BETTING OUTSIDE RACECOURSES
EFFECT OF LEGISLATION IN QUEENSLAND (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, September 20. Legislation passed by the Queensland Government seven months ago providing severe penalties for betting outside racecourses has revolutionized racing in Queensland according to Mr P. J. O’Shea, a prominent solicitor of Brisbane and chairman of the Queensland Turf Club, who is a through passenger by the Mariposa to the United States. He said the legislation had largely
rid Queensland of starting price betting and helped clubs to pay more substantial stakes. This system did not interfere with the paddock but cut the foundation from under the feet of the Leger and flat enclosures. Previously his club’s average attendance on the flat was 750, whereas immediately after the enactment of the new legislation they had an attendance of 5000 people in two days. The attendance in the Leger had also increased by 40 per cent. The increased attendances were reflected in the totalizator which, at the 1936 meeting, put through £42,000 as compared with £64,000 this year.
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Southland Times, Issue 23310, 21 September 1937, Page 11
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