Betting splurge
PA Wellington Bets with the New Zealand T.A.B. on Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup totalled $1,787,259 (win $516,983, place $555,753, quinella $289,189, trifecta $425,334). New Zealand betting on the New Zealand Trottinig Cup-Melbourne Cup double amounted to $132,183. Punters around Australia invested a record $Au5t3,5438,116 on the Totalisator Agency Board for the Melbourne Cup. That represented more than sAust2 for every man, woman and child. As expected, New South Wales led the charge with a record sAustls.4 million splurged on Australia’s premier race.
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