‘ Says the .Auckland Star: —The cheerful optimism of the average racegoer might -well receive a shock from the aggregate figures of totalisator gambling for the season that closed on July 31st last. Out of £8,792,000 that went through the machine, £1,119,000 failed to return to (he investors, this huge amount being divided up between the Government and the clubs/ the former taking £417,000 and (he clubs £701,000. In this latter sum is Included £42,000 that accumulated in fractions that are outside the ridiculously high pcrcebtage* that the law provides shall be deducted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2199, 6 November 1920, Page 3
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92Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2199, 6 November 1920, Page 3
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