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TOTALISATOR V. BOOKMAKER.

f ffi*te ! ( To 'Alic*.Edit'3r%f "'Sir,—Reading, an?article,about bookmakers in. ono« of '-'your^papersof; Jast week, : I : would ; : like the' writer what, objections he has to bookmakers. I have been a punter/ever, since-1' have been'old enough .to'--go to races, and know moroabolit racing than mo .it people ,'m New- Zealand.-.-1, liave'been to many racecourse; in England and Ireland, and never have' I seen such an abominable way to bet a*.tho totallsator. -You baek a horsq on tho .'"tote,'' as.they call it, and yon don' b'e've'n know what you are going to get if the horse wins If that is not the worst form -ef gambling,' what, is?' It is' worse.:' than ','T'attersoH's sweeps; for if you.draw the first horse in' Tatterj'all'o sweeps yon know what you. arc going to get,' If you bet with a bookmaker. of good financial .standing you jzet the amount quoted when you make"the bet, but with this."tote" you back a horso whsibhe is at tens to one. and ho wins, and. you go for your, dividend,' vott find ho started at six. to four on, and you get paid accordingly. Again.' why is ail this money put.on the '.'tote" while, the'race, is being, run? Fancy having a "tote" in ■- America —what a gr.od' opening for--'"graft." ,'.. I don't mean io insinuate'.that it is.done hero, hut I don't like the '.'tote,", as it is only for tho -banc-fit of the' racing clubs', and the'" dearest' formvof. betting you ran possibly have.- ' .In'conclusion, I would .like.'to" ask what right, has any.iegisla■tor of this law-ridden "country or any '"wowser" to;tc!!'ii3 what' we'are to do with our own money. ? I 'have' alw'avs het- : wit-h bookmakers',Kand always will. If- any. parson..br.'cliursn can show., mo it is a sift. oi\ even',a degrading.habit.:! will onlr.bo; tobjpleased to listen' to him., -t : l , ftmj-'cte'. J ■"■ . vl--:-;-'., ■<&itf4gis&'f- iSffef:' : A ■' PtjNTER..':.f;

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6

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TOTALISATOR V. BOOKMAKER. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6

TOTALISATOR V. BOOKMAKER. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6

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