OFF-COURSE BETTING
SUPPRESSION IN QUEENSLAND BENEFIT TO RAGING CLUBS Press Association—-By Telegraph—Copyright BRISBANE, July 23. “ The suppression of - - starting-price betting shops and other channels for off-the-cour.se betting lias been responsible for a complete revival of racing' throughout Queensland,” declared Air P. O’Shea, chairman of the Queensland Turf Club, at the annual meeting to-day. Air O’Shea pointed out that in 1926 "his dub had a peak profit _of £13,665, but with the spread of betting shops the profits tumbled to £3,150 in 1932, £964 iii 1933, anti £695 in 1934, while in tho past year the profit had risen to £7,660. ACTION IN NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY, July 23. Convictions for illegal betting within the Sydney metropolitan district and Newcastle for six months to June 30 numbered 1,800, and the lines amounted to £13,427. The Government contemplates stamping out starting-price betting alone; the lines of the Queensland legislation, and the matter will be a major issue in the forthcoming State elections.
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Evening Star, Issue 22709, 24 July 1937, Page 15
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160OFF-COURSE BETTING Evening Star, Issue 22709, 24 July 1937, Page 15
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