BRITISH BETTING TAX
BOOKMAKERS ON STRIKE
RACEGOERS DEPART IN DISGUST. (Sydney Sun Cable.) (Received 4th November, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 3rd November. Unprecedented scenes occurred at the Windsor Racecourse, when the bookmakers in Tattersall's ring, as a protest against the betting tax, refused to bet. A booing crowd surrounded a bookie who was attempting to lay odds, and he desisted. The majority of racegoers departed'in disgust a|ter the third race. Betting was carried, on in smaller rings, but as Tattersall's provides the official starting prices on which oficourse betting is based, all startingprice bets were voided throughout the country. Tattersall'3 'bookmakers passed a resolution refusing to bet tomorrow. Their action has aroused a controversy. Some critics declare that it is silly and wrong, but a leading bookmaker points out that the tax greasy reduced the attendance at Windsor. There were so few punters- that bookmakers were unable to make a decent book. The risks, of heavy losses were too great. Others fear that the Government will introduce totalisators if the layers persist in not wagering.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 109, 4 November 1926, Page 12
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174BRITISH BETTING TAX Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 109, 4 November 1926, Page 12
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