BETTING CONTROL REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 83
BETTING CONTROL REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 83
83 . Local on‑course totalisator dividend as declared
(1) The local
on‑course totalisator dividend for a unit of 50 cents is to be as
declared by the racing club or other organisation controlling, and in
accordance with the regulations or rules governing the operation of, that
totalisator pool.
(2) Subject to these
regulations and the rules of wagering, the local on‑course totalisator
is to —
(a)
after allowing for refunds, deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of
the bets included in the totalisator pool; and
(b)
calculate, declare and pay the dividend in respect of each unit to the holder
of each winning ticket.
(3) Except where a
race results in a dead heat, and a dead heat is not an outcome that can be
nominated in the bet, the minimum dividend in respect of a bet for a unit of
50 cents —
(a) is
not to be less than 50 cents; and
(b)
despite the dividend calculated being less than 55 cents, may be declared and
paid by the local on‑course totalisator or the organiser of another
totalisator pool, (as the case may be), as a dividend somewhere between 50
cents and 55 cents, as determined by the local on‑course totalisator or
the organiser of the other totalisator pool.
[Regulation 83 inserted: Gazette
21 Jul 2006 p. 2677‑8; amended: Gazette
8 Mar 2016 p. 669.]