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Florida Receives Record 14642673 From Racing RacingAmount Amount Represents7 an Increase Of 1470830 Over Last Season SeasonMIAMI MIAMI Fla May 2 Thoroughbred racing produced a record revenue of 1464267363 for Florida during the 1955 56 season just concluded the state racing commission has announced The return to the state this year is 147083030 more than last season and represents an in ¬ crease of 112 per cent centThe The income was derived from racing at Tropical Hialeah Gulfstream and Sun ¬ shine Parks but not included in the fig ¬ ures is the money from the mutuel take on eight Scholarship Fund Days The state and tracks waive their share of the bet ¬ ting on these days three each at Tropical and Gulfstream and two at Sunshine SunshineThe The commissions totals were in a report covering all parimutuel wagering in the state during the 195556 winter season including dog racing and jaialai The total revenue amounted to a record 23018 62618 239786519 more than last year a gain of 1730 per cent The revenue is expected to reach 24000000 when final returns are in from the dog racing tracks The commission noted that total pari mutuel betting in the state increased 963 per cent to 295183071 while attendance for the three sports was 5530288 a gain of 236 per cent
