THE TOTALISATOR.
EVIDENCE IN SYD.NEY.
WOMEN AND RACECOURSE-BETTING
Hy Tcleeraph-Prcss ARJorintton-ConyrlElit
(Hec. April 23, a.15 p.m.)
~ Sydnsy, April 22. The Tulnli-j.itor Commission lias commenced taking evidence, 'i'lio sporting report or-! of ( | lO |, ro cily , iaj)e] ., wm , examined. .Koth sttimgly condemned women being allowed to bet; it should lio made .illegal. Under tii.> present system bookmakers must: win, tho odds being so long against: the public Ono was of tho fpinion that the (ntaJjsaior was a good tiling for (he public; tho ntliev (bought that it would increase betting, because, it would otlcr mora advantages to the jwoplo to bet.
Mr. Cropper, secretary of tho Jockey Club, favoured the totnlisator. Erom the club's point of view it would mean iitl increase of revenue. He thought it an outside estimate to say that l»tw»en .-£6,000,000 and .£7,000,000 would piyss through the tr.talisafor in New South Wnlcs annually. Tho witnesses concurred that sporting hero was, clean.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1421, 23 April 1912, Page 5
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153THE TOTALISATOR. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1421, 23 April 1912, Page 5
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