Enormous Australian Sweeps, Daily Racing Form, 1922-02-17

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Mt 1 1 i - I ■ . ENORMOUS AUSTRALIAN SWEEPS ■ ■ 1 .. ssagaitadV ..f the TattersallV sweeps, which •- drawn ri Tasaaaaia, Aaotralia, are enoratvu*. Tl ■• taxes its directors pay show that the 169 turnover u to Inly 1 last was 95.237.500. The stamp tax "t. tl-k.-t- ssaoaated t.. 8319.168 and oa prizes to 6*71.375 On t..j nf this was the Commonwealth tax on prizes aatuontiag to 9580.770. This shows s t..ia! of taxati if |1, 101.611. The n-ual sweep is 166,666 tickets of ;i .il- ue. and they arc drawn at freqaeat Intervals. Legislatioa drove the sweep to Tnsman 1 aad it i-ratber baanorooa thai while the sweeps arc regarded illegal by the Coauaooarelatb foreraatent, nmt postal ••:• telegraphic ■•enimuni --.itioii with Tattfrsall :- barred, t slroald derive sack s I ngi ■ noaal as over half a million dollars la oae .ear frun t; kl source. . a. .


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