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TOTALIZATOR BETTING IN AUSTRALIA SYDNEY N S W Australia June 12 Ex ¬ tremely strict methods are used here on the im ¬ portant race courses to safeguard the public over its investors in the tolaizator For instance at the great Randwick course of the Australian Jockey Club it is impossible to obtain a printed ticket from the machine without the fact being instantane ¬ ously recorded on the horse counter whose number it bears and also on the grand total totalAt At the starting time of the race a switch is operated by one of the switchboard stewards in the stewards stand which automatically locks the machine and prevents the issue of any further tickets ticketsThe The numbers of the tickets sold on each horse and the grand total as exhibited to the public arc then checked by a steward acting on behalf of the Australian Jockey Club two of the staff of the totalizator and the police department acting for the government Immediately the placed horses are announced the dividends are calculated by three expert calculators working independently one of whom is employed by the Australian Jockey Oluu and two by the totalizator totalizatorComplete Complete returns are prepared showing every ticket issued on each horse in each race together with the amount of all dividends paid These re ¬ turns are checked by the government and the Aus ¬ tralian Jockey Club auditors so that a complete and absolute check is kept on all totalizator opera ¬ tions
