BETTING TICKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 30 December 1922, Page 5

BETTING TICKETS.

VAlfieiOTCG IMK VMSD. SYDNEY BOOKMAKERS. iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY. December S. There lias been much coneteraatioj among racegoer* here aa a result of some Sydney bookmakers' activities in connection with the use of betting tickets It is alleged that in some cases vanishing ink and pencil marks that can be easily rubbed off have been used. For some considerable time certain persons have been using betting tickets which, are fraudulent. They are stamped with a rubber stamp, and some even have the bookmakers' names -written in ink. If the backer of a winner, through any rause. <loes not present hie ticket immediately after the race, he may be unable to find the "book" he bet with the next, day, as by then the ticket will be a blank, as vanishing ink has been used in writing, as well as for the rubber stamp. Other ingenious persons write the names of the horses with an ordinary lead pencil, and when the wining tickets are returned they do not tear them up, Ini t take them home and clean them again, to be used over and over again, thus saving the Government tax on tickets. The Government and the various racing clubs, it is suggested, should compel every bookmaker to have his name properly printed on every ticket, with the name of the printer attached. All betting tickets should be numbered consecutively. All respectable bookmakershave their names printed; those who do not do so should have their license* refused, as the cost is trifling. The Government has decided to take action, and after January 31 next all Imokmakers' tickets will be printed by the Government. The following are the regulations dealing with the new proposal:— On and after January 31, 1923, onlybetting tickets provided by the Commissioner of Stamp Duties shall be issued by bookmakers. Betting tickets shall be issued by bookmakers in proper consecutive order, and shall have printed thereon the bookmaker's name. All requisitions for the purchase of betting tickets shall be made to the Commissioner of Stamp Duties, and shall show the name of the bookmaker who is to issue the tickets, and the value of the duty stamp to be impressed thereon. A sum of 7/6, or such sum as may he necessary to cover the cost of manufacture, shall be charged for every 1000 tickets provided, in addition to the amount of stamp duty payable in respect thereof.