1999-2000 Annual Report, Inland Revenue Department
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SCHEDULE 13

RACING ATTENDANCE, BETS AND BETTING DUTY COLLECTED
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Racing Attendance
Racing Attendance 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

Number of race meetings

35

40

35

40

36

40

Attendances - Public

1,248,211

1,077,940

1,035,671

895,080

983,675

764,899

Attendances - Members' Stand

92,829

93,948

83,168

82,603

79,239

76,349

Attendances - Infield Enclosure

6,404

48,006

2,659

38,309

2,997

21,931

Attendances - Total

1,347,444

1,219,894

1,121,498

1,015,992

1,065,911

863,179

Attendances - Average per meeting

38,498

30,497

32,043

25,400

29,609

21,579

Bets
Bets 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

Average on-course bets per meeting (Dollars Thousand)

229,013

166,064

198,136

136,877

181,635

108,984

Bets per race-goer per meeting (Dollars)

5,949

5,445

6,183

5,389

6,134

5,050

Pari-mutuel bets
Win, Place, Double, Quinella, Quinella Place 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

5,852,370

4,825,747

5,036,618

3,941,787

4,769,980

3,155,978

off-course

31,994,200

31,783,530

29,685,901

29,391,889

30,901,104

26,349,501

Pari-mutuel bets
Six-up 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

46,405

47,465

35,691

39,089

30,263

30,291

off-course

427,483

564,893

371,107

499,627

319,581

389,919

Pari-mutuel bets
Treble 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

35,030

32,403

28,607

24,680

25,239

19,519

off-course

235,411

261,601

199,745

216,871

190,232

186,227

Pari-mutuel bets
Tierce 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

1,486,949

1,186,812

1,226,042

953,826

995,541

643,546

off-course

5,210,808

4,838,066

4,499,285

4,184,830

3,779,103

3,073,713

Pari-mutuel bets
Trio (Trio was introduced on 5 September 1999) 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

-

-

-

-

171,421

98,471

off-course

-

-

-

-

1,211,150

960,502

Pari-mutuel bets
Double Trio 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

247,683

215,264

275,919

265,500

267,709

239,121

off-course

748,471

977,563

628,627

830,747

526,185

616,108

Pari-mutuel bets
Triple Trio 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

on-course

347,033

334,856

331,891

250,209

278,701

172,422

off-course

1,170,607

1,099,084

935,971

833,035

819,594

626,790

Pari-mutuel bets
Betting Duty
(Dollars Thousand)
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting Day Meeting Night Meeting

Total Bets

47,802,450

46,167,284

43,255,404

41,432,090

44,285,803

36,562,108

Duty collected from Horse Racing

6,333,647

6,113,554

5,702,621

5,457,756

5,891,926

4,856,118

Lotteries
Lotteries (Dollars Thousand) 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

Lottery ticket sales

5,030,760

5,341,335

4,798,188

Duty collected from Lotteries

1,006,152

1,068,267

1,189,712

Betting Duty collected
Betting Duty collected ( Dollars Thousand) 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

Total duty collected

13,453,353

12,228,644

11,937,756

Betting Duty collected for 1999-2000
Duty collected on Bets (Dollars Thousand) and Rates Duty collected (Dollars Thousand)
Win, Place, Double, Quinella, Quinella Place 65,176,563 @ 12% 7,821,187
Six-up, Treble, Tierce, Trio, Double Trio, Triple Trio :
(Duty rate of exotic bets increased from 18% to 19% effective from 1 September, 1999)
5,069,982 @ 18%
10,601,366 @ 19%
912,597
2,014,260
All bets 10,748,044
Lotteries :
(Duty rate of Lotteries increased from 20% to 25% effective from 1 April, 1999)
196,699 @ 20%
4,601,489 @ 25%
39,340
1,150,372
Total duty collected 11,937,756

 

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