THE TOTALISATOR IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Dunstan Times, Issue 924, 2 January 1880, Page 3

THE TOTALISATOR IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

The following is the full text of the Act legalising the use of the totalisator in 3 u hj Australia:—

An Act to Remedy Some of the Evils Arising from Betting at Races.—[Assented to October 25. 1579 ] —Whereas great evils have resulted from rash and indiscriminate betting at races, and young men and others are often tempted by reason of the uncertainty of losing, aud the chance of winning, to make bets which, if lost, are wholly beyond their tm-ans to pay, aud in order to pay the same resort to criminal means of obtaining mcey ; Andwhcreas the use of the totalisator would tend to diminish betting by giving young men and others a pecuniary interest in races without the evils incident to indiscriminate betting— Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Province of Smith Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council au 1 House of Assembly of the said Province, in the present Parliament assembled, as follows ;—l. From and after the passing of this Act the instrument or contrivance for wagering or betting known as the totalisator, or any other machine or instrument of a like nature, and conducted upon the same principles, shall, when used under the auspices of, and with the permission of, any duly recognised racing club, upon any public racecourse, be exempted from the provisions of the Lottery and Gaming Act, 1875, and no house, office, room, or place, or any racecourse used for the purposes af .resaid shall be held to be within the provisions of the said Act. ; Provided that no more than one such totalisator, machine, or instrument shall be authorised or used upon such racecourse at any one time. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty 1 hereby assent to this Bill. —W. F 1). .) Envois, Governor.