THE TOTALISATOR AND THE BOOKMAKER
HOW'TO GET HID OF TIIE LATTER,
In the course of his address at the annual meeting of the Wellington Racing Club, held yesterday afternoon, the president (Mr. J. B. Hal-court) said: • "As mentioned at a previous meeting .the lolnlisator'contributes towards clean racing; it does not canvass for business, no one is asked for business, and totalizator betting is rarely responsible far the downfall of anyone. It is betting ou credit with the bookmaker that) is the cause of nearly all the trouble, and tho remedy is to get rid of him, and ono way of securing this would be to restore to racing clubs the use of- the double betting on the totalisator, as r&omuiended by the Racing Conference. Investors should also be allowed to use tho telegraph to remit ■ money In the secretaries 1 of clubs to make investments on the machine. if these two points were granted the life of the bookmaker would be 6hort, and the revenue of the Dominion - increased. Since the beginning of the war the Wellington Racing Club has paid tho Government -1:77,9121 Ms- Bd., and this would probably be nearly double if tho bookmaker wan dispensed with. ,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 5, 1 October 1919, Page 6
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199THE TOTALISATOR AND THE BOOKMAKER Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 5, 1 October 1919, Page 6
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