LICENSED BOOKMAKING
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Will Not Solve Problem of Unlicensed Man VICTORIAN EXPERIENGE
(By Telegraph.—
CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. The licensing of hookmakers in New Zealand will not solve the problem of the diversion of betting investments l'rom the totalisator through the unlicensed bookmaker, in the experience of Mr H. S. Bailey, chief secretary to the Yictorian Government, now visitihg Chxistehurch.
His position corresponds to that of Minister of Justice in New Zealand. " Starting-price betting as we know it in Victoria is carried on all over the place," said Mr Bailey, "in spite of the system of lieensed bookmalters. You cannot stop them operating, no. matter what methods you adopt. The startingprieo agent is the man who appeals to the small hector with two shillings or half-a-crown to invest. That is the evil of it; he accepts bcts' that the licensod man will not." ■ The lieensed bookmaker could operato only on a raceoourse or ' at a coursxng meeting, and the fees wero heavy, said Mr Bailey. The experience of the last few years seemed to indicate that tbe totalisator was. growing in popularity. Investments over the past few, years ' had grown consistently after the liftinn of the depression.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 24, 12 February 1937, Page 11
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