THE TOTALISATOR.
Tho Sydney Bulletin generally gives its upoiting readers something piquant to ponder over, and the Adelaide correspondent of Unit smartly edited journal sends tlio following eight reasons why the totalizator should supersede tho bookmaker : 1. Bocauso tho tote lays the highest odds. 2. Because it never climbs over the nearest fence when the time comes to p*y out. 3. Because it never needs to lay short odds ho as to buy a diamond pin and a oO carat watch and chain 4. Because tho tote ib indifferent as to the ultimate winner, and never needs to dose up tho favoiico in the interest of the " bag/ 5. Becauso the machine doesn't own Mid run lacehor^es. 0. Because tho percentage profits go to tho clubs, and, through increased stakes, back to the public 7. Because whorever it has boon tried the machine h is purilied racing and protected the legitimate owner. 8. Because it has led to tho extinction of tho turf imddl man, tho " bookie," and diverted hundreds of pouml.s from his pocket to thecluiitics by h Hiding itt> fwctioiH to benevolent institutions.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8141, 28 November 1894, Page 1
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185THE TOTALISATOR. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8141, 28 November 1894, Page 1
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