totalizator
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Today, with respectable Boston names on its board of directors and a totalizator to compute and publicly quote the odds, there is no tampering with greyhounds, no back-room rigging of the payoff.
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U. S. track enthusiasts are likely to become increasingly familiar with an extraordinary contraption known as the "totalizator."
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The fancier tracks have clubs where a $10 membership buys such amenities as table service, private totalizator windows, attendants to place bets and pick up winnings.
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The British machine, called a "totalizator," has already been nationally nicknamed "The Tote."
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On the basis of these totals the totalizator automatically sets the odds.
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