First Golden Kiwi Tickets Go On Sale

Press, Volume C, Issue 29685, 1 December 1961, Page 12

First Golden Kiwi Tickets Go On Sale

Tickets for the first draw of the Golden Kiwi £30,000 “New Zealand’s Own"- lottery were on sale yesterday In Christchurch, although not Scheduled to appear until Monday. “Doubles betters’’ were taking a ticket in the first lottery drew and coupling it with anft la *‘ 91 “New Zealand’s Own £IO.OOO Art for Xn££? ** ♦ > . A % ough sever * l agents in lottery tickets, there were no Placards on display. The last art union does not close until Saturday. J l * -?f awn °n Deeernbw 12, While the, first close when t‘ pos ? ible «>at LrfJ™.! 0 * I®'Z 1 ®'Z he drawn art union. Not all the lottery agents S 5* ceiveti their fi*»t draw fe?^i2 n ?« not J aU were ®euing “I*? advance.” It is expected that the first draw ticket ? the Sri£taS“ be on sale before . Th £, riv ? ozonisation, Iktand has sent circulars to all its selling agents in this country. The circular says that TattersalTs consultations are limited to 200,000 tickets, but have to give 2225 prises for each draw. It said. The first prize in the Golden Kiwi is £12,00% com*

pared with £lO.OOO. less £5O banking charges, in Tattersalis. .. Th £ P. rice *>r a ticket in the Golden Kiwi is ss, cotnpared with 7s in Tattcreall’s consultations. The prises vary in the latter tottery as agents in New Zealand charge different amounts for book-keeping The normal price is 7s, but some agents charge 6s 6d and others more than 7s. The general view of agents in Christchurch who will mostly make less profit a ticket in the New Zealand tottery, is that the Golden Kiwi draws will an in a week to 10 days at first, but that it win take some months before the filling settles to a steady time. Nevertheless, there is a strong feeling that the Golden Kiwi win make inroads into Tattersall's trade and that Tattersan’s may adjust prices hnd prizes to recover tost ground.