Racing ILLEGAL BETTING

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29906, 21 August 1962, Page 5

Racing ILLEGAL BETTING

Big Victorian Turnover (NX. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY. August 20. A former chairman of the Australian Jcckey Club. Sir Alan Potter, does not believe legalised off-course totalisator system, eliminate illegal betting. Sir Alan, who resigned as chairman of the AJ C. on Friday, said this today before the New South Wales Illegal Off-Course Betting Royal Commission.

Sir Alan said he based his opinion on the Victorian Totalisator Agency Board results. He said the Vicitorian Illegal Betting Commission had been told that the illegal betting turnover in that state, was estimated at £A167.000,000 a year. The figures had shown that the Victorian totalisator system had a turnover of only I £ A 20.000.000.

| Sir Alan told the commisision: “The wide disparity I could only be due to the 'fact that illegal betting had ' not been eliminated in Vic--1 toria.” ’ Sir Alan said he was the only opponent of an off- . course totalisator plan on the A.J C. committee. | He considered that any legalised off-course system i would have to provide the I same facilities or nearly the 'same facilities as the public i had been used to through i the years. 1 Sir Alan said he told the committee he considered a legalised off-course system of i bookmakers would get the ! race clubs much more money :and get it more quickly.