 'will be»properly and decently controlled and will not resemble in any way "betting shops" as known in parts of Australia prior to World War n. A They will render no service to the public other than the actual taking of investments on or prior to race day, and paying out dividends in cash or by post at a later date. There will be no encouragement for the public to con- ^ gregate — the man who wishes to make a bet will purchase ^ a ticket as he would buy a railway ticket. ™ 2. Investment (a) by cash, or (b) by telephone or post, against A ' deposit or winnings. Credit betting and its consequent evils will disappear, but ample provision will be made for betting by teleJK phone against cash previously deposited. A 3. Transmission of all investments to the totalisator on the course. 4. Payment of full totalisator dividends — there will be no a limits. The illegal bookmaker today fixes his own limits ^ and makes his own rules. ^ The public are entitled to the full dividend paid by the winning horse on the course, and with legal off-course facilities introduced, they will get it. A 5. A doubles totalisator. A 6. Publication of dividends. W It is earnestly hoped that on March gth every right- A thinking citizen will vote — FOR THE PROPOSAL-^ and A 50 wipe out the present illegal system of uttderground book- A making and all its attendant evils. STRIKE OUT THE BOTTOM LINE * • I • • 1 j^6W^HfrfMpe5Mr j # Inserted'by authority N.Z.' Racing & Trotting Conferences. • »••••••••••• #