BLOW TO BOOKMAKERS.
SHANGHAI PREFERS TOTALISATOR.
SHANGHAI, July 14. Shanghai, with its pony and greyhound meetings, has over 150 racing days a year. As a result, it is said that bookmakers in other parts of the world, including Australia, have been casting longing eyes in this direction. All hopes of reaching a new Eldorado were shattered to-day, however, when tho Greyhound Racing Club, following the example of two horse-rac-ing clubs, decided to restrict betting to the parimutuel, and to forbid bookmakers the use of the course. The clubs retain a percentage of the parimutuel, which also provides approximately £20,000 for charities annually.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 7
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102BLOW TO BOOKMAKERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 7
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