THE TOTALISATOR.
REMARKABLE -GROWTH- OF BETTING. The advance sheets of the year book, issued yesterday, contain some striking figures relative to the growth of totalisator betting in Now Zealand. Following are tho figures for every year since 1889:— ■ Racing Paid to Invested Tear. days. Treasury, by public.
'The position is really better Aown by taking the figures for , tho racing year, ■which ends on July 31. These are available only for the Inst two years, -in both of which the number of, totalisator Jicenses issued was 138, and the Dumber if racing days 250. Following are the figures:— ■ Paid to Treasury. Prom Gate. Tax on gatemoney, invest- money. Tear. Invested. etc. inents. etc. 1011-12 ... 2,898,590 90.5)21 72,-105 2,273 1912-13 ... 3,538,188 102,688 88,i55 2,507
£ £ 1889-90 241 - - ■ 1890-91 278 - - 1891-92 .800 , 7,591 506,078 1892-93 307 ' 10,800 720,029 •i 1893-94 ...... 318 10,375 601,673 1894-95 208 10,446 696.45G . 1895-96 25G 11.156 t 743,763 1896-97 ' 250 11,911 . 794.096 1897-98 ...... 268 13,297 886,567 1898-99 250 ! 13.095 912,969 1899-00 278 15,933 1,065,580 1900-01 278 -17,541 1,168,732 1901-02 309 19,040 1,275,813 1902-03 27C 19,734 1,274,102 1903-04 ■ 282 20,486 1,357,263 1904-05 294 21,571 1,437,431 1905-06 • ' 298 22,898 1,555,638 1906-07 303 27,651 1,837,095 1907-08 292 29,996 1,999,757. 1908-09 307 27,964 1,834,333 ' 1909-10 323 29,655 2,030,426 1910-11 287 48,338 ' 1,933,534 1911-12 i 2G4 72,184 2,887,371 1912-13 ...... 2G5 86.095 3,600,465
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 7
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218THE TOTALISATOR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1875, 8 October 1913, Page 7
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