WINDFALL FOR BETTORS.
[ill* TKLKOBAI'II.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. 1 Christehureh, This Day. A windfall for betting men eventuated after the trots on Saturday. A handful of men backed Piecework in the Sportsman's Handicap and received a substantial dividend. It svbs later discovered that through a printer's mistake in numbering the totalisator tickets ten more tickets than were sold were charged against I'iecework. This led to Piecework's dividend being increased by over 50 per cent. Those who backed the horse have been identified by the clerks who paid out.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 333, 1 February 1911, Page 5
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86WINDFALL FOR BETTORS. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 333, 1 February 1911, Page 5
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