MORE MONEY ON TOTALIZATOR

Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 4

MORE MONEY ON TOTALIZATOR

BIG INCREASE FOR WEEK-END RISE OF MORE THAN £16,000 An increase of £16,032 10/- in the totalizator investments for seven race meetings held during Labour Day week-end was recorded this year compared with 1937, the respective totals being £357,772 10/- and £341,740. The racing figures were up by £12,037 10/-, mainly as a result of the higher returns at the Wellington meeting. There was a drop of more than £3OOO at North Canterbury, but a rise of £1751 at Gore.

In the trotting section the increase was only £3994 10/- in spite of a rise of more than £lO,OOO at Auckland. Against the latter figure must be set decreases of £4928 at Greymouth and £1665 at Oamaru.

Following are the figures for the two years:—

RACING 1937 1938 Gore— £ £ First day 15,297 16.790J Second day 21,6674 21,925 North Canterbury 13,8531 10,6884 Wellington— First day 35,179 41,109 Second day 56,122 57,9694 Third day 69,079 73,579 Waverley 12,341 13,515 » — ■ ■ ■■■ TOTALS 223,539 235,5764 TROTTING 1937 1938 £ £ Oam aru 30,247 28,582 Greymouth— First day 13,004 9,505 Second day 17,186 15,757 Auckland— First 26,853 1 33,2984 Second day 30,911 35,0534 — ■ I — TOTALS 118,201 <112,196 ■■ 1 —— GRAND TOTALS £341,740 £357,7724