CHEAPER BETTING UNIT
The value of enabling people to bet 'm small nnita was demonstrated at the meetings of the Gisboine' Racing ' Club * and Poveifcy Bay Hunt Club lecentoly. On'the two'days of the- Gisboine Eacjng1 Club's Steeplechase Meeting,1", betting was in £1 ahd«£s units, and a; sum of £8959 was handled, avei aging £4470 10s a day. The follow mg week the- club had a 10s machine" operating at its Winter -Meeting, and the .investments amounted tp, £50S8 for the ,one day. Then at the Poverty Bay Hunt Cluo's Meeting last 'Satm day, two days aftei-Kpds;\witli the 10V machine again, bettfng wa;s~well up'fol'tfie fust two races, but then heavy lain set in and interfered wath betting, othei wise much more business would have been done. It is stated that it is the intention of the East Coast racing -authorities to have a ten-slulhhg' machine, m/futufe. *• ' '-
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Evening Post, Volume 32, Issue 32, 6 August 1931, Page 10
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145CHEAPER BETTING UNIT Evening Post, Volume 32, Issue 32, 6 August 1931, Page 10
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