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  • noun Plural form of totalisator.

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Examples

  • Bookmakers 'use of totalisators' published race results and pool dividends to offer or take "open bets" did not constitute unlawful competition, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • While bookmakers quote odds in advance, totalisators instead pool all bets and divide the money between the winners in proportion to the amount of each winning bet.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The NGB, established in terms of the 1996 Gambling Act, monitors the horseracing (bookmakers and totalisators), bingo and casino industries in South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • Calling for provision to be made for slot machines to be installed at sports clubs and totalisators, he said this could help save the horse racing industry which was under severe pressure from other forms of gambling.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Bets of approximately R3,5 billion a year are placed on horse races through totalisators and bookmakers, and a substantial amount passes through illegal, untaxed "bucket shops".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • In the same way, while private bookmakers are not allowed at most European races, the official “totalisators” offer to the gamblers the same outlets.

    Psychology and Social Sanity Hugo M��nsterberg 1889

  • The race car driver\'s choice for measuring elapsed time and calculating average speed, this Daytona Rolex replica watch is equipped with a sweep second hand, minute and hour totalisators activated by push buttons, and a graduated bezel which acts as a tachometer.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2008

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